Let us
be the reason
someone feels...

enrichment... empowerment... excitement... empathy... fascination... inspiration... understanding...

ideas + us =
impact!



/ words and ideas can inspire and motivate en masse...
...but the secret is in the delivery

/ with our guidance...
your message hits the right note...
...and changes lives!

core values + vision


you are the co-creator of the design of your desires


Be the Reason exists to create the conditions for our collaborators and clients to deliver tools and resources for overcoming complex challenges, to facilitate transformative journeys for social change, to deliver impactful narratives and to communicate beliefs and insights with empathy, clarity, eloquence, authenticity and vulnerability.
By giving voice to the human experience, Be the Reason provides the foundation for building bridges and forming meaningful connection within, and between, communities of practice.
The belief that everything in life is somehow connected and interdependent is the fundamental approach to Be the Reason.
This idea guides the essence of each project — deeply searching for the common threads which unify emerging ideas, tangential thoughts and siloed experiences for achieving the highest and greatest good.

Emotional Safety

Created by the Greater Good Science Center the Bridging Differences Playbook offers best practices for fostering positive relationships, dialogue, and understanding across lines of difference.

Healing the Planet

Explore the Regenerative Community Design Canvas, an open-source toolkit of design methods created by the Regenerative Design Academy for driving actionable, community-focused regenerative change.

Well-being of People

Wellness can seem a bit abstract. Even when we know it underpins our experience of a balanced life. Consider how to build healthier habits and behaviors with this Framework for Wellbeing.

Resources for Prosperity

Financial health involves the process of learning how to cultivate financial confidence. Manage the resources to live within your means with these investing and personal finance materials presented by Ami Shah - CEO of Steward.

services


Creating + Co-Designing

/ Workshops
/ Events
/ Retreats
/ Experiences
/ Webinars
/ Film & Media
/ Research
/ Communities

Services

/ Director / Danielle Shingleton


Danielle is the Director of Co-Creation at Be The Reason.
She brings ideas to life, energizing + enlivening them with dynamic imagery to make them exciting + vivid.
The clients' experience is crafted with careful intention - elevating an idea, an event, a product, a concept, a discovery, or a lesson with inspired action.
Having studied broadcast journalism at NYU, she produced + executed programming for a wide array of event, entertainment, media, hospitality + lifestyle clients, such as:
TBS Networks, Nickelodeon, MTV News & Specials, Comedy Central, Broadcast News Network (BNN), Paper Magazine, GenART Productions, Moët-Hennessy, Heineken, Acura, Google.
A Community Specialist at IDEO, she managed co-design of strategies + experiences for scaling human-centered approaches to open innovation + long-term impact for such partners as:
The Ford Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, the CDC Foundation, The Gates Foundation, the Earthshot Prize and Closed Loop Partners.

contact


In life there are few coincidences and there are no strangers


/ tel / +1 415 488 6552
/ email / danielle@bethereason.productions