Beechwood True is a consulting company that offers social services training/staff development and specializes in story-based communication, which includes digital storytelling and story-enhanced presentations. Jim Winship (MSW, Ph.D.), the sole proprietor of Beechwood True, has had extensive experience in staff development and training. Dr. Winship has also been conducting digital storytelling workshops and producing digital stories since 2009.
CURRENT PROJECTS: Directed and co-produced a documentary--What We’re Hungry For: How Food Pantries Fed Rural Wisconsin During the Pandemic. Expanded trailer is at: https://vimeo.com/498142539/1e3d0a9745 Documentary premiered at the Feeding Wisconsin Health and Hunger Summit in Wisconsin Dells, WI in April, 2022.
Through the Waushara County Food Pantry, Jim is producing and directing an upcoming documentary: Growing Older in a Rural Wisconsin County, partially supported by a grant from the Wisconsin Humanities Council.