Stacy Carlson - Writing Portfolio

Content Writer & Editor

09/24/2020

We Are Open Circle: Modern Organizational and Personal Development

We are Open Circle is a training organization focused in leadership & personal development training, organizational behavior change, and executive coach & facilitator certification. We offer an organization wide training and development program through Beyond Listening our online interactive platform. Built for our clients dedicated to developing culture, leadership, and collaborative strategy into the fabric of their everyday work.

Editor & Feature Article Writer

04/20/2019

Esalen Institute July–December 2019 Catalog

PDF of Esalen Institute's semiannual print catalog, distribution 30,000. This PDF will download to your computer when you click on it. I wrote editorial content including feature articles, program highlights and faculty interviews. I provided editing services for all program descriptions including substantive and line editing.

Editor & Feature Article Writer

10/22/2018

Esalen Institute January–June 2019 Catalog

PDF of Esalen Institute's semiannual print catalog, distribution 30,000. This PDF will download to your computer when you click on it. I wrote editorial content including feature articles, program highlights and faculty interviews. I provided editing services for all program descriptions including substantive and line editing.

Writer

02/04/2019

Whom Do We Trust? Russian-U.S. Relations in the 21st Century (Institute for Citizen Diplomacy)

Although they were born well after the collapse of the Soviet Union, a group of Russian and U.S. college students gathered in St. Petersburg last September in an attempt to find common ground in a world reverberating not only with echoes of the Cold War, but also new media-fueled disinformation.

Writer

04/08/2019

"Creating a Vision for the Season Ahead" article for Esalen Institute

Here in coastal California, heavy rains characterize the winter months. This year, they extended well into March, which has influenced spring activities in the Farm & Garden. In addition to harvesting overwintered greens and planting trays of seed starts, Esalen farmers have been cultivating one of the intangible qualities at the heart of sustainable agriculture.

Writer

03/11/2019

"Odd Couple, Match Made in Heaven: Celebrating Sam Keen and Michael Murphy" article for Esalen...

In 1968, philosopher Sam Keen was a straight-laced professor from Kentucky with Calvinist tendencies. When he read about a “human potential” movement happening in California, immediately he felt a call to adventure. “These were modes of thought that emphasized present-moment awareness and body therapies,” Sam says.

Writer

04/08/2019

"The Sixth Annual Esalen Inspirational Film Festival" article for Esalen Institute

Cinema is a powerful creative art form that transports viewers to new realms, both real and imagined. Films entertain, of course, but they also have the potential to educate and inspire. From An Inconvenient Truth and The Cove to Waiting for Superman , films can expand our horizons and encourage us to take action in our lives and communities.

Developmental, line and copy editor

Stacy Carlson Editorial Services

There are two foundations at the heart of my freelance communications practice: Meticulous attention to the mechanics of language and the art of storytelling Gracious communication centered on supporting and amplifying your unique voice and goals As a writer, whether I am working with you to create website content or marketing collateral such as articles, brochures, grant applications, blog features or social media campaigns, I also am researching your markets, deepening your brand and...

Published by Steerforth Press, distributed by Random House

01/29/2015

Among the Wonderful, a novel by Stacy Carlson

In the autumn of 1840, PT Barnum purchased an outdated museum on the corner of Broadway and Ann Street in Manhattan. He was a newcomer to the city and still unknown to the world, but with uncanny confidence and impeccable timing he transformed the dusty natural history collection into a great ark for public imagination.

Writer

11/06/2017

Orion Magazine | Giacomini Wetlands, California

by Stacy Carlson - When I arrived in Point Reyes Station, I was burnt out and fed up. The stress of living in Oakland and the San Francisco Bay Area had gotten to me: skyrocketing cost of living, unaffordable housing, displacement and homelessness, and the jarring losses of civic and cultural life due to gentrification.