How do you support a workforce through a global pandemic, widespread school shutdowns, or insurrection at the US Capitol? And how would you manage that when most of your workforce is virtually commuting from home? Running internal communications for a company is no small feat. This week, Amanda Atkins, senior director of global internal communications at Slack, shares her perspective and shares some of the ways her team is “running into the fire” so the other teams at Slack are prepared to “handle the blaze”.*****Learn more about Amanda's work with Mixing Board:

 https://www.mixingboard.co

Connect with Amanda:

 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandaaliceatkins/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/amandaatkins

This week, we're going back in time to where it all started.  We are sharing our original conversation with Lauren Olbrych from April 2020.Lauren and Shannon discuss what they have seen from Quickbase's crisis-response initiatives last year.  *****For more information about our crisis response initiative, visit: https://www.quickbase.com/crisis-response*****The #AgeofAgility Podcast is updated every Tuesday, visit our home on the web www.quickbase.com/podcast

You might have noticed a little something different about Age of Agility last week. Our color scheme has changed a bit and you'll notice even more changes on our website–all because Quickbase has a new brand identity! Brian Wood, senior Brand Marketing Manager, joins us to explain what is a brand identity, what prompted Quickbase to make this change, and WHY agile brands should reinvent themselves every now and then. *****Connect with Brian on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianxwood/

Soham Khaitan, cofounder of the Ambi network, joins us and shares his insights on how agility-focused schools are pivoting to stay relevant in a world increasingly focused on the digital experience.

---Learn more about the Ambi Network:

https://ambi.networkhttps://twitter.com/ambigeneration

And connect with Soham:

https://twitter.com/sohamkhaitanhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/sohamkhaitan/

Will people ever go back to the office? What will that look like, anyway? ---This week, we find answers to these questions and more as we continue our series on Agile Entrepreneurship.  We are joined by Jonathan Wasserstrum, CEO and co-founder of SquareFoot, a commercial real-estate startup. ---Learn more about the work Jonathan is doing at: https://www.squarefoot.com

This week we hear another tale of entrepreneurial agility through the story of a car-sharing startup, Lula.  CEO and cofounder, Mateo Vega-Sanz joins the show and shares how he and his brother grew Lula, and how they changed direction after college campuses–their target market– were shut down in 2020. 

---Connect with Lula, and Mateo at:

https://www.lula.ishttps://twitter.com/mattvanzzhttps://www.instagram.com/mateovegasanz/

Mia Lavallee joins the show this week and tells us about about building Mostly Pasta from an Instagram account to a growing business, how she's pivoted her strategy in the last year,  and how she's using her platform to impact communities around Boston. This is the first in our series focused on agility in entrepreneurship.  Mia Lavallee is owner of Mostly Pasta, based out of Somerville Massachusetts.  Connect with her (and try her pasta) at:

https://www.mostlypasta.comhttps://www.instagram.com/mostly_pasta/

Happy Holidays! The Age of Agility crew is taking this week off, but we will be back with an all new episode on January 4, 2021.

In the meantime, check out any episodes you may have missed.  Catch you next week!---Want more Age of Agility? Watch video interviews at www.quickbase.com/podcast

This week host of the show, Shannon Curran, talks about her work behind the scenes, and shares what she’s learned from our guests about what operation agility looks like.Connect with Shannon on Linkedin.

Charitable organizations are redefining the future of digital giving with the right platforms, the right partners, an iterative approach.  Tim Sarrantonio shares how his work at Neon One is helping nonprofits expand their digital footprint, and offer their donors digital experiences more engaging than last week's webinar.

Learn more about the work NeonOne is doing to help mission-driven organizations hereConnect with Tim on Linkedin