Collaborate Consulting
Inspiring Social Change.
Our Services
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Strategic Support
From community health needs assessments to nonprofit strategic planning retreats, Collaborate can manage and execute your entire project from start to finish!
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Keynotes and Presentations
Bring an enthralling keynote or lunch-and-learn presentation guaranteed to engage your entire organization.
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Trainings and Workshops
Inspire employees at every level by providing transformative training experiences focused on LGBTQ+ inclusion, allyship, communication and conflict, and more.
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Coaching
Improve performance by offering expert coaching for employees needing corrective or proactive skill-building and confidential support, especially around issues of gender equity or neurodiversity.
Fan Mail
“Trystan is a brilliant and gifted presenter whose diversity and inclusivity workshop was informative AND enjoyable - Trystan knows how to take a lot of serious information and present it so the audience feels comfortable asking questions and participating.”
— D. B., Global Director of Trends, Beauty Company
“For over 90 minutes, Trystan had our audience of over a hundred at the edge of their seats, attentive, engaged, and enraptured.”
— M. D., Chair of Professional Counseling Department at East Coast University
“Enlightening, smart, funny, poignant—and radically informative. With love and creativity, Trystan brought us the best mix of story and science.”
— W. D., Executive Director of International Perinatal Health NGO
“Trystan’s courses are eye-opening and well-researched, engaging on intellectual and emotional levels with multiple methods of cementing the teaching and practices. His honest, down-to-earth personality makes learning so much more engaging than self-paced courses. Our whole team is still talking about how incredible and impactful Trystan is!”
— E. E., Director Of Coaching at National Health Coaching Brand
In The News
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"Trystan Reese made headlines as a transgender man who gave birth. He told us about his pregnancy—and why his story isn't so out of the ordinary."
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"Do you check in on your relationships? In this week’s episode, Trystan Reese some of the practices he's adopted to check in with his colleagues so that they're in a continuous feedback loop, including addressing power dynamics and microaggressions. "
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"There are so many intersections between transgender justice and public health. From COVID-19 pregnancy research to the overturning of Roe and subsequent debate about inclusive language, many coalitions have faltered and fallen apart."
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"The 'Represent' collection gives the UNLV community a chance to suggest inclusive works, with recommendations from faculty, staff, and students. Trystan Reese's moving memoir, 'How We Do Family,' is among those chosen for this collection."
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"As more trans people see that actually becoming a parent is available for them, more of them are saying, 'How do I make that happen for me? Is it possible for me?"
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"We had to surround ourselves with people who are loving and supportive because we know what it’s like to not have that, and we knew that we were going to need it whether we had kids or not."
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Instead of using the word "maternal," for example, providers can talk about the specific subset of patients they are referring to, such as "perinatal," or "postpartum."
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"The book evolved into an examination of the ways in which we, as a queer family, are so similar to non-queer families and yet are also so different. Both of these things are OK — both of these things matter."
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"Families like ours want the same things every family wants - time off when we welcome a child into our home. Unfortunately, the systems haven't kept up. So we're asking for the language to be updated so the letter of the law matches the spirit of the law."
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“We’re able to provide immediate, real-time, lifesaving support to transgender people and their families, any time of the day or night, but we are also open to more scrutiny and direct one-on-one harassment and abuse than ever before."
Who We’ve Worked With*
Global Finance Giants
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Fiber Broadband Service
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Investing Account Company
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Global Beauty Brand
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Global Fertility Benefits
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Razors and Personal Care Company
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Regional Arts Organization
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Medical Aesthetics Practice
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Federal Hydropower Agency
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Global Finance Giants • Fiber Broadband Service • Investing Account Company • Global Beauty Brand • Global Fertility Benefits • Razors and Personal Care Company • Regional Arts Organization • Medical Aesthetics Practice • Federal Hydropower Agency •
*Collaborate Consulting honors the privacy of our corporate, nonprofit, small business, start-up, federal, and government agency partners. Fill out a consulting inquiry for a full list of past and current clients, in addition to detailed references and case studies showing the success of our projects.
Portland Land Acknowledgement
Collaborate Consulting is based in Portland, Oregon on the lands of the Multnomah, Wasco, Cowlitz, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Bands of Chinook, Tualitin, Kalapuya, Molalla, and many other Tribes. One important way we can be responsible stewards of the resources, spaces, and communities on these lands is by sharing this land acknowledgment. We hope this will bring added visibility to the complex and robust Indigenous history found throughout this area.
Genocide is a complicated historical truth that cannot be summed up in a short statement. It is our intention to share this land acknowledgment to recognize our past while also supporting the future of Indigenous people in our region. We encourage you to join us by developing land acknowledgments honoring the Indigenous communities on the lands in which you live, love, and tend. You can start by learning about the Native land you occupy here & writing a statement here.