nonprofit and/or nature conservancy?
Become a
Community Host
Creative support on impactful projects from top-notch creative professionals.
Amble connects nonprofits and nature conservancies with top-notch creative talent to provide carefully managed, impactful creative projects.
In exchange for their services, creatives have the opportunity to take time away with purpose by embarking on one-month destination sabbaticals in beautiful places across the USA.
Who we’ve worked with
“The impact that Amble had on our organization far exceeded our expectations. Glacier Conservancy not only received tangible, beautiful and free work from creative professionals but also gained some incredible relationships that will benefit Glacier now and in the future in so many special ways.”
How It Works
Leverage existing assets.
Community Hosts, our nonprofit and conservancy partners in each destination, receive creative work at no cost by providing Amble with:
Unique Programming
Example activities: behind-the-scenes tours, guided hikes, exclusive access.Lodging & Workspace
Provided in and/or around in the communities you support and landscapes you protect.
Lodging
Lodging for the program can come in all different shapes and sizes—from private homes, to rustic cabins. The lodging provided by your organization should provide a safe, clean, and comfortable environment that’s suitable for one-month stay.
A workspace must also be available for our creatives, whether located within the accommodations, or in offices or buildings managed by your organization.
Don’t have LODGING?
If you would like to participate in the program but don’t own or have access to lodging, we can help your team identify alternative opportunities.
We’d love to hear from you, so please reach out!
Receive creative support.
We work with your team to define small but impactful creative projects that can be completed by our creative professionals during their month away.
Projects are identified either by the Community Host or done so in collaboration with ours. We ask our creatives to dedicate up to 1/3 of their time on project work (approx. 2.5 days or 18 hours). With this in mind, projects are appropriately identified and scoped by the Amble team in collaboration with the Community Host.
Creatives are encouraged to use the remaining time however they wish to ensure they have ample time to reflect, recharge and explore on their sabbatical.
“Amble is a great opportunity to receive professional creative services that you might not otherwise afford. It was great to be able to dedicate a concentrated and defined period of time to the projects. The cohorts were self motivated and work horses.”
skills our creatives can provide:
Visual Design & Illustration
Web Development & Design
Marketing & Communications Expertise
Photography & Videography
Experience Design & Design Thinking
Storytelling, Content Strategy & Copywriting
Business, Operations & Project Management Consulting
…. and more!
WHAT TO EXPECT
WEEK 1: Intro Programming & Project Discovery
WEEK 2-4: Project Work Time
Week 5: Feedback, Tweaks & Final Hand-off
Want to learn more?
Check out recaps of previous programs to learn more about past Community Hosts and the projects our creatives supported!
“The artwork that was created for Yosemite Conservancy is genuine, professional, and born from time spent under stars, beneath granite cliffs, and in Giant Sequoia groves. We cannot wait to use this art on products in our stores and share it with Yosemite visitors.”
Photo by Sebastian Marin
Enjoy the perks of a fully-managed program.
We connect you with a community of accomplished and dedicated talent. They are not only ready to get away and travel, they are passionate people who are eager to make meaningful work and fall in love with both the land you protect and the communities you serve. We work with our nonprofit and community partners to provide us with creative projects, unique programming and lodging, and Amble provides the rest:
Project Support
Advice, guidance, & assistance throughout project for creatives and hosts as needed
Program Coordination
Activity sourcing, lodging & program planning & coordination, in partnership with our hosts.
Project Direction
Project discovery, scoping, & sourcing prior to application and selection process for program.Project Management
Coordination, planning, & operations of creative projects leading up to and during each program.
“Don’t worry about the small stuff that might cross your mind when debating hosting Amble creatives. They do most of the work. You will meet some of the most beautiful, talented, amazing and creative people ever AND you might accidentally become close friends with them. Make the time to participate in this program. It’s worth it, trust me.”
