Strategic Storytelling Consulting
Many organizations invest in production, hoping authenticity will show up on set. But meaningful stories rarely come from lighting, lenses, or editing — they come from trust, preparation, and asking the right questions.
Through structured pre-interviews and guided conversations, stories shift from general expressions of gratitude to concrete lived experience — how opportunities have shaped daily routines, confidence, and a sense of what’s possible for the people involved.
Most organizations know that AUTHENTIC STORIES MATTER. Fewer know how to design the conditions that make them possible.
Building Narrative & Interview Architecture Requires
Understanding, not just market researching, underrepresented populations
Building rapport and trust with the people you serve
Structuring tailored engagements that elicit authentic stories
Creating the conditions that producecompelling and effective content
Enabling emotional authenticity on camera
Typical production companies can’t do that.
Mission-driven OrgDev experts can.
Inherent in this approach is the enhancement of organizations’ capacity in positive youth development, behavioral science approaches, ethical and participatory storytelling, media literacy, psychoeducational strategies, and trauma-informed practices crucial for fostering stronger engagement with the people you serve.
The content that results from these strategies is
what unlocks funding and showcases impact.
Organizations often struggle with:
Wanting authentic youth stories, but not knowing how to thoughtfully evoke and capture 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.
Building Agency Capacity to Empower Storytelling
Depending on your needs, this work may include:
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
Designing trauma-informed interview frameworks
Developing ethical storytelling guidelines and practices
Training staff and facilitators on participatory media approaches
The goal isn’t better stories.
It’s 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.
“Kenny makes the work appear effortless in spite of the sometimes hard to engage populations with which he works.”
“I am grateful I got to witness this work. If you care about community storytelling, healing, and meaningful impact, pay attention to Connected Health Solutions. I will absolutely be following what they build next.”
Paul Skye Lehrman