Have you or your organization had these thoughts?
About sharing impact:
“We post a good amount, but we’re not sure we’re really connecting.”
“Are we listening to the people we serve? How are their voices reflected in our work?”
“We want our funders/supporters to really understand our impact. How can we educate and inspire them?”
“Can our board members describe who we are at our core?”
“Our followers see a lot of what we do, but we want them to connect with who we are and who we serve.”
“We want to elevate the humanity behind our work with meaningful content.”
Regarding Motivation & Direction:
“I feel disconnected from my story, my work, or my purpose.”
“How can I do work that connects my passions with the world’s needs?”
“I’m stuck in the story creation phase and need to gain clarity and a creative boost.”
“How can I bring my full self to my craft, while also meeting content goals?”
For Human-Centered Connection:
“We feel disconnected from working and living in a digital/AI-driven environment.”
“We want to give our team opportunities to reflect and connect in a safe, in-person environment.”
“We’ve gathered partners in the field for years, but we want to be more intentional about connecting people and building community.”
We help individuals, organizations, and businesses address these challenges with effective and connective storytelling, coaching, and gatherings.
Storytelling
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:
Writing
Photography
Video
Multi-media Stories
Coaching
We support individuals and teams to:
Work with intention and motivation
Connect strategies to stories
Get unstuck in the storytelling process
Brainstorm creative solutions
Gatherings
In-person gatherings can transform how we approach our lives and work.
We offer:
Gathering strategies
Facilitation guides
Connection-based training
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:
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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.
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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”
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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.
Join our COS Gatherings Email List
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.
COS Gatherings Feedback
“I valued the structure with a focus and the balance of authentic sharing, connecting, and learning. I really enjoyed the diverse group of participants.”
— KA
“I so appreciated the care and detail that went into both the invitation and to the welcome at the gathering. It was such an inviting space to enter into and I knew exactly what to expect.”
— KN
“. . . just loved the intentionality and the thought-providing experience. I reflected and shared about this experience with some of my friends..”
— EE
“The way this program unfolded was like reading a good novel. The author of this community event had planned in advance how the topics would unfold, and the order in which they did, the gravity with which they flowed, was an unveiling of wisdom and heart for all that were in the room.”
— MK