KEYNOTES • WORKSHOPS • FACILITATED EXPERIENCES
Creating space for honest reflection, human connection, and meaningful change.
Dr. Bloodine Barthelus delivers research-informed, deeply human learning experiences that help education and nonprofit organizations build cultures where people feel seen, supported, and able to do meaningful work sustainably.
Through storytelling, research, reflection, and practical application, she brings people together to explore what is possible, uncover what may be getting in the way, and identify meaningful steps toward healthier ways of working.
WHAT LEADERS SAY
“Her presentation truly stole the show and left a lasting impression on our attendees.”
Confidence Coaches 4 Kids
Organizers of the SEL4OR Transformative SEL Summit
People and organizations should not have to choose between wellbeing and excellence.
Thriving organizations are not created through individual effort alone. They are shaped by the everyday conditions in which people lead, collaborate, make decisions, navigate change, and carry out the mission.
When those conditions support clarity, connection, trust, agency, and shared responsibility, people are better able to contribute their strengths without sacrificing their wellbeing. The organization becomes healthier, more adaptive, and better equipped to sustain its impact.
Dr. Bloodine’s work invites audiences to explore two essential questions:
WHAT IS GETTING IN THE WAY?
What conditions are making sustainable work harder than it needs to be?
WHAT ARE WE CREATING TOGETHER?
How do we create and sustain organizational cultures where people and organizations can thrive together?
Her keynotes and facilitated experiences help audiences name what is not working without becoming stuck there. Together, they recognize existing strengths, reconnect with what matters, imagine healthier possibilities, and identify practical steps toward meaningful and lasting change.
WHAT LEADERS SAY
“Whether Bloodine was giving an inspiring and thought-provoking keynote, facilitating tailored training sessions, or guest speaking on a podcast, she empowered our teams to develop a deeper understanding of themselves and one another. This shift made a noticeable difference in how our research and practice teams interact, collaborate, and show up for each other.”
Dr. Ally Skoog-Hoffman
Director of Research-Practice Partnerships
NewSchools Venture Fund
SIGNATURE TALKS
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Leaders are being asked to guide their teams through uncertainty, change, and increasing complexity, often while carrying significant strain themselves.
In this engaging and reflective session, Bloodine examines how everyday leadership practices shape the conditions in which people work. She explores how clarity, communication, psychological safety, recognition, and supportive accountability can strengthen both wellbeing and performance.
This is not a conversation about lowering expectations. It is a conversation about creating the conditions that allow people to meet high expectations sustainably.
Best for: Education and nonprofit executives, leadership teams, people and culture leaders, manager-development programs, retreats, and professional associations.
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The capacity crisis in education is not coming. It is already here.
Educators and school leaders are navigating rising student needs, staffing instability, emotional labor, competing priorities, and accountability expectations that often expand responsibility without expanding support.
In this research-informed presentation, Bloodine moves the conversation beyond individual resilience and self-care to examine the organizational conditions driving educator burnout. Drawing from current research, firsthand educator interviews, and more than two decades of experience in education, she helps leaders recognize what burnout is signaling and where meaningful change can begin.
Best for: Superintendents, district and school leaders, education associations, school boards, leadership conferences, and schools of education.
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Leaders are being asked to guide their teams through uncertainty, change, and increasing complexity, often while carrying significant strain themselves.
In this engaging and reflective session, Bloodine examines how everyday leadership practices shape the conditions in which people work. She explores how clarity, communication, psychological safety, recognition, and supportive accountability can strengthen both wellbeing and performance.
This is not a conversation about lowering expectations. It is a conversation about creating the conditions that allow people to meet high expectations sustainably.
Best for: Education and nonprofit executives, leadership teams, people and culture leaders, manager-development programs, retreats, and professional associations.
More than a presentation.
An experience shaped around your people.
Every engagement is designed around the audience, context, and outcomes you are seeking.
Conference keynotes and featured presentations
Executive and leadership retreats
Facilitated roundtables and leadership conversations
Panel moderation and conference facilitation
Virtual summits and webinars
Podcasts and interviews
Sessions can be customized for school systems, nonprofit organizations, universities, associations, foundations, leadership teams, and community-serving institutions.
WHAT LEADERS SAY
“Dr. Bloodine Barthelus brings a keen understanding of the human condition within complex systems. Her responsive and excellent facilitation creates learning sessions that are engaging, inspirational, and transformational.”
Dr. Mai Xi Lee
Director of Social-Emotional Learning
Sacramento County
Experience grounded in practice.
Dr. Barthelus is a former school counselor, district leader in DC Public Schools, and Senior Director of Practice at CASEL. She brings more than two decades of experience across education leadership, social-emotional learning, adult wellbeing, organizational change, executive development, and culture transformation.
She has keynoted international education conferences, led district-wide initiatives, facilitated national and global learning experiences, and supported education and nonprofit leaders through complex organizational change.
Her work combines research, lived experience, systems thinking, and a deep belief in the power of community.
Let’s create the kind of conversation that stays with people.
Whether you are planning a conference, leadership retreat, professional learning experience, podcast, or executive conversation, Bloodine will work with you to understand your audience and create an experience that is honest, relevant, and actionable.
Bring Dr. Bloodine into your room.