Patrick provides direct support to aligned social change efforts through his movement consulting practice. Over three decades of social movement engagement, Patrick has played a wide-range of roles: from founding and directing a non-profit strategy center, to consulting with hundreds of different types of organizations to designing national programs and funding initiatives to leading equity-based organizational change processes. He has worked with a broad range of organizations: from unfunded all-volunteer groups to deep rooted community-based organizations, to diverse, multi-stakeholder coalitions, foundations and large, international NGOs. He believes consulting can play its most powerful role in the broader movement ecosystem when it is oriented towards maximizing impact with skills transfer and leadership development in the service of long-term power building.
Some of the services he provides include:
Narrative and Campaign Strategy Development
Patrick has been a trail-blazer in the field of narrative strategy and developed models that are used by social change organizations around the world. His approach connects the dots between strategy, communications and movement-building and helps organizations scale up to meet their goals. Planning a new initiative and thinking through how to ensure it is designed for success? Patrick might be able to help.
Leadership Coaching
Over three decades, Patrick has played a lot of different roles in the movement. Through it all he has honed his facilitative approach to guiding organizations, while building transformative community and prioritizing leadership development. Now he leverages all that experience into his coaching process to support both veteran and emerging leaders to achieve their fullest potential. Are you looking for some outside support to help you take your leadership to the next level? Patrick might be able to help.
Creative Content Development
Our words and images are among our most effective tools for making change, but only when they align with our strategy. Patrick has helped groups with everything from effective campaign messaging, pithy ad copy, creative concepting and brand strategy. Whether you are starting from scratch and looking for direction or just need an outside editorial perspective to wrap a project, Patrick might be able to help.
Training & Curriculum Design
Patrick has been designing and leading trainings on a wide range of topics for over 20 years. He brings a familiarity with various pedagogical approaches and a personal commitment to support lifelong learning for everyone (particularly himself). Whether the need is a short skill-building workshop, a bigger capacity-building challenge or an organizational change process, Patrick might be able to help.
Public Presentations on Movement-building, Narrative and System Change
Patrick is an accomplished public speaker and popular educator who does presentations to diverse audiences around the world. Whether you’re looking for a deep dive on the mechanics of social change, inspirational stories of movement building or just a booster shot for your own revolutionary imagination, Patrick can educate, entertain and motivate your audience regardless of political background or experience level.