Meet Rebecca. She's a fearless educator, strategist, and community builder shaking things up from SoCal to Costa Rica 🌎 As the Director of Innovation at The Teaching Well, she’s crafting bold new ways to support educators nationwide, all while inspiring others to lean into creativity and ditch the fear of failure. If you’re craving fresh strategies to innovate, connect, and build something extraordinary, this one’s for you 💡 Hit play, and let’s get to work!

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How to navigate the tension between innovation + security
Ways to shift mindsets around failure
Tips for building + sustaining communities

Today’s Guest
Rebecca Bernard, Director of Innovation, The Teaching Well

Episode Highlights

Rebecca’s story and journey to today (3:30)
Navigating creativity and security in nonprofit work (8:55)
Shifting mindsets about failure and innovating boldly (11:50)
Advice for breaking out of the "security lane" to drive change (15:35)
Building strong, resilient, and lasting communities (18:50)
First steps for meaningful and enduring community building (23:35)
A powerful moment of philanthropy in Rebecca’s life (27:50)
Rebecca’s One Good Thing: Trust in your ability to believe in something bigger than yourself, and allow for that to guide your capacity to see beyond what's inside the box. This is an infinite universe. We have so much potential, and you have all the answers. (32:00)
How to connect with Rebecca (34:50)

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594. Leveraging Community and Innovation as an Impact Multiplier - Rebecca Bernard

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