First Idea Communications strategizes, develops, and manages special projects and collaborations for academic and cultural organizations, NGOs, and public/private partnerships. We do the hard work of managing special projects but remain in the background, driving every part of the process so that our clients can focus on what is most important: finding consensus, acting in partnership, and speaking effectively in their own voices, consistent with their own interests, priorities, and goals.John Tessitore, principal of First Idea, has a proven track-record as a project leader, with extensive experience designing and building collaborations, capturing good ideas and writing persuasively about them in a variety of formats, coordinating with other consultants and contractors, initiating public campaigns, and managing change. His expertise includes:• Fundraising• Meeting and event planning• Stakeholder outreach• Writing and communications• Business and government relations• Campaigns in traditional and social mediaFor fifteen years he has worked with internationally-recognized leaders to support intellectual explorations of all kinds, including collaborations involving academia, business, government, and the non-profit sectors. Contact First Idea today for assistance with your most challenging, and potentially rewarding collaborative projects.