Expertise

Well Made Strategy grew alongside Well Told Story and Shujaaz Inc, the Emmy award winning pioneers of behaviour change communications in East Africa. We apply lessons learned across the group with individual partners seeking to achieve social justice change. Like Shujaaz, we put the Player First, making sure that all we do benefits – and is guided by – the people with whom we are working. We use an approach built upon Appreciative Inquiry that, rather than concentrating on what’s wrong, identifies organisations’ core strengths and builds upon them – Support not SWOT.

Over the past fifteen years we have developed a team of communications specialists with expertise in pedagogy, policy and persuasion. We have experience of journalism, advertising, diplomacy and learning; we have worked on sexual and reproductive health rights, financial inclusion, the environment and education. But above all, we have used strategic communications to help pioneers in those fields and the donors who fund them to achieve the impact they desire.

Strategic Communications

Your organisation was birthed with a dream. Getting there is the hard part. We work with you to identify pathways, define tangible goals and objectives to help you realise the change or impact you want to see. This process includes aligning your communications to your objectives, then developing a strategy and tactics to get you there. The value of having an outside eye in strategy development is that we can flag blind spots, provide candid and unbiased feedback and XXX.

Learning Programs

After we develop and deploy your communication strategy, we are available offer continuing advisory and support on the implementation and advise on where to iterate based on the impact and insights we glean. This is where the real magic happens and where we impart our process and approach into the organization. We walk with you on your implementation journey to ensure your skills and thinking become second nature and your communication is effective.

Coaching, Advisory & Support

WMS has a tradition of knowledge and skills transfer. We don’t do it for you, rather we show you how to do it and do it with you. We believe that people who make decisions and do the actual work on a day-to-day basis are best placed to tell your organisation’s story and tell others why it’s important. We are constantly developing new toolkits, content and curricula to keep up with emerging trends and new approaches.

Crisis Communications

With clarity on the enablers, barriers and opportunities to engage audiences, we then design a communication strategy, which has smart narratives, defines the audience, scope the channels and have clear indicators of success. IS THIS THE CORRECT COPY?

Narrative Framing & Storytelling

Oppositional perception often hinders social justice organisations’ ability to create positive change. Well Made Strategy uses its value-based and Ground Truth™ approaches to craft narratives and strategise campaigns that shift audience perceptions on controversial social justice issues

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WMS Comms Handbook

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