SERVICES

“[Stephanie helped] facilitate relationship building, provide training on project design and change management, organize the work well, and keep communication flowing between learning community partners and MDH sponsors in primary care and public health….Based on our experience, we would strongly recommend SDK.”

— Carol Bauer

Minnesota Department of Health

STRATEGY + RESEARCH

SDK Communications + Consulting works with clients to set direction, and we lead research programs that shape decisions and support executives. Key Strategy and Research services include:

Surveys
Focus groups
Perception interviews
Communications audits
Media scans
Content analysis
Landscape assessments
Event sequences designed to gather public input
Facilitating decision making processes

Project Examples

“Stephanie was well prepared, strategic, and easy to work with. Her Stakeholder Analysis training for state employees blended the perfect amount of theory, practice, and depth for our civic engagement practitioners. The training received high praise and kept participants asking for more."

— Nick Kor

Minnesota Department of Human Rights

TRAINING + CAPACITY BUILDING

SDK Communications + Consulting provides training and capacity building services for groups of 1 to 100 (and more). Our services include:

Personalized coaching for individuals and leaders
Small group trainings
Small group workshops
Large group trainings
Large group workshops
Learning community facilitation

We build up the next generation of leaders with trainings and workshops on topics including:

Stakeholder Analysis
Preparing For and Managing Interviews and Testimony
Public Meetings And Input
Changing Media Landscape
Engaging Through Change
Leveraging Strategic Communications, Engagement For Change

Project Example

Minnesota Department of Human Rights

“I was very impressed with the preparedness and structure of the training. Working together and learning from each other in groups was helpful. The interactive presentation style of the trainer was also very helpful.”

— Participant evaluation, Civic Engagement training series offered by MN Department of Human Rights

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

SDK Communications + Consulting provides facilitation, project management and execution capacity to help clients and collaboratives set strategy, tell their stories, advance issues and lead through change.

Our work includes:

Strategic Project Management

Facilitating coalitions, Task Forces, and cross-team or cross-agency initiatives to set strategy and ensure high-quality, adaptive delivery.

Project Execution

Delivering professional, high-quality products that build connection and understanding for clients’ projects, strategies and change initiatives. SDK offers clients a boutique consulting experience with full-service execution reach in the areas of:

Graphic design
Social media management
Video (from documentary production to web snippets)
Event sequencing and event management
Report and presentation design
Speech writing
Media relations
Outreach
Issues management plans and execution

Project Examples

STATE PARTNERSHIPS

SDK Communications + Consulting is an approved external partner to the Minnesota Department of Management and Budget’s Management Analysis and Development (MAD).

We are authorized to support state agencies on projects in the following MAD service areas:

Qualitative + Quantitative Research
Specialized organizational development, consultation + facilitation (Including facilitation of Task Forces and collaborative projects)
Planning
Writing + Communications

SDK Communications + Consulting is also an approved external partner for Environmental Review. We are authorized to support state agencies, local governments, watersheds, and others in the following Environmental Review service areas:

Public engagement
Communications