Women in Agile

During this episode you get a chance to learn from Natali Betancur, a member of the Women in Agile Board who serves as the Executive Sponsor for our Scholarship Program. As you listen, you’ll get a chance to hear about Natali's Agile journey, which began in local government and evolved through various roles including work at Queens University of Charlotte's Center for Digital Equity. This episode explores themes of gender discrimination in the workplace and strategies for women in leadership positions, including building confidence and setting boundaries. The conversation concluded with Natali sharing her team's implementation of agile practices and digital equity initiatives, including their work to make Mecklenburg County more digitally accessible through strategic planning and community-focused projects.   About the Featured Guest Natali Betancur is a dynamic and results-driven professional with a passion for creating positive change. With a diverse background in business management, finance, and strategic planning, she brings a unique perspective to her work. All Natali does is grounded in her core values of community, family and service. She currently works as the Deputy Director in the Center for Digital Equity at Queens University of Charlotte and serves as a board member for Women in Agile Org. Follow Natali Betancur on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/natali-betancur/) The Women in Agile community champions inclusion and diversity of thought, regardless of gender, and this podcast is a platform to share new voices and stories with the Agile community and the business world, because we believe that everyone is better off when more, diverse ideas are shared.   Podcast Library: www.womeninagile.org/podcast Women in Agile Org Website: www.womeninagile.org    Connect with us on social media! LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/womeninagile/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/womeninagile/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/womeninagileorg    Please take a moment to rate and review the Women in Agile podcast on your favorite podcasting platform. This is the best way to help us amplify the voices and wisdom of the talent women and allies in our community! Be sure to take a screenshot of your rating and review and post it on social media with the hashtag #womeninagile to help spread the word and continue to elevate Women in Agile.   About our Hosts Leslie Porter is an agilist at heart. She was leveraging agile practices and appreciating agile principles long before she even knew what they were. Her agile journey officially started in 2010 and she never looked back. Her career has taken many twists and turns. She led a digital marketing start-up in college, was involved with replatforming Lowes.com while they adopted agile practices, provided training and coaching for agile transformation across a wide array of industries. She is trained in Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC) and has been involved in with Women in Agile since its original inception at Scrum Gathering 2013 in Las Vegas. You can follow Leslie on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesliejdotnet).