We are a recognized communications agency devoted to helping businesses communicate more effectively—with their employees, with clients and with the world—to drive change.Specifically, we develop and implement communications strategies that help companies of all sizes:• Raise visibility• Influence behaviors• Enhance employee morale• Achieve a more productive workplace• Cultivate customer loyalty • Grow salesWe develop winning, creative, tailored strategies and messages that help business leaders communicate more effectively face to face, in print, online, through social media and many other venues.We specialize in serving the communications needs of:• Law firms and professional services organizations• Nonprofits• Health care organizations• Software and technology companies• Emerging small businesses

Sutherland is an AmLaw 100 law firm headquartered jointly in Atlanta and Washington, D.C., providing legal services to corporate clients in the areas of corporate law, energy, intellectual property, litigation, real estate and tax. -- Provided leadership to the firm's marketing and communications/PR efforts, including managing a staff in four offices across the country

Leonard, Street and Deinard is a corporate law firm with nearly 200 attorneys in four offices serving start-up to Fortune 100 companies across the U.S. and internationally. -- Provided strategic leadership, from inception to completion, to the firm’s internal and external communications, media relations and public relations initiatives and management of the firm’s marketing-communications staff-- Served as principal writer/editor on firm internal communications, business generation and PR efforts (including internal collateral, client presentations, regional and national award nominations, bylined articles and client advisories)Notable achievements: * Managed development of the firm’s first-ever annual report * Nearly tripled the firm’s media reach between 2005 and 2008 * Led communications campaign for award-winning podcast program, receiving honors from the national and Minnesota chapters of the Legal Marketing Association and the Minnesota chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators

Children’s is the seventh largest pediatric organization in the nation, with 324 beds at its two hospitals and four outpatient facilities. -- Led internal strategic communications consultation for programs and services at Children’s and oversaw implementation plans and tactics (newsletters, brochures, video production, signs, banners, employee meetings, etc.) to meet overall objectives-- Served as communications consultant to the Chief Nurse Executive-- Served as managing editor for Focus bimonthly employee magazine and Weekly staff newsletter and contributed regularly to Professional Staff News monthly newsletter for physicians -- Led advertising, media relations, and employee recruitment/retention strategy implementation and served as copywriter/project manager for various multimedia programs -- Developed and managed student intern program

Thrivent Financial (formed by the merger of AAL and Lutheran Brotherhood) is a Fortune 500 financial services organization with more than 3 million members. -- Managed The Daily employee publication through daily writing, editing and production phases (approximately 250 issues and 800 pages annually)-- Wrote, fact-checked, and proofread for six corporate publications and annual report -- Partnered with corporate statistician to conduct readership evaluation surveys for six internal corporate publications and develop recommendations for improvement