Workstreams

04

Services

In development

Solve for expertise that is easy to buy.

Tracked items

  • Strategic Communications

    Working
  • Program & Policy Consulting

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  • Design & Development Project Consulting

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  • Speaking & Workshops

    Working
  • Office Hours

    Lighter entry point outside the four main pillars, at $200 an hour.

    Working
  • Implementation role

    Boundaries between advisory and direct implementation still need to be resolved.

    In development

Current four service pillars

  • Strategic Communications: Telling the story of reuse is our expertise. We work with you to identify compelling, engaging, irresistible aspects of your work to amplify it to the right audiences. Retainer options available.
  • Program & Policy Consulting: Drawing from more than a decade of leading both civic and nonprofit reuse efforts, Second Story helps cities and organizations design, implement, and strengthen circular economy programs that fit their local realities.
  • Design & Development Project Consulting: Second Story helps architects, designers, contractors, and developers move reuse from ambition to reality. Services include material documentation, end user matching, and market development.
  • Speaking & Workshops: Scaling reuse may feel like a dream, or an idea that has no local shape. Stephanie specializes in giving talks and leading workshops that make stakeholders say: 'let’s do it.' She is available for keynotes, retreats, special events, and more.

Through line

Across all four pillars, the through line is the same: take reuse from aspiration to action. The format changes, but the value is Stephanie's ability to identify where reuse fits, connect the people needed to move it, and make the next step practical.

Open question

  • When strategy surfaces implementation needs, does Second Story hand off, assemble trusted specialists, or stay involved as strategic lead?
  • Whichever answer we choose, it cannot turn you into production staff or a contractor.

Related decisions

Working

October 5, 2026

Current four-service architecture

Strategic Communications; Program & Policy Consulting; Design & Development Project Consulting; Speaking & Workshops. Public wording and page depth remain open.

Owner
Stephanie
Workstream
04 / Services
Working

September 15, 2026

Early revenue focus: Speaking and Project Consulting

These two look like the strongest early engines and get the lead weight now. Current direction, not permanent exclusivity.

Owner
Stephanie
Workstream
04 / Services
Revisit
Once the first signed work lands
In development

September 15, 2026

Storytelling and communications as an emerging offer

Strong reuse work is often communicated badly, and this is work Stephanie wants. The shape is still being defined. It is not a general content production service.

Owner
HILMY + Stephanie
Workstream
04 / Services