Your people don’t need another AI pep talk. They need better questions.
Keynotes, workshops, and leadership cohorts on AI and futures literacy for K-12 — no hype, no fear, no jargon. Everything an organizer needs is on this page.
See Tricia in action.
“Tricia is such a gracious, knowledgeable host who asks excellent questions and gives her guests appropriate room to speak. Topics and guests are wonderfully diverse.”
Named talks, real takeaways.
Futures Literacy Lab
Signal scanning and scenario design for leadership teams. Audiences leave with a practiced method for spotting what’s coming — instead of reacting to what already arrived.
AI Leadership Bootcamp (M.U.S.H.)
Map, Upskill, Spark, Harness: a systems approach to AI adoption for school leaders. Built for decision-makers who need a plan, not a pep talk.
Finding the New Horizon of What Is Possible
Digital, media, and civic literacies in the AI era — why the conversations schools are having aren’t weird enough yet, and the better questions to ask instead.
- AI leadership in K-12
- Futures literacy
- AI companions & belonging
- Media & algorithmic literacy
- Assessment reimagined
- Executive function meets AI
- Creative AI playgrounds
Who I connect with.
Book Tricia and you’re not starting from zero — you’re plugging into an audience she’s spent nearly two decades building.
Meet Tricia.
Tricia Friedman is a futures literacy practitioner and Director at Shifting Schools, where she helps K-12 leaders navigate the AI era with creativity, ethics, and zero jargon. She co-hosts the Shifting Schools podcast — on air continuously since 2006 and ranked in the top 2.5% of podcasts worldwide — and hosts Be a Better Ally, where her guests have included feminist icon Gloria Steinem and New York Times bestselling authors Patricia Cornwell and Dr. Brittney Cooper.
An award-winning podcast host, workshop facilitator, and designer of custom AI tools and frameworks, Tricia works with schools, districts, and leadership cohorts across North America and internationally — including AAIE, CEESA, DiverseEd, and the World Education Summit. She lives in Ottawa, Canada.
Tricia Friedman helps K-12 leaders navigate AI through a futures literacy lens. She is Director at Shifting Schools, co-host of the top-2.5%-worldwide Shifting Schools podcast, and host of Be a Better Ally.
On your stage, or on screen.
Keynotes · workshops · leadership cohorts · webinars · podcast guesting · panels.
In person or virtual, based in Ottawa, Canada — travels for the right room.
Three steps, no runaround.
Tell me about your audience
One email, five questions. Who’s in the room, what they’re wrestling with, your date and format.
We shape the session together
A quick call to tailor the talk or cohort to your people — not a canned deck pulled off a shelf.
Your people leave with better questions
Practiced methods and next moves they can use Monday — plus follow-up resources for your team.
Assets for organizers & media.
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- Workshop menuTwelve sessions for schools & leadersView ↗
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- Be a Better Ally podcast286 episodes · 5.0/5 on Apple PodcastsListen ↗
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Tell me about your audience.
One email, five questions, a reply from Tricia herself — usually within 48 hours.