Impact Storytelling

Leading multimedia storytelling trainings across industries has given me an eye for compelling story hooks and the skills to help others communicate creatively and effectively why their work matters.

I help organizations get to the heart of their impact narrative to meet marketing, sales, and development goals. I’m a storyteller, marketer, and content producer building affinity amongst audiences, creating roadmaps for folks to get more involved, and helping partnership and development teams make new connections. Together we create a create a common language between expert staff and constituents, rooted in accessibility and shared values.

ClimateWorks Foundation

The once-overlooked greenhouse gas methane, has become the topic of the hour — with philanthropy driving significant momentum for emission reductions around the globe. Read…
ClimateWorks Foundation

As climate change drives record-breaking temperatures, access to cooling is no longer a luxury — it is a human right. Read…
ClimateWorks Foundation

When Indigenous peoples and local communities secure legal rights over the forests they call home, the benefits extend worldwide. Read…
American Physical Society

From solar cells to regional climate impacts, “Wiki Scientists” are making the science clearer, one Wikipedia page at a time. Read…
Frog Hollow Farm

That gushingly sweet peach you have to eat over the sink doesn’t happen simply because the farm avoids toxic chemicals. It’s oh so much more than that. Read…
Wikipedia

History books often focus on the white change-makers of the suffrage movement. Until May 2019, it was no different on Wikipedia. Read…
Stanford Law School

Thousands have turned to Wikipedia to understand what “one of the most significant election law cases ever” could mean for the future of American democracy. Read…
Rancho Gordo

What started as a love of obscure, flavorful bean varieties has led to revived local job markets, preserved regional heritage, and some really great meals. Read…
Society of Family Planning

Urgency drove these OB/GYNs to start editing Wikipedia. The question, “What do I want my patients to know?” became “What do I want millions around the world to know?” Read…
Open Pedagogy Notebook

The real-world tangibility of a Wikipedia assignment is what draws so many instructors and students to it. Read…
Stemple Creek Ranch

Is it possible to raise cattle in a sustainable way according to regenerative farming principles? Fourth generation Loren Poncia aims to find out. Read…
Wikidata

As knowledge professionals and stewards, what is our responsibility in building and tending to a database that reaches millions of people? Read…
Frog Hollow Farm

Given the careful way Frog Hollow grows their olives and the masterful way McEvoy Ranch cold-presses them into oil, it’s hard to believe that such a beautiful thing as Olio Nuovo stems from an accident. Read…
Frog Hollow Farm

Regenerative farming is more nutritious for the consumer, more profitable for the farmer, more beneficial for farmworkers, and much more sustainable for the land. It just makes sense. Read…