Services — Connecting Our Stories

Have you or your organization had these thoughts?

“Our followers may see a lot of what we do, but do they connect with who we are?”
“Do funders/supporters really understand our impact?”
“How can we gather in ways that will connect people and build community?”
“Are we listening to the people we serve? How are their voices reflected in our work?”
“Can our board members describe who we are at our core?”
“Is our staff motivated by the stories we tell?”
“Am I doing work that connects my passions with the world’s needs?”
“Am I bringing my full self to my work and life?”

We help clients with story discovery, strategy, and creation. Our goal is to ensure stories reflect your people and purpose.

We offer the following story production supports:

We support individuals and teams to:

In-person gatherings can transform how we approach our lives and work.

We offer:

Connecting Our Stories hosts our own in-person gatherings designed to build community and connection (see below).

Gathering (noun): a coming together of people in a group

We support gatherings in three ways:

You Come to Us

connecting our stories develops and hosts gatherings in our space throughout the year. we meet about topics that are on our hearts to reflect, ideate, learn, and grow together.
we add new offerings all the time. see below to join our invitation list.
We Come to You

COS can bring our inspiring gathering content and create a spirit of belonging and community for your group or team.
Sample topics:
“living & working intentionally”
“courage from the heart”
“identifying our values”
“finding joy in small doses”
“untangling work and worth”
“storytelling 101”
We Help Build Your Gathering

Does your organization seek to bring people together around an idea, campaign, cause, or simply to listen?
we can help dream up, design, and develop gatherings that center humanity and build community.

We send out invitations for in-person Austin offerings every few months. We know one of our topics will speak to you.

We hope to see you soon.

I worked with Lauren during her time at the Texas Senate. She is one of the most insightful people I know, able to think on multiple levels, delivering results and inspiration in a high pressure environment.

Vincent Cho
Lauren is great to work with, incredibly detail-oriented without losing sight of the big picture.

Virginia Snodgrass Rangel
Lauren’s ability to dive deep into complex topics while never losing sight of the individual people those policies impact make her communications some of the best I've ever seen–and I've worked with a LOT of communications experts, from major enterprise clients to tiny nonprofits.

Jenny Magic
Lauren is extremely intentional, thoughtful, and hardworking, and her passion and care translates directly into the work she does.

Victoria Wang
Working with Lauren’s team at Connecting Our Stories was seamless. At every phase of the project, we were pleasantly surprised by their professionalism, warmth, and creativity.

Tom Greer, TASBo
“Strategy is essential to great communications — even more so in policy advocacy. When tackling a project for us, Connecting Our Stories doesn’t lift a pencil before asking who and why, which helps them hit the mark each time.”

Stinson Liles, Alliance for Early Success