raw voices. real change.
About us
echoed.studio - we intend to cultivate courageous dialogue combined with collective and individual storytelling, to catalyse transformation, cultural renewal, and democratic resilience.
Rooted in Deep Democracy facilitation and transformative storytelling, and emerging from the co-creative global experiment Worldwork Journalism, we host facilitated dialogues and co-create community-led stories that shift narratives, build awareness and resilience, and inspire systemic change.
Through local hubs and global partnerships, including our B.ONFIRE initiative with corporates, we teach deep democracy facilitation, speaker and eldership skills and bridge sectors, amplify silenced voices, and activate new ways to deal with increasing polarization and tense public dialogue.
Offerings
Facilitated Open Foums
Regional gatherings exploring polarising or urgent issues in the local neighbourhood
e.g. migration, climate, democracy
SEED - Eldership Programme
Deep Democracy Facilitation, Storycrafting and Speaker Training for NGO leaders and representatives of marginalized groups. GN/GS mixed cohorts.
B.ONFIRE Corporate Pathway
Dialogue training for corporate employees, linking professional development with grassroots investment.
Worldwork Journalism Multi-Media
Co-created content including articles, videos, soundscapes, and art amplifying underrepresented voices and insights.
Why Now?
Across the globe, rising polarisation is eroding respectful dialogue and threatening democratic values.
echoed.studio is a response, an ecosystem for couragous dialogue, collective storytelling, and deep transformation.
We believe democracy lives not just in institutions, but in how we speak, listen, and co-create together.
A Global-Local Ecosystem
Stephanie Bachmair
Founder echoed.studio
Social entrepreneur, narrative practitioner, large group facilitator.
With many years of expertise in conflict transformation, leadership development, participatory journalism. She has a research focus on transformative storytelling, Deep Democracy in organisations and Eldership skills, and is Initiator of Worldwork Journalism, the Podcast Pioneers and Mainstream Thoughts, Faculty member of the international DDI diploma programm and co-founder of Processwork Institute Lithuania
Partner Organisations: DDI Kenya, Deep Democracy International, B.ONFIRE, Hamburg Global
Global Network
Associate Partners
A growing community of associated collaborators across Kenya, Germany, the UK, Lithuania, Poland, Egypt, Thailand, Australia, and many more, collaborating on open deep democracy forums and the worldwork journalism platform - to craft stories beyond boarders.
