Anyone can identify what’s wrong. It takes much more skill to identify what’s right, what’s possible, and where change feasibly can occur. 

Let’s explore together what is required for more shared discernment and inclusive decision-making within hierarchical institutions. 

For telling more stories and for learning from more lived experiences. For more readily naming the elephant in the room and having more difficult conversations. For building our muscles to “normalize” consent, responsibility and repair, grief and release within our teams. For lasering in on where change feasibly has and can occur inside our own organizations – and most importantly, inside ourselves – first.

When my clients become more grounded in their work – in their personal values, strengths, daily practices, and lived experiences  –  they navigate their organizational duties and work relationships with more clarity and ease.

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Coaching – Individuals & Teams

I offer coaching to nonprofit and philanthropic leaders because we need individual actions within complex systems to shift hierarchical structures and dominant culture ways of working. I support leaders to embrace the ambiguity, disappointment, and discomfort inherent in social change work, and to create the conditions for decision-making and learning processes that are more intentional, iterative, collaborative, and accountable. Focused on possibilities, guidance and options, coaching relationships can be short, medium or long term, meeting regularly for a specific number of sessions or length of time.

Team coaching can also help its members identify and overcome barriers to productive dialogue and joint decision-making, including difficult conversations, particularly in global and virtual environments. 

You can schedule an initial conversation to learn more about my approach and explore if a coaching relationship would be supportive to you or your team via calendly.

Communications & Narrative Strategy

I assess organizations’ communications needs and structure, focusing on four key aspects of a targeted communications and narrative change strategy: audiences, channels/platforms, core messages, and content co-creation. I develop realistic and impactful strategies, particularly for philanthropic audiences and in support of learning from programs and partners. I support teams to orient to communications as a key organizational strategy and to reflect their values in all communications. I connect people to the depth of the written word, not just click-able content, and I support teams to speak directly to the prevailing operating assumptions and power dynamics that changemakers seek to shift.

Facilitation & Group Dialogue

Jennifer offers skilled and experienced facilitation for any kind of gathering, focused on finding connection and wisdom from within the group, and moving them to and through a common purpose. I use non-extractive methodologies, a trauma-informed approach, and the principles of emergent strategy to support team dialogue, learning, reflection and problem-solving processes, such as…

• Trust & Team Building
• Reflection & Learning (and Un-learning) Processes
• Scenario Planning & Strategy Development
• Leadership Development
• Difficult Conversations
• Project Support

I also utilize modalities of creative and arts-based expression and exploration. Jennifer can support all aspects of event/meeting/webinar design, as well as hosting, running, and evaluation of such gatherings.

Book Doula & Writing

I accompany writers (and groups of non-writers) to take their narrative ideas, interactions, learnings, and stories from the brain to the page. I support all aspects of the writing process, from dreaming to editing to channeling or ghostwriting – honing in on the essential message(s) that want to come through and cultivating the flavor and style of authors’ voices. I enable the support system around writing projects, offer a guiding light and structure, and help people access their innate creativity and joy in the writing/editing process.

Speaking & Content Curation

A selection of my interviews, speeches, and published writing can be found online archived on how-matters.org. I also have a curated list of resources on communicating social change here. Feel free to reach out any time.

Why invest in working with Jennifer?

“Working with Jennifer is like having a brilliant best friend by your side, always. I look forward to each of our calls. I bring to them everything that’s on my mind and heart, and I always leave feeling both grounded and grateful—and with a grander sense of possibility than before. Jennifer is a deeply trusted colleague, confidante, and co-conspirator, and her wisdom and guidance, grace and support have been truly invaluable—and a persistent joy.” ~Adiel Suarez-Murias

“I feel seen and supported as a whole human being. Jennifer’s approach is always grounded in liberation and awareness of power dynamics. I like to call her my navigator – I turn to her when I am in need of support for (re)finding my path. She puts things into beautiful words that help me steer (there! again!) within my realities. Her artistic side and perception is really important to me – she uses nonlinear and creative ways to mirror and transform what I bring to our conversations.” ~Claudia Bollwinkel

“Jennifer’s accompaniment for leaders in complex, dynamic social justice non-profits has been grounding for me personally. She brought a lot of clarity to my leadership intentions and to thinking from a personal, institutional, and systemic lens. Through metaphors and hard questions and just staying with the moment, Jennifer can help find the clearing through the fog. Jennifer’s guidance helped me connect with my inner purpose and authentic self so I could show up for the work during a time of global crisis.” ~Rachel Freed

“Working with Jennifer has been transformational–not only has she helped me to discover and lift my creative voice, but her commitment to accompanying me on my journey has given me the confidence and clarity I have sorely needed in my writing process. I have deeply appreciated her willingness to be flexible and to adapt with my ever evolving process and am so grateful for what she continues to help me discover!” ~Britt Yamamoto

“Jennifer is skilled at creating supportive and loving containers for reflection. She embodies not just a different way of doing, but of being, in our work to make our communities more equitable and just.” ~Caitlin Duffy

“During our time together, Jennifer helped me to explore a new, somewhat daunting, path through life and work. She listens nonjudgmentally but in an incredibly supportive manner, and knows when to provide just enough challenge to help stimulate a new way of thinking. My coaching sessions have stayed with me and if you have the chance to work with Jennifer, I highly recommend you do.” ~Alex Martins

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Individual and organizational clients include: Action Aid UK, ADD International, Ariadne Network (European Funders for Social Change and Human Rights), ChildFund, CIVICUS, CLIMA Fund, Collective Future Fund, the Congressional Hunger Center Leland Fellowship, The Conversationalist, DiverseDEV, Dreilinden, Elevate Children Funders Group, Feedback Labs, Fenomenal Funds, Girls First Fund, the Global Fund for Community Foundations, Healing Solidarity, Hispanics in Philanthropy, Ignite Philanthropy, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, InfoNile, InterAction, Justice Funders, Mama Cash, Nike Foundation, Open Gov Hub, Pa’lante Transformative Justice, Picture Impact, Purposeful, Resonance Network, Saferworld, Southern Farm Lab, Thousand Currents, The Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School, Together for Girls, the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC), We Are Feminist Leaders, The Whitman Institute, and Womankind.

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