E204｜Don’t stagnate, innovate! How teacher Cassie O’Hanlon upgraded her 20th-century tech skills to create an online creative writing course for kids

Cassie O’Hanlon is the queen of the pivot. 🔄A major health scare and the death of her father initially proved to Cassie that her future as an English teacher no longer lay in the classroom. But when the third strike – the pandemic – arrived to disrupt her 1:1 tutoring business, she knew she needed to pivot online. It’s a move that opened the door to a world of possibilities and had Cassie asking, ‘Why serve just one kid at a time when you can serve many?’Her search for the answer has led her on an exciting journey into online course creation and has given her business and bank balance a well-deserved boost. 💰Here’s why you should tune inYou’ll love hearing how Cassie’s creative writing course came to be and how she is inspiring kids with the help of her awesome teaching skills and a toy Ninja! If you’re a teacher, you’ll nod as Cassie talks about her experiences in school. And if you’re a parent with a son who might need their creative spark reignited, you’ll be keen to know how you can work with this talented teacher. 🔥Here’s what to listen out for:[04:32] How a major health scare impacted Cassie’s outlook on life.[08:06] How our Social Media Superhero Bootcamp helped Cassie get confident online.[13:03] Discover why Joy is such a fan of Amy Porterfield’s Digital Course Academy.[14:41] How doing DCA helped Cassie flesh out her online course.[20:11] Why we make our own luck.[24:48] Why an online course brings in the £££.[28:32] What finding TechPixies means to Cassie.Hit play now. ▶️▶️▶️ Love our podcast? Leave a review and get hold of our Quick Start Podcast Guide.For details of links and resources mentioned in this episode, visit TechPixies.comWant to get in touch? We'd love to hear from you.Follow us on social media @techpixies and ping us a DM or drop us a line at [email protected] Thanks for listening!

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Joy Foster is an award-winning entrepreneur who helps women upskill with modern technology in order to return to work, change careers or start a business. Most recently she was recognised by Grant Thornton as one of the 100 Faces of the Vibrant Economy 2018, she was awarded Startup Director of the Year for London and the South by the Institute of Directors (May 2018). She was the only Startup female finalist in the national IoD awards (Oct 2018). Her business, TechPixies was named Women in Business Startup of the Year 2018 and Enterprise Nation Female Startup of the Year 2017. Joy and her company have recently been profiled in Forbes for raising £150,000 and Stella for breaking down barriers for women wanting to re-ignite their careers and in April 2019, TechNation has named TechPixies ‘one to watch’ in the EdTech space.