Strategist · Educator · Community Builder

I create spaces where people can learn with one another, connect, and grow into what’s next.

I’m Felisha DeLay. Whether I’m helping a team prepare for change, making AI easier to understand, or bringing people together around a table, my work begins with the same question:

What will help people feel ready, included, and able to participate?

See how I bring it to life

Tulsa, Oklahoma · Building with purpose

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01 / My story

The work may look different. The purpose has always been the same.

I’ve spent my career in the space between a good idea and the people who need to understand it, trust it, and use it. I’m naturally drawn to making complicated things clearer, creating practical next steps, and noticing what people need in order to move forward with confidence.

That instinct shapes how I prepare teams for change, teach practical technology, welcome someone into a new community, and create room for people to learn from one another. I value what happens when people feel safe enough to ask honest questions, share what they know, and grow together.

I’m also a U.S. Air Force veteran, a wife, mother of five, grandmother, lifelong learner, and woman of faith. Those parts of my story keep me grounded in curiosity, resilience, service, and the belief that growth should make room for the whole person.

02 / How I help

I help turn change, knowledge, and possibility into something people can actually use.

I help organizations identify the people, process, and communication friction that keeps good work from moving. I ask strategic questions, listen carefully, and look across teams and workflows to understand where momentum is getting stuck. Then I turn what I learn into practical readiness strategies and operational improvements that help people work together more clearly and effectively.

My work is grounded in human-in-the-loop design. I believe technology works best when it strengthens human judgment, participation, and connection.

Operational Readiness

I help teams make sense of what is changing, what needs to happen next, and how people, communication, and workflows must come together to make the change real.

Product Enablement

I turn product knowledge into practical guidance so the people using or supporting a product can understand it, feel prepared, and get meaningful value from it.

Practical AI Education

I teach, guide, and learn alongside people as they make AI useful and approachable. People try it, build with it, ask honest questions, share discoveries, and help one another move forward.

What connects it all

People grow when there is trust, a clear next step, and room to learn together.

Operational readiness, product enablement, and practical AI education all begin with understanding what people need to move forward. I look for the friction that slows good work down, make complicated things clearer, and help create practical next steps.

That same people-centered approach shapes how I build local community. I saw plenty of opportunities for people to attend events, network, or learn, but fewer spaces designed for relationships and learning to deepen together. People could leave with new information or new contacts and still not have a supportive community in which to keep growing.

The Social Garden is my response to that gap. It is a place where small, supportive communities can take root. People can get to know one another, ask questions, exchange ideas, share useful resources, and learn and grow together.

The community expression of my work

Welcome to The Social Garden.

The Social Garden is a local Tulsa community where people can connect, learn from one another, and share new experiences. It creates room for small, supportive communities to grow over time through in-person gatherings, community learning, and shared experiences.

It is also a place for community learning. I may teach or facilitate, but I am not meant to be the only source of knowledge. People bring lived experience, questions, skills, and resources of their own. With trust, generosity, and room to participate, the community becomes part of how everyone learns.

Through welcoming adventures, gatherings, and learning experiences, The Social Garden helps people try something new, move beyond surface-level connection, and grow in ways that feel practical, personal, and shared.

03 / Inside The Social Garden

Three paths. One place to grow together.

Everything growing inside The Social Garden follows one of three paths.

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The belief behind Connection

Connection needs room to breathe.

Our lives do not happen in silos. They overlap through the ordinary things we are living: a new pet, a new home, a marriage, a hard season, a fresh idea, or something worth celebrating. The Social Garden makes some gatherings intentionally agenda-free so people can slow down, bring more of their whole lives into the room, and discover common ground without a program or networking goal directing the conversation.

A dedicated home for The Social Garden is growing now. It will bring all three paths together with upcoming experiences, private event spaces, helpful resources, and conversations that continue after the gathering ends.

Growing inside The Social Garden

A few experiences currently taking root.

The Social Garden is the home for experiences that help people connect, learn, grow, and explore together. Here is one experience taking root within each path.

Connection

Agenda-Free Gatherings

Relaxed local gatherings that give people room to breathe, talk, and get to know one another naturally. We might share brunch or dinner, meet for a group picnic, or walk and talk together. The activity may change, but the purpose stays the same: making space for everyday conversation and common ground without a program or networking agenda.

Growth

Practical Tech Workshops

Hands-on community learning around AI and other accessible technology for daily life, work, community projects, and microbusinesses. I provide guidance and structure while participants explore, build, exchange ideas, share resources, and learn from one another.

Adventure

Small-Group Adventures

Thoughtfully planned experiences that make it easy to step outside the usual routine and discover something new together. These might be full-day trips across Oklahoma, half-day outings around Tulsa, nearby explorations, or other adventures designed for a smaller group.

What grounds me

“Faith gives me roots. Family gives me perspective. Service reminds me why the work matters. And community reminds me that none of us grows alone.”
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