Our Services
Explainer Civic Strategies works as your strategist, your writer, and your advisor. Every engagement is built around what you need, from a single hour of counsel to a long-term partnership, and held to one standard: communication your community can trust and act on.
planning & Messaging
We map the communities you need to reach, then build the strategy and core messages to connect them with your goals.
Content Strategy
Writing, social media strategy, and community outreach that carry your message to the people who need it and give them a reason to trust it.
Crisis & Trust Repair
You can’t spin back to trust. We help you respond honestly, change what needs changing, and rebuild credibility with the people you serve.
Everything We Offer
Explainer Civic Strategies is a full-service strategy communications firm. We offer a comprehensive menu of services to suit your organization’s needs.
Communications strategy: strategic communications plans, message development, audience and community mapping, communications audits, public trust and reputation strategy, launch and rollout planning.
Writing and messaging: speeches, talking points, op-eds, website copy, reports and issue briefs, fact sheets and FAQs, public testimony, and plain-language translation of complex material.
Media and press: media relations strategy, press releases and advisories, mediapitches, spokesperson and media training, interview and debate prep, and rapid response.
Social media and digital: social media strategy, content writing and calendars, platform-specific content, digital outreach campaigns, and community management guidance.
Community outreach and public engagement: outreach plans, public education campaigns, listening sessions and town halls, partner and coalition communications, multilingual and multicultural outreach, and trusted-messenger programs.
Crisis and trust repair: crisis planning and rapid response, reputation repair, trust rebuilding programs, difficult-announcement planning, and post-crisis review.
Campaigns and candidates: campaign communications strategy, candidate messaging, campaign literature strategy, copywriting, and design, readiness for those weighing a run, voter outreach, and ballot measure communications.
Advisory and training: ongoing advisory and on-call counsel, communications training for staff and leadership, message-discipline workshops, and executive communications coaching.
Reach Out Today
One-Hour Strategy Session
When you need focused advice fast, book a one-hour session.
Bring one problem: a message that isn’t working, a decision you’re weighing, or a public catastrophe you can see coming. You leave with a straight read on the situation and clear next steps. Counsel when you need it, without committing to a longer term engagement or a retainer.
What to Expect in an Initial Consultation
Every engagement starts with a conversation. You tell me what you’re working on and what challenges you’re facing. I ask questions, give you an honest read on the problem. You leave the conversation knowing where you stand and what the work would take. The first conversation is confidential and carries no charge.