Ash and Erin
Erin and Ash love working together to help caring people tell meaningful stories
about big ideas. Here’s some of our work!
Nonprofits
Using Internal Family Systems in nonprofit work — or, DEI from the inside out
The Internal Family Systems model can bring deeper understanding, more compassionate communication, and greater harmony to bigger human systems — like nonprofits and the communities they serve. This workshop uses IFS to explore diversity, equity, and inclusion “from the inside out.”
What concept kits can do
The concepts you use to think and talk about your work set the boundaries of what’s possible. Here are some examples of the way building a new set of concepts can be transformative.
Nonprofit fundraising, reimagined
As we start to imagine what our world might look like in the future — in the wake of the pandemic, the uprising, and the wounds of the last administration — our state’s chapter of the Association of Professional Fundraisers recognized a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reimagine the role they play.
Why systems change takes patience
“Systems change is like planting a forest,” says veteran Minnesota policy leader Antonia Apolinario-Wilcoxon. “Someday, children will be able to play in the shelter of the trees. Today, your job is to dig holes and plant seeds.”
Mattering without measuring
“Measure what matters,” business folks like to say. But what if what matters most can’t be measured at all? I gave this training to help nonprofits escape from the tyranny of “metrics” to communicate the deeper meanings of their work.