Filmmaking & Video Production ○ Entrepreneurship ○ Business Modeling ○ Project Development & Leadership ○ Creative Concepting ○ Campaign Development ○ Marketing Strategy ○ Copywriting & Scripting ○ Graphic & Web Design ○ Team Sourcing & Management ○ Comprehensive Creative Project Execution at Scale ○ One-on-0ne coaching ○ Group Coaching ○ Transformational coaching program development ○ Filmmaking & Video Production ○ Entrepreneurship ○ Business Modeling ○ Project Development & Leadership ○ Creative Concepting ○ Campaign Development ○ Marketing Strategy ○ Copywriting & Scripting ○ Graphic & Web Design ○ Team Sourcing & Management ○ Comprehensive Creative Project Execution at Scale ○ Filmmaking & Video Production ○ Entrepreneurship ○ Business Modeling ○ Project Development & Leadership ○ Creative Concepting ○ Campaign Development ○ Marketing Strategy ○ Copywriting & Scripting ○ Graphic & Web Design ○ Team Sourcing & Management ○ Comprehensive Creative Project Execution at Scale ○ One-on-0ne coaching ○ Group Coaching ○ Transformational coaching program development ○ Filmmaking & Video Production ○ Entrepreneurship ○ Business Modeling ○ Project Development & Leadership ○ Creative Concepting ○ Campaign Development ○ Marketing Strategy ○ Copywriting & Scripting ○ Graphic & Web Design ○ Team Sourcing & Management ○ Comprehensive Creative Project Execution at Scale ○ One-on-0ne coaching ○ Group Coaching ○ Transformational coaching program development ○Filmmaking & Video Production ○ Entrepreneurship ○ Business Modeling ○ Project Development & Leadership ○ Creative Concepting ○ Campaign Development ○ Marketing Strategy ○ Copywriting & Scripting ○ Graphic & Web Design ○ Team Sourcing & Management ○ Comprehensive Creative Project Execution at Scale ○ Filmmaking & Video Production ○ Entrepreneurship ○ Business Modeling ○ Project Development & Leadership ○ Creative Concepting ○ Campaign Development ○ Marketing Strategy ○ Copywriting & Scripting ○ Graphic & Web Design ○ Team Sourcing & Management ○ Comprehensive Creative Project Execution at Scale ○ One-on-0ne coaching ○ Group Coaching ○ Transformational coaching program development ○ Filmmaking & Video Production ○ Entrepreneurship ○ Business Modeling ○ Project Development & Leadership ○ Creative Concepting ○ Campaign Development ○ Marketing Strategy ○ Copywriting & Scripting ○ Graphic & Web Design ○ Team Sourcing & Management ○ Comprehensive Creative Project Execution at Scale ○ Filmmaking & Video Production ○ Entrepreneurship ○ Business Modeling ○ Project Development & Leadership ○ Creative Concepting ○ Campaign Development ○ Marketing Strategy ○ Copywriting & Scripting ○ Graphic & Web Design ○ Team Sourcing & Management ○ Comprehensive Creative Project Execution at Scale ○ Filmmaking & Video Production ○ Entrepreneurship ○ Business Modeling ○ Project Development & Leadership ○ Creative Concepting ○ Campaign Development ○ Marketing Strategy ○ Copywriting & Scripting ○ Graphic & Web Design ○ Team Sourcing & Management ○ Comprehensive Creative Project Execution at Scale ○ One-on-0ne coaching ○ Group Coaching ○ Transformational coaching program development ○ Filmmaking & Video Production ○ Entrepreneurship ○ Business Modeling ○ Project Development & Leadership ○ Creative Concepting ○ Campaign Development ○ Marketing Strategy ○ Copywriting & Scripting ○ Graphic & Web Design ○ Team Sourcing & Management ○ Comprehensive Creative Project Execution at Scale ○ One-on-0ne coaching ○ Group Coaching ○ Transformational coaching program development ○ Filmmaking & Video Production ○ Entrepreneurship ○ Business Modeling ○ Project Development & Leadership ○ Creative Concepting ○ Campaign Development ○ Marketing Strategy ○ Copywriting & Scripting ○ Graphic & Web Design ○ Team Sourcing & Management ○ Comprehensive Creative Project Execution at Scale ○ Filmmaking & Video Production ○ Entrepreneurship ○ Business Modeling ○ Project Development & Leadership ○ Creative Concepting ○ Campaign Development ○ Marketing Strategy ○ Copywriting & Scripting ○ Graphic & Web Design ○ Team Sourcing & Management ○ Comprehensive Creative Project Execution at Scale ○ Filmmaking & Video Production ○ Entrepreneurship ○ Business Modeling ○ Project Development & Leadership ○ Creative Concepting ○ Campaign Development ○ Marketing Strategy ○ Copywriting & Scripting ○ Graphic & Web Design ○ Team Sourcing & Management ○ Comprehensive Creative Project Execution at Scale ○ One-on-0ne coaching ○ Group Coaching ○ Transformational coaching program development ○ Filmmaking & Video Production ○ Entrepreneurship ○ Business Modeling ○ Project Development & Leadership ○ Creative Concepting ○ Campaign Development ○ Marketing Strategy ○ Copywriting & Scripting ○ Graphic & Web Design ○ Team Sourcing & Management ○ Comprehensive Creative Project Execution at Scale ○ One-on-0ne coaching ○ Group Coaching ○ Transformational coaching program development ○

SaRaH LuPtoN

about

hello.

