Strong communities depend on how people work together. Build the trust, collaboration, and creativity that help people turn their hopes for a community into shared action.

How I can help:

• Facilitation that helps groups hear different perspectives, identify shared priorities, and agree on next steps

• Workshops that strengthen communication, collaboration, and creative problem-solving

• Ongoing support for community leaders and organizations putting ideas into practice

Grow the human capacity behind community progress.

Plans, funding, and technical expertise matter. Putting them to work requires people who can communicate, navigate disagreement, share responsibility, and imagine new possibilities.

I bring an organizational development perspective to this work, grounded in my experience founding and leading Growing Small Towns in Oakes, North Dakota. Through GST, we create learning and facilitated experiences that draw on my expertise and, when useful, the strengths of other practitioners.

COMMUNITY CULTURE + COLLABORATION:

• Building Trust Across Groups

• Welcoming More Voices into Community Decisions

• Moving from Shared Ideas to Shared Action

• Creating a Culture of Belonging

• The Human Side of Economic Development

LEADERSHIP + CAPACITY:

• Having Conversations That Move Things Forward

• Leading Change with Curiosity

• Making Room for Creativity and New Ideas

• Sharing Responsibility Beyond the Usual Few

• Turning Guiding Values into Everyday Practices