Northstar Unplugged #009. Sarah Nelson: leading 18 Reasons, SF-based nonprofit cooking school, during a pandemic; running effective meetings; sleeping strategies for babies
In this episode, Sarah Nelson shares the history of 18 Reasons, a San Francisco-based nonprofit cooking school, and what strategies she's using to successfully navigate the organization through a pandemic. Sarah explains the E.O.S. system for running the most efficient and productive team meetings you've ever heard of and also offers secrets on how she successfully got her baby to sleep through the night consistently.
About Sarah:
Sarah Nelson has worked on food-related projects in the Bay Area since 2008. She launched Cooking Matters in the Bay Area in 2010 to bring free cooking classes to low-income families. In her youth, she taught yoga and guided bicycle tours in France. In 2011, she founded the nonprofit Three Squares, which merged with 18 Reasons in 2013. She is passionate about cooking, rock climbing, riding her bike, and, yes, her job. She lives in San Francisco with her partner and daughter. Contact her at sarah@18reasons.org.
Resources:
- Free tickets to Annual Fundraiser (Oct 13 @6pm PST, virtual)
- Volunteer
- Upcoming cooking classes
- Membership
- Donate
Entrepreneurial Operating System (E.O.S.)
Asana- web and mobile app to help teams organize, track, and manage their work
Slack- communications platform
Buy Nothing Project / Facebook groups
Sarah’s book recommendations:
Traction (Gino Wickman)
Get a Grip (Gino Wickman & Mike Paton)
On Becoming Baby Wise (Robert Buckman MD & Gary Ezzo)
Salt Fat Acid Heat (Samin Nosrat)
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