Strategic
communication
for impact

Your organization is doing critical work, but you’re still having trouble getting out of the echo chamber.

Your team has been working harder than ever toward your organization’s impact mission, and yet you’re struggling to reach more people. It seems like the same ten people show up to events, you depend on the same supporters year-after-year, and the broader community isn’t aware of how they can engage with your mission.

That’s where strategic communications comes into play, tailored to helping you move beyond the echo chamber so you can reach more people and do more good.

Communications consulting to help you connect
with your community.

Who I am

Hi, my name is Vanja! I’m an Impact & Communications Strategist fueled by connecting the dots for social change.

I’ve worn a lot of hats in my career, which means I apply learnings from over a decade of experience across nonprofit, government, and business to help you accelerate your programmatic and communications impact.

Services

I provide communications services to nonprofits, government entities, small businesses, and changemakers so that you can better connect with the communities you need to reach.

  • You need to know who in your community you should be engaging, and how to best reach them.

    I help you map stakeholders, create an engagement strategy, and plan your communications based on your unique initiative.

    Examples of services:

    • Identifying target groups/stakeholders

    • Interviewing stakeholders

    • Desk research and identifying good practices

    • Identifying communications objectives per audience

    • Creating key messages grounded in research and experience

    • Identifying main communications activities and materials for each goal

  • You need to create content that inspires people to take action.

    I help you create a content strategy and/or develop content depending on your current needs.

    Examples of services:

    • Identifying core messaging

    • Creating an editorial calendar for your blog and/or social media

    • Crafting a distribution plan to help your content reach more people

    • Writing blog posts, articles, case studies, toolkits, guides, and other long-form content

    • Copywriting and editing

    • Planning and/or writing annual reports

  • You need strategic guidance and communications support, but don’t have the budget or capacity to hire an additional team member.

    I help you as a thought partner and trusted advisor so you can get past roadblocks and accelerate your impact.

    Examples of services:

    • Strategic guidance on your communications or engagement plans

    • Refining your messaging

    • Evaluating which channels and tactics are best for your needs

    • …and more, tailored to your needs!

  • You need an action plan to address issues such as not reaching enough people or not inspiring people to action, but you don’t have the time or in-house expertise to guide these conversations.

    I help you facilitate workshops and trainings by building a custom agenda so we can work through critical topics together.

    Examples of services:

    • Hope-based communications training

    • Communications training for campaigns, messaging, and more

    • Trainings based on findings from research or stakeholder interviews

Let’s work together

Stefan Lehmeier - Deputy Regional Director Europe, International Rescue Committee

"We got more than the results we had expected. We got a comprehensive overview of thinking and good practice in the sector, as well as the thinking underpinning that practice. In the end, the insights were much deeper than we had dared to hope."

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