Launched in 2005, FountainBlue is a change management consultancy which provides executive coaching, leadership consulting, and strategic advisory services to technology and business leaders facing operational, process, and cultural opportunities and challenges caused by rapidly shifting market, business and technology challenges and opportunities. FountainBlue also produces a monthly When She Speaks series (launched in May 2006), and VIP roundtable series (launched in December 2016) and a semi-monthly Front Line Managers Online series (launched in May 2020).
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About FountainBlue's When She Speaks Series
Launched in Silicon Valley in May 2006, FountainBlue's monthly When She Speaks panel discussions feature senior women leaders from partner tech companies speaking on leadership and innovation topics. Our online interactive conversations are known for being inspiring, educational, practical and fun. Notes from past programs are available at https://fountainblue.substack.com/s/when-she-speaks.
2023 When She Speaks online programs, all scheduled from 11:50 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. PST
Remaining 2024 When She Speaks Online Programs, all scheduled for Thursdays, from 11:50 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. PST
Sixth Annual Mentorship Best Practices Panel, November 7, 2024
Seventh Annual Men Who Open Doors Awards Event, December 12, 2024
Draft topics and dates for FountainBlue’s gender-neutral, gender-inclusive, ‘When We Speak’ series are listed below. All programs are held at a Silicon Valley-based host location on Thursdays from 11:50 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. PST.
February 13, 2025 - Bring Your Full Selves to Work
March 13, 2025 - Lead with Passion, Agility and Resilience
April 10, 2025 - Manage Your Mindset
May 8, 2025 - Make Employee Experience the X Factor
June 12, 2025 - Expand Your Circle of Influence
July 10, 2025 - Stay in Front of the Change Curve
August 14, 2025 - Local Input, Global Impact
September 18, 2025 - Seventh Annual Mentorship Best Practices
October 9, 2025 - 8th Annual Men Who Open Doors Awards
Programs for GOLD Corporate Partners
Starting in 2025, FountainBlue will offer Quarterly Fireside Chats, Panel Discussions, as well as Interactive Workshops or Trainings for our GOLD Corporate Partners. These programs are generally held directly following our 2025 on-site and online ‘When We Speak’ programs, either between 3-4 p.m. on Thursdays or 8-9 a.m. on Fridays, in-person, in Silicon Valley.
Workshop formats range from fireside chat to panel discussion, from trainings and assessments, on a wide range of theme-based topics. We welcome your suggestions and recommendations.
Annual Event: Visioning for 2025 – (January 16 or 23)
Q1 theme (Feb 13, March 13 or Apr 10): Celebrating Progress: in honor of International Women’s Day
Fireside Chat: Being One of the Onlys
Panel: Earn a Seat at the Table
Panel: Create a People-First Mindset
Panel: Lead from Any Chair
Interactive Workshop with Assessment: Embracing Your Authentic Self
Interactive Workshop: Building a Culture of Trust
Interactive Workshop: Aligning Your Thoughts, Words and Actions
Interactive Workshop: Managing Work-Life Integration
Training: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
Training: Choosing to Step Up and Step In
Training: Understanding the Why, the What and the How
Q2 theme (May 8, June 12, or July 10): Career Agility: Staying Relevant in the Midst of Change
Fireside Chat: Embrace the VUCA Reality – the Art and Science of Seeing Around Corners
Panel: Be the Brand You Seek to Be
Panel: Manage Up, Down and Sideways
Panel: Manage the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Panel: Transition from Technologist to Manager
Interactive Workshop with Assessment: Ways to Lead
Interactive Workshop: Embracing Career Agility in the Next Normal
Interactive Workshop: Welcoming the Gift of Feedback
Interactive Workshop: Speaking so you feel heard.
Interactive Workshop: Swimming in Choppy Waters
Training: Developing the Art and Science of Persuasion
Training: Building Alignment on Purpose
Training: Staying in Front of the Change Curve
Q3 theme (Aug 14, Sept 18, or Oct 9): Building Bridges: We Are Better Together
Fireside Chat: Communicate, Connect, Engage
Panel: Collaboration Best Practices
Panel: Lean In to Level Up
Interactive Workshop with Assessment: Connecting with People Not-Like-You
Interactive Workshop: Creating a Recipe for Excellence
Interactive Workshop: Facilitating a Trust-Based, Change-Embracing Workforce
Interactive Workshop: What He Said, What He Meant
Training: Difficult Conversations? Bring Them On!
Training: Overcoming Unconscious Bias
For more information about becoming a corporate partner for 2025, please e-mail us at info@fountainblue.biz.
FountainBlue's Front Line Managers Online Series
Launched in May 2020, FountainBlue's Semi-Monthly Front Line Managers Online series features a panel discussion of HR, product, engineering and business leaders, presenting on leadership and innovation topics of interest to front line managers, individual contributors, and leaders at all levels. Notes from our discussions are available online at https://fountainblue.substack.com/s/front-line-managers-online. We will be sunsetting this series at the end of 2024, in lieu of the workshops and the When We Speak series.
Remaining 2024 Front Line Managers Online programs:
The Pandemic in Retrospect, October 31, 2024, 4:50 - 6:00 p.m.
Custom Programs for Clients, December 2024 times vary
FountainBlue's VIP Roundtable Online Series
Launched in December 2015 at the request of our community members, FountainBlue’s VIP Roundtables convene executive and entrepreneurial leaders in conversations on innovation and market trends. This invitation-only online event facilitates connections between select entrepreneurial and executive leaders to share best practices on opportunities and challenges, while supporting the strategic and business development goals of all participating companies. Notes from past programs are available at https://fountainblue.substack.com/s/vip-roundtable.
For more information about joining the community, attending our online program and accessing community resources, please e-mail us at info@fountainblue.biz.
FountainBlue's corporate partners remark on the benefits of their participation:
BRAND: Align brand with the innovation and leadership topics and themes presented at each of our online programs.
EDUCATION: Learn about market, business and technology trends from your peers and leaders in disparate roles and markets.
COMMUNITY: Connect with others who have similar and dissimilar views and feel inspired and supported by a view and perspective broader than your own.
INNOVATION: See the world and its opportunities differently and more broadly through exposure to the viewpoints of leaders and innovators not-like-you.
SUPPORT: Provide opportunities for your managers and teams to learn and connect and feel empowered and inspired.
For More Information:
Find out more about FountainBlue and our coaching, consulting and advisory services.
For more information about our online monthly programs, visit our web sites for our When She Speaks panels, our Front Line Mangers Online programs, and our VIP Roundtables.
Join our free mailing list and receive monthly newsletters with event invitations, notes from prior events, plus a blog on a leadership or innovation topic.
Become a paid subscriber for $10/month or $100/year and receive complimentary admission to either our When She Speaks or Front Line Managers Online programs.
See our monthly newsletters with leadership blog, When She Speaks notes, VIP Roundtable notes and Front Line Managers Online notes.
Corporate Partners can sign up for free by alerting their corporate representative. E-mail us if you're a partner, but not sure of your corporate contact.
Coaching and Consulting clients may sign up for any of our When She Speaks or Front Line Managers Online programs as our guest by e-mailing us or by completing the form to select programs of interest.
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Paid members also receive admission to the monthly When She Speaks or Front Line Managers Online programs.
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