I began Shannon Savage Consulting with a purpose.
I wanted to use my skills and abilities to help build others up, while making the world a little bit brighter with each interaction.
The cairn is a powerful symbol of what I hope to bring to the clients I partner with. Simply put, a cairn is a group of stones that have been placed on top of one another to form a stack or mound. Derived from the Scottish Gaelic word carn, stacking stones to create cairns is a tradition that has existed within Scotland for centuries, and is now seen all around the world.
A cairn site has historically served four main purposes:
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Marking a safe path across barren or hazardous terrain.
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Acting as a shoreside navigational marker to help mariners at sea gain their bearings.
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Memorializing the location of a grave or placed in memory of a loved one who has passed on.
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Commemorating the achievement of a climber who has reached the summit of a mountain.
In these same ways, I work hard to ensure my partnership with clients brings a sense of guidance, peace, meaning and joy.
There is a tradition of placing a stone on another person's cairn as a memento of your visit; as a way of saying "I'll not forget you." It's my most sincere wish that the support and connection I offer to clients has the lasting effect of making their work easier and their vision clearer as they continue forward.
I'm Shannon and I am so excited to meet you.
I have more than 15 years of experience in providing strategic leadership, communications, and technical writing services in the health and non-profit sectors, as well as for small businesses.
Prior to consulting, I held a number of roles in nonprofit healthcare, including nearly a decade of serving in executive leadership roles for two Alaska-based federally qualified health centers. I've also had the pleasure of providing resources and education as a Well-being Program Manager for Providence, and as a community health educator in Turkmenistan, with the US Peace Corps.
I’m a proud University of Alaska Anchorage alum, attending UAA to earn both my undergraduate degree in Journalism & Public Relations, as well as my master’s degree in public health (MPH). I’ve been fortunate to have opportunities throughout my career to build expertise across a wide range of skill areas, including grants management and compliance, organizational communications & development, stakeholder engagement, and quality improvement.
I've got a knack for finding the right words, ideas, and structures to make sense of complex (and sometimes messy) situations.
This allows clients to focus on what's most important about their ultimate vision or goals without them being derailed by roadblocks.
No more overwhelm. No more confusion. Just a clear path forward.
My public health degree has taught me the value of relying on data-driven decision making, and my time serving in the Peace Corps has taught me how important it is to develop an appreciation for the culture and relationships within an organization or community in order for any work to be successful.
Whether writing a grant application, putting together a communications campaign, or designing presentations and handouts for a new training curriculum, I thrive in paying attention to the details, investing in connections, and bringing all of the elements of a project together in a final package that checks all of the boxes for my clients.