Susan brings dynamic perspective to client work, guiding others to seek answers in unexpected places.Susan Schaefer Communications provides strategic, creative communications solutions for business, government, NGO and not-for-profit leaders from such fields as healthcare, banking, architecture, engineering, finance, law, environmental services, health care, and higher education. Established in 1984, Schaefer Communications is a woman-owned, European savvy, American-registered limited… Show more Susan brings dynamic perspective to client work, guiding others to seek answers in unexpected places.Susan Schaefer Communications provides strategic, creative communications solutions for business, government, NGO and not-for-profit leaders from such fields as healthcare, banking, architecture, engineering, finance, law, environmental services, health care, and higher education. Established in 1984, Schaefer Communications is a woman-owned, European savvy, American-registered limited liability corporation. Drs. Susan Schaefer, APR, guides clients to seek answers in unexpected places. Individuals responsible for the success of an enterprise most always have the best solutions - they sometimes need expert coaching and wise counsel to find and refine it. For the past 35 years, Schaefer has helped organizations solve increasingly complex issues, develop senior staff, and communicate policy, products and services. In today’s global marketplace, Schaefer Communications bridges continents and disciplinesIntentional Transitions Institute, a division of Schaefer Communications, is dedicated to helping individuals and organizations establish realistic goals and create new productive ways to achieve them through customized executive training and coaching programs. Certified as a facilitator from the MIT-Harvard Public Disputes Program, accredited in public relations (APR), with a doctorate in European Public Affairs, Schaefer brings dynamic and informed perspective to client work. Among Schaefer's numerous professional honors are the highest tribute in the United States’ public relations field, the Silver Anvil Award of Excellence, and Temple University’s Diamond Achievement Award in Humanities, which acknowledges intellectual achievement and the integration of a liberal education with social responsibility. Show less

Columnist/Photographer Creative Class SeriesMinnesota Good Age

I will cover general news, events, theater, art and politics in words and images.

Teaching Strategic Communications in the Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership Program, MAOL. I am also a lecturer/faculty member for St. Catherine University’s Leadership Institute.

Currently teaching one course and leading one seminar. The course is ShakeRattleRoll: The Impact of Rock ’n’ Roll on American Society; the seminar is “The Theory That Explains Everything”: Organizational Leadership Implications of Spiral Dynamics Integral.

Conducted target audience research and marketing communications for new post-graduate architecture programme that began in 2010.

Taught Management Theory

Evaluated current communications policies, conducted communication problem-solving workshop with executive team, prepared comprehensive strategic communication plan; conceptualized, coordinated, interviewed, wrote and edited ECDPM 2007 Annual Report; held brainstorming with leadership of Institutional Relations division, prepared creative brief, initial design and wrote Institutional Brochure 2008.

Part-time lecturer and trainer in Marketing Department of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.

Adjunct professor of Corporate Communications, Public Relations, Public Affairs in the Master's of Business Communications programme of the MBA School

Developed and facilitated intensive two-day comprehensive training to executives from diverse backgrounds four times a year.