Connecting Stories, Systems, Creativity, and Community for Real-World Impact
herARTS in Action offers speaking engagements, workshops, facilitated dialogue, and educational experiences exploring the intersection of creativity, storytelling, environmental engagement, systems thinking, education, and community-centered impact.
Founder Sarah Drake brings an interdisciplinary perspective shaped by work as an artist, author, educator, nonprofit leader, environmental advocate, and community collaborator. Through storytelling, lived experience, and systems-centered conversations, presentations encourage audiences to think more deeply about connection, creativity, trust, collaboration, and the role individuals and communities play in creating meaningful impact.
Programs are designed to be engaging, thoughtful, interactive, and adaptable for schools, conferences, organizations, nonprofits, community initiatives, environmental groups, leadership programs, and cross-sector audiences.
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Speaking Topics
Creativity, Art & Systems Thinking
Exploring how creativity supports communication, learning, engagement, problem-solving, and systems awareness across education, community, and organizational spaces.
Environmental Storytelling & Watershed Education
Connecting storytelling, environmental literacy, public art, and systems education to help communities better understand water, stormwater systems, and environmental stewardship.
Trust, Alignment & Community-Centered Collaboration
Facilitated conversations and presentations focused on stakeholder engagement, relationship-building, communication, systems thinking, and creating alignment between people, partnerships, and resources.
Storytelling, Education & Community Impact
The role of storytelling, literacy, and creative engagement in building empathy, strengthening education, and making complex systems more accessible and human-centered.
Global Perspectives & Community Engagement
Reflections and lessons from international volunteerism, cross-cultural collaboration, access initiatives, and community-centered work connected to clean water, education, and literacy.
Leadership, Creativity & Interdisciplinary Work
Conversations around navigating interdisciplinary careers, connecting across sectors, building collaborative ecosystems, and using creativity as a bridge between people, systems, and impact.
Formats
Bring herARTS in Action to Your Community
Speaking and facilitation engagements may be customized based on audience, goals, event format, and organizational needs.
Mileage applies for programming located more than 30 minutes from St. Cloud, Minnesota. Depending on the scope and location of the engagement, travel fees may include mileage, lodging, flights, meals, and related expenses.
To inquire about speaking engagements, panels, workshops, educator programming, or facilitated conversations, please visit the Contact page or email: [email protected].
Creativity, Art & Systems Thinking
Exploring how creativity supports communication, learning, engagement, problem-solving, and systems awareness across education, community, and organizational spaces.
Environmental Storytelling & Watershed Education
Connecting storytelling, environmental literacy, public art, and systems education to help communities better understand water, stormwater systems, and environmental stewardship.
Trust, Alignment & Community-Centered Collaboration
Facilitated conversations and presentations focused on stakeholder engagement, relationship-building, communication, systems thinking, and creating alignment between people, partnerships, and resources.
Storytelling, Education & Community Impact
The role of storytelling, literacy, and creative engagement in building empathy, strengthening education, and making complex systems more accessible and human-centered.
Global Perspectives & Community Engagement
Reflections and lessons from international volunteerism, cross-cultural collaboration, access initiatives, and community-centered work connected to clean water, education, and literacy.
Leadership, Creativity & Interdisciplinary Work
Conversations around navigating interdisciplinary careers, connecting across sectors, building collaborative ecosystems, and using creativity as a bridge between people, systems, and impact.
Formats
- Keynote presentations
- Panels and moderated conversations
- Workshops and facilitated dialogue
- Educator professional development
- School and university presentations
- Conference sessions
- Community engagement events
- Creative and environmental programming
Bring herARTS in Action to Your Community
Speaking and facilitation engagements may be customized based on audience, goals, event format, and organizational needs.
Mileage applies for programming located more than 30 minutes from St. Cloud, Minnesota. Depending on the scope and location of the engagement, travel fees may include mileage, lodging, flights, meals, and related expenses.
To inquire about speaking engagements, panels, workshops, educator programming, or facilitated conversations, please visit the Contact page or email: [email protected].