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Cookie cutters are for organizations that use predictable ideas and methods to turn out standard products.
Because we work with innovators, cookie-cutter approaches to communication just don’t make any sense.
Instead, our straightforward, four-step process gives you a communication solution tailored to your precise needs.
1. Assess
We begin by quickly sizing up your situation:
What do you want to accomplish?
What are your time and budget constraints?
Are you looking for help with communication strategy?
Do you want extra hands to create a communication product or suite of products from start to finish?
Or do you want to build your team’s capacity to create high-quality communication products on their own?
We provide a full spectrum of communication support, including strategic consulting, content creation, training (virtual and in person), and coaching. Whether your goal is to produce persuasive communication products with minimum input from your team or to invest in your team’s professional development, we can help.
2. Design
We create a plan to guide our work together. This looks different for different kinds of projects. Here are a few examples of what you can expect:
For a content creation project—a design brief and a workplan with milestones and deliverables
For a strategic consulting project—a project roadmap with milestones and deliverables
For a training engagement—learning outcomes and course or program outline
For a team coaching engagement—project roadmap describing learning outcomes, communication product(s) to be created, coaching and training sessions, and communication tools
3. Create or Deliver
In this phase, we shift from planning to doing. Time to execute!
Throughout this phase, we stay in close contact so you never have to guess about the status of your project. The documentation created during the Design phase keeps the team and project on track.
Our fixed-fee model means that you don’t have to worry about staying within a certain number of billable hours. For content creation projects, we normally include a certain number of revisions in the project fee.
4. Integrate
The last phase of our process ensures that you can build on lessons learned during the project and integrate them into your ongoing work:
For a content creation project, we lead a short debrief session to capture what’s been learned and brainstorm ways to turn the learning into process improvements.
For a training project, we encourage participant feedback via an evaluation form, and we conduct a more in-depth debrief centered on the desired learning outcomes.
For a coaching project, we conduct a debrief and follow up with summary notes and/or a toolkit to solidify the learning.
Whatever the size of your organization, whatever your communication challenge, these four steps make it easy to collaborate with us and achieve your goals.
“I worked with Clarity Studio to facilitate a seminar for early career researchers on effectively communicating their expertise to industry partners. Dawn consistently delivered high-quality work that surpassed my expectations. Her attention to detail, innovative ideas, and flawless execution were evident in every aspect of her work. It was clear that she possesses a profound passion for what she does. We saw positive results within weeks of the seminar!”
Ben Goldberg, Managing Director, Industry Engagement and Customer Experience, Office for Commercialization and Industry Engagement, Dalhousie University
How do you get started?
Just click the button below to request a free consult.
During this 30-minute session, we’ll do a rapid pre-assessment and
explore ways we might work together to make great things happen.
Examples of communication
products we create:
- Grant applications
- Reports (annual reports, impact reports, etc.)
- White papers
- Blog articles
- Research impact stories
- Research impact videos (centered on interview with a researcher)
- Scripts for animated videos
- Curriculum for classroom-based delivery
- Online courses
- Content for educational websites
- Presentations, including pitch decks
Training and coaching options
we provide:
- Webinars
- Onsite group training (half a day or longer)
- eLearning programs (four weeks or longer)
- Executive coaching (minimum three-month commitment)
- Team coaching (four weeks or longer)