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Giving with April Pedersen

'Tis the season to be giving, and April Pedersen is helping us do just that.  April, a woman who has spent her entire career at the intersection of technology, nonprofits, and politics, has taken her vision and entrepreneurial spirit in a direction that makes it easier to make every season the giving season. Having recently launched The Giving Box, April is giving us all an opportunity to give in a meaningful way this year.  I sat down with April to learn more about what it’s like to straddle the non-profit and for-profit worlds and to learn what advice she has to keep people going venture after venture.

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PowerchuteLauren Laitin
Migration and Motherhood with Rachel Farbiarz

One glimpse of Rachel Farbiarz’s art conveys with clarity that she was born to be an artist.  Yet, the graduate of Harvard University and Yale Law School, and mother of two great girls, has wrestled with what it means to be a professional and a parent.  For this month’s PowerChute, and days before the phenomenally talented artist’s solo show, A Different Country, opens in Washington, D.C., I sat down with Rachel in her studio to learn more about her own migration from lawyer to artist, and its intersection with her transition into motherhood.

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PowerchuteLauren Laitin
Making Time & Making Choices with Brigid Schulte

Time. No one ever seems to have enough of it. Brigid Schulte knows this all too well as the Director of The Better Life Lab and The Good Life Initiative at New America, not to mention as an award winning journalist and author. Her search for more time led her to write the 2014 New York Times bestselling book, Overwhelmed: Work, Love and Play When No One Has the Time. For this month's PowerChute, I sat down with Brigid to learn about her complicated feelings related to time, where she finds time, and why this issue resonates with so many people.

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PowerchuteLauren Laitin
Growing Creative with Tobie Whitman

Tobie Whitman, owner of Little Acre Flowers loves spring, the season where flowers come back to life.  In 2010, Tobie had her own personal season of renewal when she transitioned out of the international development field to open Little Acre Flowers, DC's only locally sourcing flower business. For anyone considering a career transition, this month's PowerChute with Tobie is a must-read. Check out her story, her advice for getting started, and what she had to say about shedding her concerns about what other people think.  

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PowerchuteLauren Laitin
How Practice Makes Truth with Pleasance Silicki

January is often a month of realignment. Realigning with schedules and with vegetables. :)  For Pleasance Silicki, founder and owner of Lil Omm Yoga, January has also been an opportunity to realign her yoga business.  For anyone who has contemplated entrepreneurship, don't miss this month's PowerChute.  Pleasance describes finding her passion, recognizing a market opportunity, and reinventing the business when it hit an unexpected snag. 

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PowerchuteLauren Laitin
Passion By Coincidence, Leadership With Intention with Judith Sandalow

Ready to be inspired? It’s the season of giving and the time of year when everyone remembers the magic of being a child during the holidays. Nobody knows more about the importance of giving and the power of children than Judith Sandalow, Executive Director of the Children’s Law Center. During this very busy time of year, Judith took the time to talk with me about her passion, her path to leadership, and the culture she has intentionally created that allows her staff to be great at being both attorneys and parents.  Check it out!

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PowerchuteLauren Laitin