With a rich history in public engagement and audience development, we partner on the development and application of strategies designed to move people. Our services include audience development and public engagement strategy; facilitation; coaching; creative development; and creative producing and cultural organizing. We are also available for speaking engagements.
Our approach is defined by five core values: Listen, Support, Collaborate, Merge, and Grow. These values in practice drive how we conduct ourselves with partners, projects, and each other. See below for more details on each service.
Creative Producing + Cultural Organizing
As cultural organizers and creative producers, Peoplmovr is a vital member of creative teams. We work in deep, long-term collaboration with all partners toward integrating the creative work, its people, and processes into an overall organizing strategy. View The Mile Long Opera Case Study.
Audience Development and Public Engagement Strategy
Peoplmovr’s audience development work is in service of those folks rarely, if ever, invited to the table. Centering both the people behind a project and those for whom a creative project is made, we go deep in order to surface shared visions and values. We create symbiotic relationships rooted in mutual benefit between a project and the public. We are responsible for all aspects of the process from research to connection, from relationship development and campaign co-creation to recognition and evaluation. Representative projects include Museum of the Moving Image (case study) and five seasons at The Public Theater (case study).
Creative Development
Peoplmovr works directly with you throughout the lifespan of your project. We listen deeply to understand where you are with a project and where you want it to go. We offer thoughtful guidance and insights each step of the way to support the project's goals and help it reach its desired communities. Recent creative development projects include The Metropolitan Opera and Temple Contemporary at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture.
Facilitation
Peoplmovr partners with organizations or teams in their changework. We bring our people-centered, values-led framework and experiences in facilitation to help you surface individual and collective awareness of where you are in order to develop a shared vision on the changes you’re longing for. Recent work includes supporting the program and engagement teams at New York’s High Line in a culture shift toward increased coordination and cross-team collaboration.
Coaching
Peoplmovr plays accomplice to leaders across the arts and cultural fields who seek to transform themselves and their practices in order to shift their cultures, teams, and organizations. We sit with you to help you identify opportunities for learning and to grow more equitable practices, processes, and procedures that support the needs of all people.
Speaking Engagements + Guest Lectures
From classrooms to boardrooms and conferences, Peoplmovr is available as guest lecturers, presenters, and keynoters. Our diverse team is prepared to speak on a range of issues involving public engagement, advancing equity and access in the arts and cultural fields, as well as offering insights from our consulting, creative producing, and coaching work. Recent lectures include multiple New York University, Yale University, and Temple University engagements.
View recent and current partners here, including case studies. Our work and growth has been greatly influenced by Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown, Undoing Racism workshops by The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond, and facilitation workshops led by the Interaction Institute for Social Change.