Start with your truth.
Every movement starts with something to say. Before you pick a channel, a campaign or a plan, you need to know what you believe and why it matters. Get that right, and building a movement gets much easier.
That first step is where all our work begins. Understanding your truth is the foundation for everything that follows. Here are three ways we help you get there.
The key to knowing what to say starts with finding the courage to speak your truth.
As leaders and communications professionals responsible for sharing our organization’s vision with the world, we can feel the tension between what we want to say in our hearts and the desire to produce measurable outcomes supporting our mission. In the scramble to drive traffic, increase revenue, and engage our audience, we resort to chasing trends and copying content strategies we see working for other organizations - losing sight of who we are and our unique place in the world. When everyone has social media, websites, and podcasts, the intention we put into what we say far outweighs the value of standard tactics.
Grounded in community organizing principles, SYT professional development workshops and services are designed to help leaders and communications professionals lean into their organization’s core values to find the courage to speak their truth.
We are SYT and we want to help you...
Develop
Build skills and find confidence to tell your story.
One curriculum: messaging and storytelling, plus an honest conversation about the pros and cons of AI tools in communications work, with practical guidance for those ready to dip their toes in.
Best for: Small communications teams, including the one-person team, who are looking for clarity about their organization's message and how best to share it.
Investment: Virtual session for a single organization: $1,500. Live, on-site training at your organization: $5,000. Community workshop: $500 per person.
We want every kind of nonprofit in the room. If the listed investment is the only thing standing in your way, tell us. Sliding-scale pricing is available, and we can talk about what fits during your consultation.
Assess
Understand how your messaging lands.
An in-depth look at your communications channels, and at whether who you say you are matches who your strongest supporters believe you are. You feel confident in what you say, or you find a gap you can close. Both give you clarity.
Best for: Leaders who wonder whether their ideas are coming across as intended.
Investment: Starting at $7,500.
We want every kind of nonprofit in the room. If the listed investment is the only thing standing in your way, tell us. Sliding-scale pricing is available, and we can talk about what fits during your consultation.
Strategize
Plan your next chapter like a campaign.
Our premier strategic planning process. About twelve to eighteen months, or a bit more depending on the size of your community, in four steps: Reflect, Plan, Activate and Live. SYT guides the first three. Then you live the plan on your own.
Best for: Organizations at a turning point: growth, a new chapter, or a new way of working. Leaders looking for focus and clarity about what to do next.
Not sure where to start? Let's talk.
Book a free 30-minute consultation. We will listen, ask a few questions, and point you to the right next step, even if that step is not us.