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Etsegent (E) Firdaweke shared thisSharing with my network, Shiney is passionate about her work and her deliverables, anyone would be lucky to have her!Etsegent (E) Firdaweke shared thisMy role was eliminated as part of company-wide layoffs. Here's where I'm at: looking for my next role at the senior manager to director level, in operations, partnerships, strategy, program leadership, or organizational change. Background: building teams from the ground up, running budgets up to $8M+, leading organizations through real change, partnerships, sales and revenue generation and integrating AI into how teams actually work — not just talking about it. Looking for roles in the DC metro area, also open to San Diego. If you know a team that needs someone who brings structure to complexity, I'd appreciate an introduction. #OpenToWork
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Etsegent (E) Firdaweke shared thisWoahhhhh!!!!! This is amazing!Etsegent (E) Firdaweke shared thisLoveline is live on BetaList. Record your voice. Write a letter. We turn it into an interactive experience your loved ones can call anytime. Free to try → getloveline.com
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Etsegent (E) Firdaweke shared thisAfter taking some meaningful time to care for my kids, I’m energized and grateful to step back into work in such a dynamic role. Looking forward to what’s ahead and to making an impact with this incredible team.Etsegent (E) Firdaweke shared thisWe’re excited to welcome Etsegent (E) Firdaweke as our new Senior Implementation & Change Strategy Manager at NS Consulting Group. Etsegent brings deep expertise in change strategy, structured implementation, and driving results through complex transformation initiatives. Her leadership strengthens our commitment to ensuring strategy translates into measurable, sustainable impact for our clients. Welcome to the team, Etsegent we’re thrilled to have you with us!
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Etsegent (E) Firdaweke reposted thisEtsegent (E) Firdaweke reposted thisWell… that was unexpected. I joined Cotulla Education in January to launch their Learning & Development function—and in June, I was laid off due to shifting company priorities. While short, this role was full of purpose and progress, and I remain proud of the impact we made and grateful to the Cotulla team. Now, I’m open to new opportunities! I’m looking for: ✨ L&D facilitator or trainer roles ✨ Consulting firms focused on team development and communication ✨ Employee experience or engagement programs ✨ Strategic people roles that center empathy and connection My superpowers: empathy, strategy, communication, collaboration, and a bias toward action. If something comes to mind—or if you're in the same boat and need support—please reach out. 📣 Reposting this or dropping a comment about how we've worked together would mean a lot.
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Etsegent (E) Firdaweke shared thisY'all, If you’re in search of an amazing L&D talent, look no further! Jess is awesome!Etsegent (E) Firdaweke shared thisVoyage: a long journey to a distant or unknown place, especially over water or through outer space 🚀🛳️🛸 I am voyaging (primarily on land) to my next role, and would love your help! Experience I Bring 🌟 10+ years of learning & development experience, both as an external consultant working with C-Suite leaders, and as an internal HR professional serving a global employee population of ~4000. 👥 1000+ hours of leader coaching, with Emotional Intelligence certification. 🌎 Program management and task-force leadership to build DEI learning at scale and develop leaders at various levels. Challenges I (love to) Tackle 🧠 How to design and facilitate learning that is truly inclusive, and stays with learners well past the session's end. 🐣 Hatching new L&D programs and resources based on stakeholder feedback, current workplace trends, and business strategy. 🎪 Building relationships across levels, departments, and other divides that stop a team or company from achieving excellence. 🦹♀️ Superpowers: Collaboration, Creativity, Strategy, Continuous Improvement, Inclusive Facilitation, Relationship Building. What I am Looking For 🤝 HR team that truly gives a damn about employees spending most of their waking hours in an equitable, inclusive, and innovative workplace. 👷♀️ Opportunity to evolve or build programming for leaders at different levels of the organization, making a culture of continuous learning. 💪 Remote friendly culture that offers flexibility for employees and honors their humanity (logistically open to either remote, or hybrid in Colorado, Washington or Oregon). Feel free to tag, share, or otherwise boost my post or to reach out to me directly with questions or opportunities. Thank you for your help! #opentowork #learninganddevelopment #leadershipdevelopment #inclusivefacilitation #humancentereddesign
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Etsegent (E) Firdaweke shared thisHow cool!Etsegent (E) Firdaweke shared thisToday as I was sitting outside in the church compound I saw the cutest toddler walking hanging on to her mom's hand. She had on squeaky shoes and with each squeak I was wondering why those shoes were invented in the first place. Seeing her walk past I saw a group of adults walk past her and thought oh that must be the purpose of squeaky shoes. To alert adults that there's a little human below and to be careful of their steps. I came home and researched why those shoes were invented in the first place, and to my surprise, it's to help toddlers walk heel to toe. So that they don't tiptoe and have proper posture, or at least that's what the article I read said. I gave myself a pat on the back for what I felt was a good guess, but I appreciate the opportunity to be curious. Again thank you for coming to my Random Talk!
