Join a community of local visionary, next-level changemakers, who are growing beyond the social impact status quo to transform how they work and create social change.
Introducing the Disrupting Traditional Problem Solving With A PAUSE Cohort
Discover your power to shift how you see yourself, your work, and what’s possible in the sector. This is a 6-session training and coaching series customized for professionals just like you! Interested organizations must apply. This amazing opportunity will only be available to 10 organizations with up to 3 participants per organization.
Participants will learn how to:
- Change your work habits and PAUSE in uncertainty.
- Get clarity on any challenge so that you can save time, and money, and create a deeper impact.
- More deeply connect to your vision and your internal and external stakeholders.
- Be more empathetic and identify areas of potential bias in a supportive and kind environment.
- Brainstorm abundantly and test potential solutions before you build.
- Rapidly gather all forms of data to influence leaders and your next steps.
Most of the staff and organizations that have learned this approach:
- Save time and money.
- Are still using the skills years later.
- Have advanced in their careers.
- Been highlighted to speak about their success at conferences.
- Have referred others and returned for more.
- Created new revenue streams and increased grant funding.
- Improved recruitment and retention (inside and outside the organization).
- Have healthier collaborations and relationships with colleagues and the community.
There is absolutely a better way to address uncertainty and challenges in less time, using fewer resources, to achieve greater impact. But we need to use new skills to create new outcomes.
A little about me, Heather Hiscox (she/her), your guide and fierce cheerleader. I am a Frustrated Changemaker on a mission to change the way WE change the world.
I am the founder and CEO of Pause for Change and the creator of the proven and proprietary PAUSE framework that helps changemakers address difficult challenges and pursue promising opportunities. I am the author of No More Status Quo: A Proven Framework to Change the Way We Change the World and the co-creator, curator, and host of Possibility Project, an online conversion series and growing community of disruptive change makers reclaiming our power through meaningful sparks, connections, and action.
I speak at conferences and events about social impact transformation and I have launched several ventures that benefit the social impact sector, connecting organizations to the training, skills, and resources they need to deepen their impact.
For more than ten years I’ve had the honor to work with some of the smallest and largest social impact organizations across the U.S. to address a large diversity of internal and external challenges.
I know what it’s like to feel the frustration that comes with knowing we can do better to change the world. There is a more joyful, confident, and connected way to do this sacred work. You don’t have to do this work alone or like me, research and test strategies for a decade plus. You can join a community of other Frustrated Changemakers and start the transformation now.
Still not sure if this cohort is for you?
Have you ever wondered why in the social sector we rely on
- Our good intentions to “do good” even when we lack evidence that our solutions will improve people’s lives?
- Creating solutions in silos and separation inside and outside our organizations?
- Copying and pasting “best practices” without knowing if they will create an impact in our organization or community?
- Waiting six months or a year for pilot studies to wrap up before we see results?
If you answered yes to any of these you might be a Frustrated Changemaker who is exhausted from using status quo skills, creating status quo solutions, and playing along with the game that says “This is how it’s done.”
To Apply
All organizations are welcome to apply! Up to 10 organizations will be chosen to participate. Completion of this form does not guarantee a position in the cohort. For any questions, contact Rose Snyder at rsnyder@cfsaz.org.