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February 4, 2021 Samantha Shain Dear Spreadsheet Whisperer

Dear Spreadsheet Whisperer: Tzedakah Tsuris

What to do when you outgrow your grassroots spreadsheet systems? Try Airtable! It's flexible, freemium, and fun to use. Oh, and this is #NotAnAd!

January 22, 2021 Samantha Shain Dear Spreadsheet Whisperer, Uncategorized

Dear Spreadsheet Whisperer: Gettin’ Schooled

In this edition of Dear Spreadsheet Whisperer, lessons about how to set up spreadsheets to ask hard questions about racial equity in schools.

January 19, 2021February 1, 2021 Samantha Shain civil writes

clipboard + megaphone: a new perspective on dr. king’s legacy

5 lessons from Dr. King and his entourage on movement building through problem solving and behind-the-scenes system crafting.

December 11, 2020 Samantha Shain Uncategorized

beginner’s mind

Learning a bunch of new skills and platforms leads me to reflect on the Zen Buddhist practice of Beginner's Mind. Plus, 6 new tools I'm learning.

September 4, 2020 Samantha Shain Uncategorized

i’m learning CiviCRM!

What's out there in the land beyond Salesforce? Turns out, quite a lot! Keep reading for musings on open source technology and a PG-13 meme.

February 19, 2020 Samantha Shain Uncategorized

summary offense

What do pivot tables, the concatenate function, and Parks and Rec gifs have in common? You'll have to read this blog post to find out!

February 5, 2020February 6, 2020 Samantha Shain Uncategorized

facilitation/difficultation

Introducing two facilitation techniques for helping a group tackle difficult database questions, plus some personal reflection about how I'm showing up as a leader and co-conspirator.

July 28, 2019July 28, 2019 Samantha Shain Uncategorized

Dear Spreadsheet Whisperer: Po-em-G!

Special guest "Axolotl Questions" aka my mom (!!!!) comes to the Spreadsheet Whisperer with a question about how to organize poems for her upcoming research project.

June 6, 2019 Samantha Shain Uncategorized

C/C/C/C RM

Imagining a database model that puts social justice campaigners in the center. Join me?

April 3, 2019 Samantha Shain Uncategorized

Dear Spreadsheet Whisperer, What’s an Object?

What do unicorns, squirrels, and building blocks have to do with healing the Admin / End User divide? Read more to see my answer to an illustrious Salesforce User who's looking for resources to support her organization's Admin team to connect with a non-technical audience.

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