Our trainings work because we immerse ourselves in your issue and tailor our approach to take your skills to the next level.

Our services include:

  • Brand-Raise to Fund-Raise: Using Emotional Connections to Leverage Development
  • Brand YOU: Managing your Personal, Program or Organizational Brand
  • Good Spokespeople, Great Causes: Skill Building for Public Speaking and Media Relations
  • Are We There Yet?: Communications 101 Focused on Program Goals
  • WATTA?: What Are They Talking About? Guidance for Social Media

Case Studies

One Nation

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Four years after 9/11, anti-Muslim hate crimes and negative perceptions of Islam remained high. Something had to be done.

An Accurate Reflection of the American Muslim Community

The Challenge: Four years after 9/11, negative public perception of Islam among Americans remained high; anti-Muslim bias crimes rose by more than 50 percent between 2003 to 2004, according to a report by The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR). Anti-Muslim sentiment was being fanned by media personalities and web sites that propagated hate, but the voices of American Muslims were not emerging as a powerful counter-force.

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The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

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Communities of color were living in smoggiest cities.

Giving a Policy Voice to Communities of Color

The Challenge: Four of the nation’s 10 smoggiest cities are in California’s Central Valley. This dirty air problem disproportionately impacts communities of color – the same people whose voices are underrepresented in environmental policymaking.

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United Nations Alliance of Civilizations

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Words can fan the flames of conflict. But they can defuse them too.

Training Global Experts to Improve East-West Relations

The Challenge:  After the terrorist train bombings in Madrid in 2004 that claimed 191 lives, the United Nations was spurred to create a new initiative, the UN Alliance of Civilizations, to improve understanding and relations among nations and counter the forces that fuel polarization and extremism. The Alliance’s advisory group proposed creating a rapid-response media project that would help defuse the war of words that typically followed conflict and stem them before they spiral into further bloodshed.

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