Writing
Manuscripts, sessions, and a novel I'll tell you about when it's ready.
Consulting
I help organizations figure out what they're actually trying to do.
Mostly associations, nonprofits, and arts organizations, twenty years now, on both sides of the table as staff and as outside counsel. Most of what I do comes down to a handful of things: sorting out who's actually deciding, fixing communications that aren't reaching anyone, and helping a team get through a change everyone already knows is coming.
What I Do
Four things I actually do, most weeks.
Communications Strategy
Newsletters, member apps, and getting an organization heard without hiring six vendors to do it.
Organizational Development
Change management for teams who'd rather deal with it than pretend everything's fine.
Publishing & Culture
Fifteen years running an independent writers' series taught me most of this for real, not in a workshop.
Most of this work is unglamorous. I'm fine with that.
How This Works
What working together looks like.
It starts with a conversation about what's actually changing, what's worth protecting, and what needs doing. From there, I scope the engagement to the organization in front of me, budget and board expectations included, instead of selling a fixed package.
Some of this work is a single working session. Some of it runs for months. Both happen often enough that I don't assume which one you need before we've talked.
Confidentiality, candour, and practical judgment are built into the process.
For examples of this work in practice, see selected projects.
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