Author Archives: Marie Condron

 Over the course of six months, executive directors and 1-2 staff members from 10 Dwight Stuart grantee organizations will learn the basics of strategic communications, through three half-day group sessions and three one-on-one coaching sessions. Organizations create their own core messages, targeted messages for key audiences, and complete the program with a strategic communication plan […]

LASIF combines multi-year scholarships with support programs tailored to the unique needs of low-income students, to help them get through college. With 2.3 million California jobs projected to go unfilled by 2025 due to a lack of workers with college degrees, it’s a vital issue to our region’s economic vitality. This year, the investment fund […]

Our series of eight case studies, Communications Strategies that Fast Track Policy Change, identifies 10 Elements of Success from high-impact communications campaigns that create a more receptive environment for dialogue about potential solutions, build public momentum and generate political will for policy change. The series, supported by a grant from The California Endowment and in […]

 Based on the principles of our Communications Toolkit and Communicating for Results training, the session took participants through activities to define their organization’s key audiences and targeted messages. On the following day, Marie led a workshop on using targeted messaging and storytelling to drive policy change at the Forum’s PolicyWorks for Philanthropy institute, using our […]

“Appointing Judy Belk was a bold move by TCWF’s board,” said Hershey. “Judy brings a fresh voice and innovative ideas about extending health care for all. I’m a fan and look forward to supporting her work. She is greatly respected in philanthropic circles nationally.” Before joining TCWF in April, Belk served at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, […]

Cause Communications partnered with The California Endowment to identify how strategic communications has recently driven policy change—as illustrated through nine case studies—to inspire funders to apply innovative strategic communications to their work. Over the past year, we’ve researched examples of real policy outcomes for social issues that had largely been overlooked. Through the research, we’ve identified 10 […]

“We deliver results for our clients through the unique capabilities of our agency and our nonprofit,” said founder R. Christine Hershey. “It just makes sense to further integrate our operations along those lines.” Read the full announcement.