Strategy first. Execution when you need it.
Some clients need a senior counselor. Others need an experienced pair of hands. Most need both.
We provide flexible communications support designed around the organization, not a predetermined agency model.
Strategy & counsel
Find the direction before choosing the tactic.
We help leaders understand communications challenges, establish priorities and build practical strategies around the audiences and outcomes that matter.
Services include strategic communications planning, communications ecosystem consulting, organizational assessments, fractional communications leadership, issues management, crisis planning and preparedness, facilitation and team workshops.
Fractional communications leadership
For organizations that need experienced communications leadership without immediately adding a full-time executive, Carrigan Strategic Communications can provide director-, vice president-, senior vice president- or C-suite-level support on a fractional or interim basis.
That can include team leadership, executive counsel, organizational planning, agency management, hiring support, strategy development and day-to-day communications oversight.
Reputation & visibility
Build credibility before you need it.
Reputation is built through consistent communication over time.
We help organizations identify meaningful opportunities to be visible, strengthen relationships with the media and position leaders as credible voices in the conversations that matter to their audiences.
Services include media relations, executive positioning, thought leadership, proactive news development, news bureau creation, media monitoring strategy, message development, media training and issues counsel.
Content & storytelling
Find the story. Tell it well. Put it to work.
Good storytelling does more than generate attention. It helps people understand why an organization matters.
Carrigan Strategic Communications develops editorial and multimedia content that connects organizational priorities with the people those priorities affect.
Services include strategic storytelling, executive communications, feature writing, patient and customer stories, newsletters, reports, digital content, video, multimedia production and integrated campaigns.
Executive presence & media
Be ready when the microphone turns on.
Dan began his career interviewing people for a living. Today, that experience helps leaders become stronger communicators themselves.
Services include executive coaching, media and message training, interview preparation, presentation coaching, podcast and video hosting, executive interviews, conference moderation, fireside chats and professional on-camera and voice talent.
Crisis & preparedness
The middle of a crisis is the wrong time to build the plan.
Carrigan Strategic Communications helps organizations prepare before the pressure arrives and provides experienced counsel when it does.
Services can include crisis communications plans, tabletop exercises, spokesperson preparation, scenario planning, holding statements, stakeholder messaging and real-time communications counsel.
Dan’s background includes health system crisis response, public information officer experience, FEMA and live-exercise training and crisis communications work at a global agency.