Unlock Your Story helps women and organizations leverage storytelling and movement for liberation, community-building, and social change.
Unlock Your Story helps women and organizations leverage storytelling and movement for liberation, community-building, and social change.
Everyone has a story. Let’s unlock yours.
Our mission is to help leaders, creatives, and organizations leverage storytelling and movement for liberation, community-building, and social change.
We recognize that stories are both packaged and expressed in a wide variety of ways — including writing, content development, public speaking, and movement — and we harness the transformative power of each of these modes of expression in our work. We coach you through the process of leaning wholeheartedly into your story through deep reflection and encourage you through the development and implementation of a strategic plan for using storytelling within your work. We also consult businesses, organizations, schools, universities, and colleges on how to use storytelling strategies to lean into authentic engagement and relationship-building. We also support small businesses and non-profits with their storytelling and fundraising strategies, including marketing, social media, and website support.
Our vision is to build a global community of storytellers committed to healing, justice, and narrative change through the transformative power of storytelling.
The core values that guide our work include: connection, equity, truth-telling, and empowerment.
Through our coaching, workshops, or consulting, you will learn how to:
Make sure you’re clear on the work you’re meant to do and the message you’re meant to bring to the world
Brainstorm and organize your ideas
Move from simply sharing facts to creating a human connection (and why that matters)
Build trust and credibility with your audience by leaning into vulnerability
Look for sparks of inspiration in everyday moments when you experience a creative block
Ask questions that engage and create meaningful conversation
Tell a story that connects with vast audiences and helps illustrate powerful and tangible solutions
Communicate intentionally, thoughtfully, clearly, and mindfully
Build confidence and practice techniques that will help curb nerves and imposter syndrome
Explain how stories throughout history have acted as a tool for influence and express how to harness that power today
Facilitate difficult conversations about social justice issues using a storytelling framework
Be critical of stock stories and center counterstories to refute the status quo
Use the research-proven building blocks of effective stories to drive emotional connections with target audiences
Develop a strategic plan for using storytelling within your work and to maximize your role as a storyteller
Build a proactive plan for radical self-love and collective care when you experience storytelling fatigue
We coach leaders in identifying, shaping, and sharing their stories with confidence.
We consult with businesses, nonprofits, schools, and universities to build narrative strategy and strengthen storytelling capacity.
We support small businesses and nonprofits with storytelling for fundraising, marketing, social media, and website development.
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Based in Washington, D.C./Remote