no more status quo

 

Let’s change the way we change the world.

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Using my PAUSE framework, I help social impact organizations address challenges in less time, using fewer resources, to achieve greater impact.

“Heather has the tools and experience to help you focus your energy
on what is most important and will get you results.”
- Lisa Zarda, Executive Director, USSSA

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What if…instead of using status quo problem- solving skills that rely on:

 
 

  • GOOD intentions

  • WHAT you think should work

  • DESIGNING solutions in a bubble or in silos

  • COPYING “best practices”

  • WAITING 6 months or a year to see results

  • INVESTING in pilot studies/programs

 …you instead, used simple problem- solving skills designed for uncertainty

 

New skills that rely on:

 

Getting aligned before you jump to solutions

Identifying blockers to your learning

Calling out what you need to learn first

Listening to the current needs of stakeholders

 

Prioritizing and testing potential solutions before you build

Knowing what will work (or won’t) and knowing why (or why not)

Communicating your decision-making effectively

 

YOU CAN WORK with traditional methods, strategies, and consultants, and get status quo results OR YOU CAN CHOOSE to be visionary, join a community of next-level changemakers, and get results beyond what you’ve ever experienced.

By working differently, you can make real, lasting change AND feel inspired, confident, excited, and connected to your purpose.

HAVE YOU:

 

BEEN ASKED to build a solution when you were missing input from those most impacted?

STRUGGLED WITH communicating with decision-makers about their ideas and your ideas?

FELT LIKE you were supposed to have the clear answer, even when the true problem was murky?

BECOME FROZEN by not knowing which possibility to pursue?

INVESTED ENERGY in a solution that seemed like it should work, only to have it disappoint?

TRIED TO MEET the urgency of the need, but lost impact in the speed?

 

You are not alone in experiencing any of the above. I’ve been there and so have all of my clients.

 
 

While you do the hard work of social change, have you also:

 
 

wondered if there was a better way to create change?

been looking around to see what others are trying?

felt inspired by something you read, watched, or heard about someone working differently?

 

You don’t have to do this work alone, start from zero, or paste together a variety of approaches. You care about doing good, it feeling good, and actually making a difference.

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Want to shift the sector?

Join our Possibility Project community of inspiring sector soul mates who also know we can do better.

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In March 2020, I co-founded Possibility Project in order to create a growing community of disruptive change makers reclaiming our power through meaningful sparks, connections, and action. We host regular conversations with dynamic and thought-provoking sector leaders and talk about dysfunction in the social sector. What we used to talk about in dark corners, we now discuss in an amazing community of “good trouble”-makers.

Watch videos, join the LinkedIn group, and check out resources

Meet my amazing and happy clients

  • johanna

    “Pause for Change has been transformative for the City of Tucson.”

  • Tra

    “We are excited to apply what we learned and tackle new challenges using the PFC framework!”

  • Greg

    “Since we made the change, we have been able to address challenges quickly and effectively.”

  • becky

    “Heather kept us focused, helped us find empathy for our customers and support from our executives…”

  • John

    “The Pause for Change process is perfect for small-staffed and volunteer-led foundations.”

  • Meena

    “…Heather ensured that every participant had great takeaways...”

  • LEE

    “Heather’s ability to hone in on what really matters, to question the status quo, to push beyond what's obvious added such tremendous value.”

  • LISA

    “Heather has the tools and experience to help you focus your energy on what is most important and will get you results.”

  • JOE

    “Heather's positive energy will leave you motivated and inspired. The P.A.U.S.E. framework is one of the quickest ways to move from stagnation to authentic action!”

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Optimistic Kid

I was that kid who wanted to change the world.

 
 
 
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Optimistic Professional

I was that professional who followed status quo strategies, until I couldn’t anymore…

 

Visionary Leader

I’m now that leader who is changing the way WE change the world.

 
 

There is no guidebook for how to change the world, but there are new skills you can use to create deeper impact in less time, using fewer resources.

Pause for Change is challenging the social impact sector

to change how we address social problems.

 

I know this work is hard, I’ve been there. This work is also sacred, and we must learn new ways to do better.

Because there is no guidebook on how to change the world, we often rely on the best of intentions and status quo strategies.

When we make guesses on what should work to address social problems, we at times also make mistakes and create solutions that are disconnected, wasteful, and at their worst, harmful.

I’ve made guesses and mistakes, before I knew better.