SmallBites Consulting
Helping people and organizations communicate, teach, and connect.
SmallBites provides professional learning, speaking, and strategic support for schools and organizations navigating edtech, AI, communication, culture, and change.
From thoughtful AI integration and educator efficiency to leadership, organizational culture, belonging, and human-centered learning, sessions are practical, interactive, and tailored to the realities educators face today.
- A planning conversationEvery engagement begins here, so the experience is relevant, actionable, and connected to your community.
- Tailored to your teamChoose from the topics below or customize to fit your goals and context.
- Ideas into actionClear, actionable next steps your people can use right away.
I.Speaking & Facilitation
Thought-provoking keynotes, conversations, and facilitated experiences designed to spark new thinking, deepen reflection, and move audiences from insight to action.
Before education, Hedreich earned a Grammy nomination as a singer. Those experiences still shape how she thinks about audience, storytelling, emotion, and human connection.
Signature keynotes
- Teaching in the Age of AIWhat schools are getting wrong about policy and integration, and what to do instead.Educators · Leaders
- Finding Your Blind SpotsPerspective, communication, and better culture, drawn from Hedreich’s award-winning book.Educators · Leaders
- Teaching for Human ConnectionDifferent worlds, shared humanity, and the classroom culture that holds them together.Educators
- Who Else Was There?Rounding out the stories we teach.Educators · Communities
II.Professional Learning & AI
Engaging, research-informed professional learning to help organizations build capacity, strengthen practice, navigate change, and turn ideas into action.
III.Strategy & Coaching
Long-term, tailored strategic guidance and walk-alongside cohort experiences that help organizations navigate change, strengthen culture, deepen communication, and build sustainable systems for growth.
- Coaching & Strategic Support
- Long-term, tailored guidance and cohort experiences for leaders and teams navigating change.
- Perspective Audits
- Review websites, communications, curriculum, messaging, and learning experiences to strengthen clarity, improve audience connection, align with organizational goals, and ensure materials reflect the people and communities you serve.
- Strategic Communications
- Clarify complex ideas, strengthen storytelling, sharpen organizational messaging, and communicate with greater clarity, connection, and confidence across websites, content, and public-facing materials.
- 1:1 Coaching
- AI for Educators 101 · Class Culture Coaching
IV.Topics
Select from the topics below or customize a session to fit your team, goals, and context.
AI, Edtech, Teaching & the Future of Learning
- Screens vs. Analog
- Tech Is Not a Pedagogy
- Teaching in the Age of AI
- AI for Educator Efficiency
- AI & EdTech: Policy, Norms & Thoughtful Integration
- Media Literacy in the Age of AI
- What to Do Instead of Screen Bans
Organizational Culture, Belonging & Leadership
- Finding Your Blind Spots: Perspective, Communication & Better Culture (Educators)
- Finding Your Blind Spots: Perspective, Communication & Better Culture (Leaders)
- Stronger Schools Through Family & Community Partnership
- Strategic Communication for Educators & Leaders
- Teaching for Human Connection
- Class Culture for New Teachers
- Help! My Students Are Not Like Me: Different Worlds, Shared Humanity
- Stories Matter: Teaching Across Subjects and Grades Through Diverse Narratives
- Midlife Teaching: The Silent Factor in Educator Wellness
History, Identity & Perspective
- Who Else Was There? Rounding Out the Stories We Teach
- The Stories We Share: Expanding Historical Narratives
- Exploring Untold Stories in History
- Perspective & Blind Spots in Organizations & Leadership
1:1 Coaching
- AI for Educators 101
- Class Culture Coaching
Stages & Pages
Good Questions
Can a session be customized?
Yes. Professional learning experiences may be selected from the topics above or customized to fit your team, goals, and context. It starts with a planning conversation.
Who does SmallBites work with?
Educators, leaders, organizations, and mission-driven teams, including districts, campuses, conferences, nonprofits, and faith communities.
Do you work outside of education?
Yes. Strategic communications, perspective audits, and coaching support organizations and mission-driven brands seeking stronger communication and thoughtful approaches to change.
Contact SmallBites
Thoughtful change starts with conversation.
If you are navigating a challenge, exploring a new direction, or looking for support in learning, leadership, communication, or strategy, we’d love to connect.
Prefer email? 5smallbites@gmail.com