Strategic Storytelling Consulting
Most organizations know that authentic stories matter.
Fewer know how to design the conditions that make those stories possible.
We work with youth-serving organizations to develop ethical, effective storytelling practices grounded in behavioral science, positive youth development, and decades of real-world experience. This work supports organizations that want to elevate youth voice — not as performance, but as genuine participation.
Rather than focusing solely on production or one-off campaigns, this consulting work helps institutions build story capacity: the skills, structures, and practices that allow meaningful stories to emerge consistently and responsibly.
Depending on your needs, this work may include:
Designing trauma-informed interview frameworks
Developing ethical storytelling guidelines and practices
Training staff and facilitators on participatory media approaches
Advising on story strategy for campaigns, fundraising, or internal culture
Helping organizations align narrative, mission, and audience
Supporting production teams by shaping the human side of the process
Organizations often struggle with:
Wanting authentic youth stories, but not knowing how to ask for them
Interviews that feel flat, performative, or overly polished
Staff who care deeply, but lack training in trauma-informed or participatory approaches
Production partners who understand cameras, but not people
Stories that technically “work,” but fail to connect or inspire action
Our consulting addresses those gaps — before the camera ever turns on.
The goal is not just better stories — but better systems for telling them.
This work is particularly well suited to:
Youth-serving nonprofits
Mentorship and scholarship programs
Education and leadership development organizations
Foundations and funders supporting youth voice
Teams seeking thoughtful, systems-aware approaches to storytelling
This is often the first way organizations engage our
work, and can stand alone or serve as a foundation for deeper creative collaboration.
At the core of this work is a simple belief:
Meaningful stories don’t come from extraction — they come from relationship, care, and design.
Our role is to help organizations slow down, listen more carefully, and build storytelling practices that honor the people they serve while still meeting institutional goals.
“Kenny makes the work appear effortless in spite of the sometimes hard to engage populations with which he works.”