Read my blog where I share reflections from my life as an event planner, from behind-the-scenes event adventures to lessons learned balancing mom life along the way. My goal is to offer honest insights that inspire fellow planners and encourage both personal and professional growth.
Event Leaders Are Agile Strategists (We Just Don’t Call It That)
For part of my career, I’ve lived in two worlds.
In one, I was leading large-scale events — managing sponsors, executives, venues, vendors, floor plans, budgets, and thousands of attendees (usually before my second cup of coffee).
In the other, I was surrounded by agile practitioners — talking about backlogs, retrospectives, cross-functional alignment, and flow.
At some point, standing in a ballroom at 6:00 a.m. with a headset on, I had a realization:
We are solving the same problems.
What If the Safest Bet… Is on Me?
I was catching up with a friend recently when we got on the topic of taking risks.
Not cliff-diving or quitting-your-job-to-move-to-Bali kind of risks—but the quieter, sneakier kind. The kind that sounds like:
What if I actually bet on myself?