Clarify your story.
Connect with your people.
We help organizations close the gap between what they do and what their audiences believe with communications strategies that drive growth and build reputation.
Start Using Messaging that Moves.
Your stakeholders have heard you. They're just not acting on it yet (or consistently).
We diagnose what's blocking them and design a brand and content system so the shift sticks.
For organizations in motion: launching, pivoting, rebuilding trust.
You’ll walk away with:
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Clarity on what's really getting in the way
We start with diagnosis—where your messaging is landing, where it isn’t, and an audit of your audience’s beliefs and barriers to change.
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a strategy designed for the change you're making
A plan to reach your goals: your stakeholders, your moment, and the specific shift you’re asking people to make.
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Systems that keep working for you on repeat
Frameworks, tools, and messaging systems to build your team’s capacity and your organization’s durable influence.
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Our approach to Communications and Stakeholder Engagement is designed with your growth as the goal.
You don’t have time to waste on a multi-year brand overhaul. At the same time, you can’t keep throwing another marketing tactic at prospects who aren’t listening.
Using our proven WEAVE model for brand marketing and strategic communications, we’ll collaborate on a plan that helps you get clear on your what and why and activate it in a way that yields growth.
You’ll gain a strong brand foundation, communications and marketing tools and templates, and new processes that build consistency in how you get and keep stakeholders.
Who we are
Communio Strategies was founded by Kaitlin McCready based on her experience in strategic communications, brand marketing, public affairs, and change management.
Kaitlin has worked to rethink and reset countless stories, products, and programs so they connect with the right stakeholders. A common theme emerged—from tech startups and Fortune 500 companies to federal government offices and transportation agencies.
Change—mindsets, buying behavior, product usage—is successful when people are clear and bought in.
As a consultant, we work with you to discover the barriers between you and your stakeholders and empower you with the levers to knock them down. Our unique approach delivers a brand reset that is both strategic and sticky, all in a project-based structure designed for quick wins and building your capacity.
How we’ll work together
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Step 01
SURFACE THE GAP
We’ll explore your situation. You share what’s happening, what’s stuck, and what you’re trying to change. We’ll share our assessment and recommendations for where to focus.
You’ll get:
• Diagnostic of current messaging, content, and narrative positioning
• Assessment of reputation risks and opportunities
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Step 02
FIND THE FOCUS
We’ll turn your priorities into a roadmap. This will align you and your team and guide our strategy, creating an actionable path forward.
You’ll get:
• Audience/stakeholder clarity
• Narrative and messaging framework
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Step 03
BUILD YOUR SYSTEMS
Based on the focus, we apply our proven WEAVE framework to your priority problem and build the strategy, tools, and messaging to keep the work going.
You’ll get:
• Bi-weekly check-ins
• Content and process reviews
• Performance tracking
Not ready for a full engagement?
You’re juggling multiple priorities, but you know your messaging, executive positioning, or stakeholder engagement can’t wait.
Start with a 30 minute or one-hour strategy session.
What Our Clients ARE SAYING
“They provided exactly the strategic brand marketing and communications lens we needed. Kaitlin’s business acumen combined with sharp communication instincts delivered exactly what we were looking for.”
— Sarah Meyer, former Chief Customer Officer, MTA New York City Transit“We had clear priorities and deep expertise. But we needed to connect it with our stakeholders—what they believed, what they were skeptical of, in a moment when so much about how our industry works is changing. Kaitlin helped us build the narrative and communications approach grounded in that reality. The result is an organization that connects with the people we serve in a way that shows we’re listening.”
— Midori Valdivia, Chair and Commissioner, New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission
“I’d recommend Kaitlin to any business or executive looking to sharpen their brand positioning and forge deeper stakeholder connections. Her ability to translate vision into compelling, authentic communications, combined with her energizing, solution-oriented approach, is rare and genuinely career-changing.”
— Dr. Rachael Nealer, national energy and transportation leader and former deputy director, U.S. Joint Office of Energy and TransportationGet Your Brand Edge.
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