Our Services
Amplify Your Mission to Advance Your Cause
Zeal Communications combines strategic communication, captivating storytelling, and media relations expertise to ensure your message reaches the right audiences — authentically and effectively.
Media & PR
We understand how to get your message out to the right people, at the right time and garner the attention of the reporters who are swamped. As their numbers decrease, our needs stay the same - or even increase. We have a track record of garnering notable coverage in top-tier media and creating our own news in order to break through the noise.
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Media Outreach
Garnering ongoing media coverage at top-tier outlets and speaking opportunities requires relentless outreach that leverages current news moments as well as creative thinking and quick action. We work to highlight your organization’s unique value and position you as a leader in your field.
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Media Training
Whether preparing for a speech or an interview, we help equip you with tips, tools and techniques to help you refine your key message and focus on maintaining control over the interview, whether in person or not.
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Communication Planning
Communications planning requires a 360-degree approach, focusing on framing the story, crafting strategies, activating audiences, and elevating stories. We focus on developing compelling narratives and ensuring that client stories are effectively communicated and stand out.
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Event Planning
Event planning is always a key part of a broader media and campaign strategy, especially for political, nonprofit and corporate clients. We focus on event planning including press conferences, mobilization events, book launches, and fundraisers.
Reputation & Crisis Management
Your reputation and management of a situation is a crisis game-changer. Planning for potential crises depends on the art of forecasting and defining possible future states. We help you determine whether a situation is “bad news” or has the potential to have long-lasting impact on your brand image and reputation. We know that effective management and response will determine the duration of a crisis. We help you create, refine and practice your plans.
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Crisis Planning
We have navigated nearly every type of crisis situation. Taking our learnings, we develop comprehensive crisis communication plans and protocols and help you anticipate and plan for various scenarios.
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Reputation Management
We have seen first-hand how bad judgment impacts a person or an organization’s strategy and inflicts major damage on a reputation. We work with you on how to control the narrative and take control of the discussion to avoid being in a reactive mode and protect your brand’s reputation during a crisis.
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Rapid Response
Providing immediate support and guidance during the first hour of a crisis minimizes impact. We work with you to demonstrate the paramount issues to consider in crisis planning and actions you can take to lessen the severity of the issue.
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Crisis training
How you handle your audiences, what you say or do, and how you prepare your team to handle a crisis impacts the severity of that crisis. We take you and your team through simulations and training sessions to review and assess your crisis communications plan.
Thought leadership
We help you build your thought leaders in an engaging, personable and meaningful way. When a potential partner or funder hears your stories and experiences, they learn there are real people behind your brand, which allows you to earn trust and authority. We work with you to define your target audience, develop your leader’s unique knowledge, and share insights that influence conversations and build credibility. Our thought leadership strategy includes executive media training and speech writing.
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Awards Submission
We specialize in vetting and submitting for prestigious awards to recognize and elevate your organization or leaders’s achievements to further bolster your brand and reputation.
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Media Contributions
Media contributions (articles, bylines, guest spots, interviews, podcasts, etc.) allow CEOs and executives to showcase their expertise and insights, drive business growth, and build employee engagement. We identify and secure the right opportunities for leadership, influence and long-term business success.
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Personal Branding
Building and enhancing the personal brand of key executives, thought leaders and subject matter experts means amplifying their value through content, advisory councils, boards, podcasts, etc. We work with your leaders to expand their network and relationships and build their brand on certain platforms.
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Speaking Engagements
We work to secure speaking opportunities that will drive an action from a decision maker or a corporate partner. These include invite-only events, conferences and keynotes.
Writing services
Professional writing services are an integral part of strategic communications work. We specialize in crafting clear, compelling and impactful content. We are known for our mission-driven approach to writing that will inform, engage and inspire action.
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Messaging Framework
We work on key message platforms, talking points, mission messages, and narratives to strengthen your storytelling.
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Executive writing
We develop a variety of writing formats to effectively share your expertise including, speeches, op-eds, and social media messaging, all tailored to engage and inform your target audiences.
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Blog Posts
We write engaging, high-quality and informative SEO-optimized blogs that resonate with your audience, drive traffic to your website, and are engaging for social media. Each piece is tailored to reflect your unique industry and subject matter expertise, raise awareness, and change hearts and minds.
How We Work
OUr Approach
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We believe in building long-term relationships with our clients. Our retainer-based services are designed to provide consistent, ongoing support tailored to your specific needs. By committing to a regular monthly fee, you’ll have access to expertise for a three month, six month or longer tenure that will be able to deliver a consistent level of support.
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We understand that every project is unique and requires a defined, specific and tailored approach. Our project-based assignments are designed to provide a comprehensive, end-to-end solution for your specific short-term or one-off communication needs. Our project-based strategy will achieve specific results within the project’s scope and timeframe.
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In an uncertain world where rules keep changing and ground reality is constantly shifting, our flexible consulting services can help you with strategic advice, hands-on execution, coaching and mentoring, insights and reporting, or increased focus on a specific priority. This approach adapts to your requirements, offering the perfect blend of guidance and action needed to help you respond rapidly to evolving circumstances.