Facing a Defining Moment

Parks, museums, zoos, and aquariums are navigating unprecedented circumstances: from grant cuts, funding uncertainty, staff burnout, retention attrition, to unsustainable visitorship. The question looms: How do we survive while staying true to our mission and relevant to our communities?

The institutions that thrive won't be doing more of the same. Outfolk helps you move from surviving to leading with strategic planning, transformative team training, and authentic community engagement that creates lasting change.

Our Three Pillars

  • Align your mission with action. We provide expert guidance in developing thoughtful, scalable plans, assessing current initiatives, and creating sustainable roadmaps for long-term organizational health.

    We help with:

    • Strategic Planning: Develop and refine thoughtful, scalable plans that guide your organization toward its long-term goals.

    • Mission & Vision Alignment: Ensure your mission, vision, and values are not just words, but are actively embedded in your strategy and operations.

    • Sustainable Scaling: Create a roadmap for growth that is both ambitious and sustainable, ensuring long-term health and impact.

    • Initiative & Opportunity Evaluation: Assess your current programs and initiatives to identify powerful opportunities for growth and improvement.

  • Transform your staff into confident, skilled, engagement champions! We develop & deliver training rooted in 21st-century interpretive best practices that challenge dominant narratives and bring relevance and social issues to the forefront.

    Specializations include:

    • Interpretive Training: Introduce your team to the art of interpretation and the skills needed to engage diverse audiences effectively.

    • Audience-Centered Experiences (ACE) Training: Design meaningful and relevant visitor experiences that connect with people on a deeper level.

    • Facilitated Dialogues: Learn to guide visitors through the arc of dialogue as you masterfully guide people through pressing issues and questions facing our society today.

    • Climate & Justice Communication: Lead impactful conversations with specialized training on climate change and environmental justice interpretation.

    • Custom Staff Workshops: Empower your staff, guides, docents, and educators with trainings tailored to your organization's unique goals.

    • Development Consulting: Receive expert guidance on creating compelling exhibits, programs, workshops, and educational materials.

  • Build authentic, trust-based connections. We guide you to strategize inclusive engagement, champion historically excluded voices, and co-design programs with your partners rather than for them.

    We help you:

    • Strategize Authentic Engagement: Build trust-based connections with diverse communities.

    • Champion Inclusive Outreach: Uplift and center historically excluded voices.

    • Co-design With Community: Create impactful programs with your partners, not just for them.

    • Guide Vision to Implementation: Shepherd your project from initial idea to a fully realized plan.

    • Forge Powerful Partnerships: Develop strong, collaborative alliances to amplify your impact.

  • "Jasmine was absolutely incredible to work with - I learned so much from her. She blew me away at how she designed multi-day trainings on interpretation and equity for park staff and partners."

    Cassandra Anderson, Interpretive Programs Manager
    National Gallery of Art

  • "Jasmine consistently demonstrated a truly innovative approach to community engagement, program management, leadership, and collaboration. She consistently distinguished herself as a dynamic and highly effective professional who fostered incredibly positive community relationships...."

    Diana Lopez, Chief Archivist & Librarian
    County of Yolo, California

  • "Jasmine is an excellent facilitator and mentor to her students, bridging the gap between understanding and action. She embraces a challenge and leads with empathy, seeking to work collaboratively with learners to help them overcome barriers. Passionate, empathetic, and engaging, Jasmine is a tried and true communicator."

    Kait Birghenthal, President
    The National Network of Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation

  • “Jasmine played a pivotol role in my development as an Interpreter. Through her NNOCCI climate communication training and her guidance in Audience Centered Experience (ACE), she helped me find my voice and confidence in connecting people to the stories that truly matter. Jasmine creates such a supportive and encouraging learning space, one where you feel both heard and challenged to grow. I left her trainings not only with practical skills, but with a deeper sense of purpose in my work. I’m truly grateful for the impact she’s had on my career and the care she brings to every person she mentors.”

    James Manzolillo, Interpretive Park Ranger
    National Park Service

  • "Jasmine is an incredible facilitator. She creates an environment that allows training participants to really soak up the material and immediately apply those concepts with ease. She was so adaptive to the needs of my team and was critical with change management as they were taught new skills, techniques, and ways of approaching their work. Jasmine is extremely organized, brings warmth to her training environment, and is very thorough in reaching training goals. I would highly recommend her!

    Jin Prugsawan-Harlow,
    Former Chief of Interpretation, Education, and Volunteers
    Yosemite National Park

  • "Jasmine is an exceptional leader and trainer. She brings genuine passion, thoughtfulness and creativity to her work. Jasmine centers people in a shared experience to learn from each other and grow, offering insight and knowledge in a way that is approachable, engaging and fun. Any organization seeking to elevate its programming should work with Jasmine as they will immediately see the value she delivers."

    Michele Gee, Deputy CEO
    Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy

Accessible Pricing

Full-Rate Consulting

Standard professional rates for organizations with established budgets. This tier ensures we can sustain our work and continue serving the field effectively.

Sliding-Scale Options

Adjusted rates for mission-aligned groups that meet specific equity or community-impact criteria. We recognize that vital work often happens in under-resourced contexts.

Limited In-Kind Support

Pro-bono support for qualifying organizations. We hand-select and partner with a few organizations each year that align deeply with our values and have high needs, even when they have no budget to support the endeavor.

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