(photo credit: Vicente Garcia)
Hello!
Hi, I'm Bernice—facilitator, strategist, and joyful disruptor. After more than 10 years of weaving narrative power at the Center for Story-based Strategy (CSS), I now move as a “Free Radical,” supporting teams through big shifts and sparking transformation.
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Change Requires Energy
Energy can be simply defined as the ability to do work. Social change efforts often get stuck when our visions outsize our organizing capacity.
It is not for a lack of commitment or drive that usually hinders our work, but a need for facilitative partnership & adaptive process that can regenerate our energy!
I’m here to energize projects and teams that are looking for a burst of short-term support.
Traditionally, this might be described as…
- facilitation for team “retreats”
- multi-year “strategic planning”
- “organizational development“ & ”change-management" processes
- designing “collaboratives" & “initiatives”
- "narrative strategy" & "communications" efforts
I see this work as…
What Else I'm Noodling On
Bad Jazz Flute
Building an Imposter Society
Going to Clown School :)
Contact
I'd love to hear from you, please say hello! hello@berniceshaw.com
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“Kindness eases change. Love quiets fear. And a sweet and powerful Positive obsession Blunts pain, Diverts rage, And engages each of us In the greatest, The most intense Of our chosen struggles.” ― Octavia E. Butler