Author name: Patti Ann Talbot

Patti Ann Talbot, Ed.D., is the Executive Director of ChangemakerYOU, a nonprofit dedicated to cultivating a movement of women who become skillful encouragers of the next generation of changemakers. She is the creator of Piecework™, a model of human thriving and a teachable theory of encouragement that helps people develop self-trust, courage, and voice. With more than 35 years in public education spanning PreK through graduate school, Patti Ann has served as a classroom teacher, school counselor, principal, director of instruction, and college professor. These experiences shaped her belief that encouragement is a powerful but often misunderstood practice that can transform how people see themselves and what they believe is possible. She is also a certified women’s empowerment coach and trainer through One of Many™. In her current writing, including her Hope Notes series, and her teaching, Patti Ann offers grounded, accessible ways into meaningful conversations that help people trust and express the wisdom of their own voices. Her work through ChangemakerYOU brings the Piecework model to life through writing, teaching, and community-based experiences designed to strengthen courage, connection, and contribution.

Dana Mortenson – World Savvy Changemaker, Part 1

Dana Mortenson is Co-Founder and CEO of World Savvy, a national education nonprofit committed to “building inclusive, adaptive and future-ready education systems” for over 18 years. World Savvy’s overarching goal is to integrate “cultural and global competence into the ethos and foundations of what we define as quality education.” I can draw a direct line […]

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May Changemaker Conversation Calendar Is HERE!

Click below to access your downloadable Family Changemaker Calendar for May. This month’s calendar focuses on the “Solutions” quadrant of the Changemaker Journey. Enjoy! Click here Patti Ann Talbot( Executive Director )Patti Ann Talbot, Ed.D., is the Executive Director of ChangemakerYOU, a nonprofit dedicated to cultivating a movement of women who become skillful encouragers of

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Cultivating Change for Homeless Youth – Dr. Wendy Eckenrod

You’ll likely be surprised, as I was, to learn the number of homeless youth present in a community like Montgomery County, Virginia. Two thriving universities welcome students and faculty from all over the world into small towns that sit comfortably among the Appalachian Mountains in an almost idyllic environment. In this setting, homeless and unaccompanied

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Nicole Mignone – Shining the Changemaker Light

Today’s Changemaker conversation features Nicole Mignone who can count attorney, photographer and coach among her many specialties.  Please tune in here via video, podcast and/or print to learn how she nurtures her own changemaker light and the lights in those around her. Nicole says that it can be complicated to explain what she does because

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Penny Franklin Part II – Solutionary Penny

Urbandictionary.com defines the term “solutionary” this way: Someone who finds revolutionary answers to life problems. A problem solver, an inventive activist. A type of revolutionary who makes change by providing a better way to do things.  In this second portion of my changemaker conversation with Penny Franklin, she shares how she started to push for new solutions

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