School Leaders, If You Don’t Tell Your School’s Story, Who Will?
The stories that are told after school shape how families see what happens inside. Teachers do creative things to help students learn. They sit on
Blog: stories from the field
Leadership Communication Blog | Leila Kubesch
Afraid to Promote Your Work? 7 Ways to Get Seen Without the Fear
In this post on how to promote your work, you will learn: how to make your offer clear in thirty seconds, how to shape a
They Mocked the Lesson. Then They Built an $18,000 Zen Garden.
I learned how to make the ask from a class of eighth graders. It began on the day they mocked my lesson. The day my
When to Stop Volunteering: 6 Questions to Ask Yourself
Knowing when to stop volunteering is hard for people who love to serve. I am one of them. Volunteering has given me a great deal.
One Ask, One Connection, One Resource: Day 1 at StartupCincy Week
I could have paid to attend StartupCincy Week in Cincinnati. I asked to volunteer. That is The Art of the Ask. I volunteered at StartupCincy
How Does the Bag Know?
A story about asking better questions, told from a nine hour hike in Banff. I used to ask one question before every walk. “What’s the
No Poles for Me: The Help I Almost Left Behind
A poem about asking for help, written after a first hike to Victoria Glacier. On my very first long hike, from Lake Louise up to
Stay Out Is a Rule. It Is Not a Lock.
An AI agent was blocked by an Australian government website and found another way in. Here are seven safeguards I would put in place before letting one roam.
What I Want to Know Before I Speak to Your Team
When an event planner reaches out to me about a keynote, I have questions before we ever get to a contract. Quite a few of
The Wrong Eyes Don’t Buy: Why More Visibility Isn’t the Answer
By Leila Kubesch The wrong eyes don’t buy, and they don’t buy into you either. You can spend hours creating content, attending networking events, making
What If “No” Leads to a Better “Yes”?
A $3,500 grant request got a hard no. The same proposal won $35,000 from a second foundation. What a rejection can teach you about the path you chose for your ask, and the story of the 120,000 Tassel Tapestry.
What People Forget When They Make an Ask
What do people forget when they make an ask? Themselves. A volunteer story from MidwestCon in Cincinnati about reciprocity and the small gifts that make a request land.
