Sara Wachter-Boettcher
CEO, Active Voice. Co-creator, Throughline & Power Shift. We help people in design do their best work, without burning out.
- Role
- Chief Executive Officer at Active Voice
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Sara Wachter-Boettcher
I’m the CEO of Active Voice—the coaching and training company for people who want to do their best work, without burning out. We also run Throughline—conferences and events all bringing more hope and less hype to UX.I started Active Voice after consulting in UX and content for a decade and publishing three books: Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech; Design for Real Life (with Eric Meyer); and Content Everywhere.Likes: spicy-but-nuanced takes, hard-but-necessary conversations, every kind of small animalDislikes: fake puffery, power trips, green bellpeppers
Experience
Chief Executive Officer
Feb 2020 — Present · Philadelphia, PA, US
Active Voice helps people in tech and design understand who they are and how they lead—so they can speak up with confidence, build team resilience, and navigate challenges with ease. We offer: • 1:1 coaching to help talented tech and design leaders step up, speak up, and level up their skills • Group coaching and cohort-based programs designed to build clarity, confidence, and connection• Workshops and trainings on skills that are crucial to building healthy, humane teams• Facilitation services that make strategy sessions and company offsites more inclusive and more productiveAs CEO, I lead our tiny team in developing curricula, building coaching programs, and designing client engagements. I also facilitate workshops and group programs, and take on a limited set of 1:1 coaching clients.
Education
University of Oregon
BA, Journalism, German, Honors College
2001 — 2005
Skills
- Editing
- Cms
- Creative Direction
- Publishing
- Digital Strategy
- Feature Writing
- Copy Editing
- Mobile Content
- Content Marketing
- Editorial Strategy
- Information Architecture
- Interactive Advertising
- Copywriting
- Journalism
- Web Content
- User-Centered Design
- Message Development
- Web Analytics
- Content Management Systems (Cms)
- User Experience
- Content Strategy
- Editorial
- Brand Architecture
- Engaging Public Speaker
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