Services
what i do
Here are several distinct ways to work together — from one-on-one coaching to facilitation, communications counsulting, and ceremony.
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Executive Coaching
Leadership at the top can be isolating. Let's change that.
A confidential space to think clearly, challenge your assumptions, and lead with more intention — grounded in 15+ years of real organizational experience.
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Leadership & Change Management
Most struggling organizations think they have a financial problem. They do — but it's usually a symptom of something deeper: a mandate problem.
I help organizations find their way back to what they were always meant to do — through leadership transitions, governance challenges, and strategic renewal.
03
Collective Signal Work
From noise to clarity. From clarity to action.
This is a two-stage methodology: surfacing the collective intelligence already alive in your organization, then working with what emerges as real data. Teams move from circular conversations to shared insight — and leave with the clarity and shared commitment to act on it.
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Communications & Public Affairs
The right words, in the right room, at the right time.
Strategic communications, media relations, grant writing, and public affairs counsel for nonprofits and mission-driven organizations. Past work includes securing national coverage in The Globe and Mail and The Vancouver Sun, $285,000 in federal and corporate grants, and communications leadership for a $20-million capital campaign.
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Rites of Passage
Something old is leaving. Something new is emerging. Let's mark that.
Every meaningful threshold deserves to be witnessed. Rooted in the sociology of human transition, Karin designs and officiates ceremony for life's passages — licensed to conduct weddings, Celebrations of Life and mindful transitions.
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Speaking
Present when the moment calls for it.
Karin would rather be in the room with you than at a podium. But for the right audience and the right opportunity, she brings 30+ years of journalism and storytelling to bear — and the room feels it.
Deep Listening
Grounding all this work is more than two decades of deep listening in spaces as varied as the non-profit world, business and government.
I’ve worked in the fields of post-secondary education, HIV research and community care, as well as services for marginalized women.
As a former news journalist for CBC, I’ve been privy to conversations with our indigenous peoples, politicians, and community activists.
And as the founder of my own non-profit, I know what it takes and what it means to be a leader.
You’re passionate about what you do, and so am I.