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Offering visual storytelling & communication strategies that impact & inform audiences
Our passion is to help individuals and organizations efficiently explore and develop engaging content with a unique voice that offers consistency and clarity and that empowers audiences. In today’s evolving media landscape, messaging moves rapidly across traditional, electronic, and social media platforms. Data visualizations, information graphics, photography, and short-form video each play a role in content development that offers context and analysis. The ways in which people access information have dramatically changed over the past 30 years. But the fundamental questions answered through visual storytelling remain timeless.
An informative narrative answers: Who? What When? Where? Why? How?
How do you offer support with communications coordination?
We collaborate with students, nonprofits, and small businesses, focusing on content creation and coordination in three areas: Research and content: We develop subject matter expertise and craft compelling stories through words, social media, photos, and video. Design and data analysis: We make complex information and data accessible by creating information graphics that highlight unique perspectives. Education and early career: We assist families in researching college and vocational options, considering factors like transportation, recruitment, housing, study abroad, and costs. Each area benefits from the development of subject matter expertise through interviewing, researching, and partnerships.
How does the storytelling process evolve collaboratively?
Despite the profound shifts in information access, the need for impactful and timely information remains constant. Effective storytelling educates and empowers your audience and lends authority to your organization. Students, nonprofits, and small businesses benefit. The content creation and editing process starts with a conversation to explore potential research and communication needs and long-term goals and strategy. We work with clients to develop a timeline and deadlines to help move a project forward. Unique content ideas and storytelling opportunities can be applied to every mission’s narrative. Information graphics, photography, videography, and original written content can each play a role in communications outreach.
Why hire a communications coordinator versus using AI?
A communications coordinator will help you analyze your messaging needs and develop a strategy that takes advantage of untapped storytelling opportunities. The coordinator serves as the idea generator to help brainstorm content solutions and develop an editorial calendar to ensure that messaging is delivered at the right time on the right platform. A communications coordinator empowers you to focus on the development of your product, project, or service, instead of message management. The consultant’s focus involves monitoring and analyzing successes, and adjusting strategies when needed to ensure quality and consistency. AI can be used to generate imagery and help meet generalized content demands. But every project benefits from custom content that is created for an initiative.
LEARN MORE ABOUT WORDWEAVERDESIGN
Please click on the links below to learn more and access each page.
VIEW RESEARCH | CONTENT CREATION
In-depth research & analysis empower audiences. Foundational knowledge of an industry assists with developing storytelling solutions. Every sector benefits from visual storytelling devices that offer context & clarity. VIEW RESEARCH | CONTENT.
VIEW INFORMATION DESIGN | DATA
Information design forges a connection with audiences. It offers context and analysis that is accessible. Information graphics have the power to dispel assumptions by presenting facts and data. VIEW DESIGN | DATA.
VIEW EDUCATION | EARLY CAREER
Research & relationships contribute to a formula for school success. Families benefit from affordable support and coaching that guide college and vocational searches. Support continues with internships and early career. VIEW EDUCATION | EARLY CAREER.
© CONTENT, DESIGN & IMAGES BY MELISSA NAGY DEEGAN. ADDITIONAL IMAGES: ADOBE STOCK, MICROSOFT & SOURCE WEBSITES.
RESEARCH | CONTENT
| SUBJECT-MATTER INTERVIEWING |
| Website, blogs & e-news content |
| Editorial calendar development |
| Social media content & MANAGEMENT |
| Census & demographic data research |
| Economic & financial data research |
| FOIA research & inquiry |
DESIGN | DATA
| Bar, fever, pie, column & line charts |
| Data analysis & Pivot Tables |
| TIMELINES, FLOW CHARTS & MAPPING |
| POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS |
| BRANDING, CORPORATE IDENTITY & SIGNS |
| NEWSLETTERS, PUBLICATIONS & REPORTS |
EDUCATION | CAREER
| College admission research & spreadsheets |
| Common Data Set (CDS) research |
| HOUSING, TRANSIT & MERIT AID RESEARCH |
| College essay & scholarship coaching |
| Internship & early career search |
| Vocational & trade apprenticeship search |
| JUNIOR HIGH | HIGH SCHOOL GRAMMAR & ESSAYS |
PORTFOLIO | PROPOSALS
Due to copyright restrictions and the range of available portfolio samples, please share your communications needs via the inquiry form for portfolio access. We are happy to share samples, ideas, and offer a one-page project proposal.
MEETINGS
We meet with prospective clients in the western suburbs of Chicago, the Loop, and throughout the Chicago metropolitan area. For remote meetings with national and international clients who reside outside the Chicago area, we can utilize Teams, Discord, and Zoom for screen sharing.
Thank you for your interest. Affordable and approachable ideas make great storytelling accessible. Please submit your contact information and a brief description of your needs using the contact form on the About page. Use this form to receive a one-page project proposal and request access to spreadsheet templates for college & early career services. Portfolio access is also granted via the contact form.