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Etsegent (E) Firdaweke shared thisOur team is #hiring. Know anyone who might be interested? We are particularly interested in people who have experience driving change management strategy and execution at scale, with technology experience preferred. Please share the link below with your network or reach out to find out more! #changemanagement #healthcare #technology #transformation #change #strategy
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Etsegent (E) Firdaweke liked thisEtsegent (E) Firdaweke liked thisWhen things got hard at our previous startup, my therapist suggested morning pages. It felt like a chore. So I built Oyster instead. And I look forward to responding to a daily gratitude text. But the real gift is reading my journal because it shows me how good my life actually is.
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Etsegent (E) Firdaweke liked thisEtsegent (E) Firdaweke liked this“Declarations: Black Americans and The Revolutionary War” began with a simple question — Who is the Jackson in Jackson Ward? Yet, who knew that such a innocent inquiry would lead to being invited to sit for a portrait session by The Cut and The Tyler Twins for a feature on “Honoring Black Cinema at the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival” — I think Sylvia Bugg, EdD, MBA would be proud to see us sitting beside such titans in fuller and fairer storytelling. I’d like to thank PBS, VPM, Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival, The JXN Project, and Chris Crawford, The Ancestors’ Wildest Dreams for helping to tell our stories — it was an honor to introduce Abraham, Harry, James, and Mum Bet to Martha! #mvaaff #pbs #documentary #marthasvineyard Full Article — https://lnkd.in/gefhpG5z.
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Etsegent (E) Firdaweke liked thisAny leader would be lucky to have him!Etsegent (E) Firdaweke liked thisI’m excited to share that I’m open to new opportunities! After 10+ years at 2U across business operations, account management, program management, and higher education, I’m looking forward to my next challenge. I’m especially interested in Business Operations, Client Strategy, Account Management, Program Management, and Business Development roles. If you know of an opportunity or someone I should connect with, I’d truly appreciate an introduction. Thank you to everyone in my network for your support! #OpenToWork #JobSearch #CareerOpportunities
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Etsegent (E) Firdaweke liked thisEtsegent (E) Firdaweke liked thisI’m excited to share that I have officially completed my Master of Science in Organizational Leadership from the University of Colorado Boulder. 😁 This program stretched my thinking in all the right ways. Every course gave me something I could immediately apply—whether I was thinking about strategy, organizational design, innovation, negotiation, change, communication, or leadership development. I found myself constantly connecting what I was learning back to real work: How do we help leaders make better decisions? How do we build stronger organizations? How do we develop people in ways that actually prepare them for what is coming next? That practical application is what made the experience so meaningful to me. The program culminated in my capstone research focused on a question I care deeply about: How can organizations accelerate leadership capacity to improve judgment, lead change, and drive innovation in complex organizational environments? The research challenged some of my assumptions and strengthened others—particularly around how we intentionally develop leaders for complexity. I’ll share more about those findings in a separate post because they deserve more than a paragraph here. For now, I’m simply grateful. Grateful for the professors who challenged my thinking, the classmates who brought different perspectives, the colleagues who allowed me to test ideas in real time, and the people in my life who supported me through the work required to finish. I’m proud to have earned the degree. And maybe even more importantly, I’m leaving the program with better questions, a stronger point of view, and an even greater commitment to helping leaders grow. On to what’s next. 😊 #OrganizationalLeadership #LeadershipDevelopment #OrganizationalEffectiveness #LearningAndDevelopment #Leadership
