Tools & Resources

Practical tools for the conversations that matter.

Everything here is free. These are the working documents behind the talks and the books: the prep sheets and frameworks I actually use before a difficult conversation, an interview, or a campaign. One email unlocks the whole library.

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The library

Cross-Cultural Communication

Cross-Cultural Conversation Prep Sheet

A one-page sheet to work through before a conversation that crosses cultures: what you're assuming, what you actually need to know, and the questions worth asking first.

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Storytelling & Interviewing

The Story Interview Guide

How to interview someone so they tell their own story in their own words: preparation, opening questions, silence, and the follow-ups that get past the rehearsed answer.

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Strategic Communication

Strategic Communication One-Pager

The short version of a communication plan (audience, objective, message, channel, and proof) on a single page you can fill in before the work starts.

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Self-Reflection

Communication Preferences Snapshot

An original reflection tool for noticing how you prefer to communicate and where that preference costs you. Not a test, not a diagnosis. A snapshot to think with.

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Civic Action

Open resource

Protect America’s Wild Horses

What the reporting shows, what the law says, and practical ways to contact the people who can change it.

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