I am a strategic creative and professional coach who synthesizes and translates data, research, field science, and complex metaphysical concepts into stories that drive impact around the world.

the work

My work addresses our world's most pressing problems, including the climate crisis and oppression in all forms, by creating opportunities for large-scale audiences to take personal responsibility for embodying solutions. Based in a philosophy of radical empowerment, I create rigorous, data-backed work that delivers transcendental awareness to engage communities and spark action.

I believe that empowered human beings can accomplish incredible things. But we all have to do our part to get there. Taking personal responsibility for systemic problems is one of the biggest barriers to creating large scale change. My work combines data, metaphysics, and creative execution to lower this barrier.

I also nurture and apply pressure in order to make the world a better place, pushing people beyond the boundaries of possibility they unintentionally set for themselves—because our edges are precisely where big work happens. We are all each other’s teachers, and I am grateful that you may become one of mine.

Please connect with me to learn more about my work and how I can support you in getting to your next level in your career, project, or life.

Projects

I work with activists, change-makers, and conservationists in academia, the private sector, and non-governmental organizations to research, concept, and deliver big, impact-driving projects into the world.

My unique experience in filmmaking, business, systems thinking, marketing, and coaching allows me to synthesize complex information into stories, strategies, and support that is accessible to all.

Academic Background

Duke University, B.A.

Major: English
Certificate: Documentary Studies
Minor: Environmental Science
Phi Beta Kappa

Wake Forest University, MBA

Concentration: Entrepreneurship
Secondary Concentration: Sustainability
Beta Gamma Sigma

International Coach Academy

Certifiication Expected December 2023

01 ecoexist

In the eastern Okavango panhandle, there is a 1:1 human to elephant population. Intense competition for land resources occurs during harvest time, which coincides with generational migration patterns for elephants crossing into the Delta from the North. Conflict between humans protecting their crops and elephants seeking the vital resources of the Delta has created a contentious and dangerous relationship between humans and elephants. One of the greatest threats to humans is encountering elephants while walking on the main roads, the most common mode of transportation available in these simple communities. Aggressive elephants will charge and trample humans if they are deemed a threat. 

I worked with The Ecoexist Project to generate field data and recommendations to develop the region’s first public transportation system. Interviewing focus groups in all 13 villages in the panhandle, I determined the critical needs for travel, observed common travel patterns, and measured travel frequencies.

The “Ele Metro” launched in early 2020.

Photos by Amanda Stronza

02 The Defenders

The Amazon Rainforest is the most important land ecosystem in mitigating the effects of climate change. Yet, the remote landscape is difficult to regulate, leaving this ecosystem vulnerable to deforestation caused by illegal gold mining. Through my partnership with Dr. Amanda Stronza, I have teamed up with a grassroots organization in Puerto Maldonado, Peru, led by 2016 National Geographic Society/Buffett Award winner Victor Zambrano.
 
The Defenders is a storytelling project utilizing film and digital media to create an immersive experience to educate global audiences and drive meaningful action. Our work is supported by the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation and the Center of Conflict & Development at Texas A&M University, and directly benefits the Peruvian Society for Environmental Law (SPDA).

03 let them wear towels

Access to the job for women in the 1970s and 80s was contested nowhere more intensely than inside the locker rooms of professional male athletes. I wrote and produced an ESPN-commissioned film honoring the stories of the frontline women who fought for access to their jobs as sportswriters. The film premiered at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival and aired on ESPN as part of their Nine for Title IX Series.

04 The atlas project

"Atlas is a highly-personalized training program that provides participants with immediate opportunities for personal growth particularly in challenge areas or “growth blindspots.” By putting participants in one-on-one interactions, as well as in small and large groups with facilitation support, participants gain key relationship skills and valuable insights that previously escaped them.  Once new awareness is achieved, participants are trained in lifelong strategies that assist them in overcoming barriers to achieve dreams, heal relationships, build communities, lead more effective relationships and a service-driven life. Many programs offer growth, life itself assures growth, Atlas just does it by putting people in relation to each other so that they grow the skills and awareness that matters most: who we are and how we behave vis a vis another. Adult learning research has shown that adults learn by doing. Atlas trainings are experiential, so that participants can quickly learn, reflect and apply."

- The Atlas Project

I have served as Captain for ATX5 and ATX4 and as a coach for ATX3.

Photos courtesy of the Atlas Project and Gia Randazzo

companies

I concept, found, and develop companies.

01 told by shift

Told by Shift is a strategic video production company that partners with companies to tell stories of all sizes at scale. Our deep experience and fine-tuned process allows us to deliver large scale projects in short time frames, from concept to final cut. Told by Shift was founded by Sarah Lupton in 2016 and was acquired by Port City Films in May, 2022.

02 everybody leads

EveryBody Leads, founded by Jillian Lindsey and Sarah Lupton in January 2023, is a for-profit, socially-conscious organization that serves leaders who are committed to creating a world that works for everybody—and every body—by using the tools of personal transformation. For more information, email Sarah at sarah@shiftbysarah.com

03 The IDEATE Method

The IDEATE Method is an empirically proven method to generate high-potential ideas for new entrepreneurial ventures. Our online course guarantees that you will generate 100 ideas and leave ready to act on your top one.

core competencies

I work with various partners to bring forth large-scale projects in service of my vision for a world of connection, empowerment, and abundance. These are the things I can help you with.

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leadership development (Group and One on one coaching)

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transformational coaching program development

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Entrepreneurship & business modeling

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business strategy

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project development

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managing teams

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content creation & weB Design

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Film & Video Production

contact me

sarah@shiftbysarah.com
+1 336 339 6854

Roots in:

Mexico City
Austin, TX

IMPORTANT: This is my dog, Jesse James The Shih Tzu