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Etsegent (E) Firdaweke liked thisEtsegent (E) Firdaweke liked thisI’m back from the Martha's Vineyard Summit and Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival — and Virginia its go time! Please join me and the Virginia Black Chamber of Commerce for a conversation on “Meeting the Moment at the Intersection of Culture, Community, and Commerce: A Fireside Chat with David Banner and Ernisha Hall, MBA, MSW” at the 6th Annual Virginia Black Expo at the Richmond Main Street Station on August 22 at 4PM. For tickets, please visit virginiablackexpo.org — see you there! #virginiaisforlovers #madeinvirginia
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Etsegent (E) Firdaweke liked thisEtsegent (E) Firdaweke liked thisAfter almost a decade at 2U, the most recent round of layoffs has unfortunately impacted my role. My time with 2U was instrumental to my professional growth. Transitioning from teaching and admissions, I started there as an Application Coordinator in the former ERS department helping prepare students documentation for a decision to our university partners. From there, I moved into people management, developing valuable leadership and coaching skills. I then transitioned into training and stakeholder support, helping see several large scale departmental transitions through to fruition. Most recently, I was focused heavily on analytics, operations and project-based work supporting our internal stakeholders. Each transition challenged me to learn something new and broadened my skill set. I’m leaving with a much stronger understanding of people and program management, operations, process improvement, project management and execution, stakeholder engagement and analytics. If you know of an organization looking for someone with this combination of experience, I would love to connect. I’m excited to see where this next chapter takes me and I’m grateful for everyone I’ve met along the way. #opentowork
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Etsegent (E) Firdaweke liked thisProud mom!Etsegent (E) Firdaweke liked thisI'm Excited to share that I have started a new position at Equinox as a Membership Advisor! #itsnotfitnessitslife
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Etsegent (E) Firdaweke reacted on thisEtsegent (E) Firdaweke reacted on thisIf you know me, you know I am incredibly passionate about education access and equity. You may have worked with me on programs that expand access from K-12 to higher ed to nonprofits to start-ups to public companies, you may have been put to sleep at a dinner party listening to me talk about it, you may have seen one of my viral videos about it, you may have attended one of my panels about it, you may have joined my trainings, you may have seen me talking about it on national news (my dad loves to tell people I was on TV with Oprah…I was actually on the segment right after an interview with her lol). And today, I’m SO excited to share how I am bringing my passion to life through the launch of my own consulting business, Templeton Advisory Services. By stepping into independent consulting, I’m building a vehicle that allows me to serve more organizations, support more leaders, and create a much bigger impact than I ever could from inside a single institution. After 18 years building and scaling revenue generating programs from K-12 to workforce development to edtech to higher education to non-profit, securing federal funding for initiatives, and turning around partnerships, I’m excited to share my knowledge and skills with others to grow. If you’re a leader looking to launch, scale, or fix a revenue generating program or partnership, let’s talk.
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Volunteer
Alexandria Police Department
- 1 year 1 month
Social Services
*Enter data in the computer to help the records department
*Assist with other office duties
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Volunteer, Board Member
TINSAE ETHIOPIAN SINGLE MOMS SUPPORT ORGANIZATION IN COLORADO
- Present 8 years 8 months
Civil Rights and Social Action
*Support as a community outreach specifically with the youth group; ages from 10 to 18
*Provide services to single moms in the Ethiopian community
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Jurisprudence
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Amharic
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