Events

Actionable Innovations is a professional learning community in which participants explore innovation in education. Every Friday we meet to discuss trends in education and invite inspiring guests to join us and share their work. Parents, educators, students, and other folks interested in improving teaching and learning are always welcome.

On Monday, May 9th at 8 AM CDT (GMT-5), author Bobbi Kurshan will discuss her life's work and new book with our professional learning community. Some important findings and key themes from InnovateHERs that will be addressed are:

• Why entrepreneurial women are poised to be successful leaders in purpose-driven organizations.
• How the female entrepreneurial mindset drives professional success in purpose-driven organizations.
• What you can do to develop your entrepreneurial skills and traits to achieve your career goals.
• Women don’t have to copy men and their entrepreneurial skills and traits to be successful. Leaning into traits that women tested highly on, like interpersonal sensitivity and passion, makes them incredibly effective in building out an organization, especially in mission-driven organizations.
• Success isn’t 100% dependent on mindset. External InhibitHERs—like financial instability, lack of mentorship, lack of representation, and your family history—do influence your success. But there are ways to convert these InhibitHERs into ActivateHERs to benefit your career, and women share insights on how to do that.

Dr. Barbara (Bobbi) Kurshan has honed her vision of “what can be” using technology while supporting education companies and developing innovative products. She currently serves as a Senior Innovation Advisor at the Graduate School of Education at Penn where she builds and advises education innovation ecosystems. As the President of ECC, she provides strategic consulting in the areas of investment, digital transformation, entrepreneurship, and innovation. As the past Executive Director of Curriki, Bobbi helped to build one of the most innovative global open-source education communities. Dr. Kurshan has previously served as the Co-CEO of Core Learning, an education investment fund, and the Chief Academic Officer of bigchalk. She currently serves on the board of American Public Education and invests and advises several ed tech companies. She is the author of several books, articles and regularly blogs for Forbes.com. Her new book was released in January, InnovateHERs – Why Purpose-Driven Entrepreneurial Women Rise to the Top.