COMMUNICATIONS

Bridging Gaps Through Community Engagement, Public Relations, and Strategic Communications.

Clear communication is the cornerstone of building trust and promoting effective collaboration between organizations and communities, which is essential to community and socio-economic development activities.

Participatory activities and community involvement are critical elements of any socio-economic development efforts today and require an authentic, people-centered approach.

Our expertise in strategic communications, public relations, and community engagement is designed to create these crucial connections, build trust, amplify community voices, and drive lasting impact.

How We Use Communications to Build Bridges

Through tailored public affairs strategies, compelling public information campaigns, and proactive community outreach, we ensure that your initiatives are aligned with community needs and aspirations.

Using our Re-Power Development® approach, we collaborate with community members to improve the effectiveness and sustainability of development activities using communication for development best practices.

Community development is relational work. In addition to in-person and face-to-face activities, FHG provides many hybrid and remote solutions to include: virtual forums and online meetings.

The personal knowledge of community members combined with FHG's technical experience ensures localized development activities are optimized for maximum positive social impact.

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Community Engagement Services

Our community engagement activities involve community members and stakeholders through several different listening activities including: charrettes, focus groups, interviews, surveys, training, etc.

  • True sustainability is rooted in active, on-going community engagement. We design and implement outreach strategies that cultivate authentic connections with local stakeholders, ensuring your development activities align with community priorities and contribute positively to long-term community development.

    From public forums to grassroots initiatives, our participatory, people-centered approach is about creating partnerships that benefit all stakeholders involved.

  • Co-produce communications campaigns with local communities to ignite change and reduce challenges and barriers to change.

  • Events serve as platforms for meaningful interaction and development of shared goals. FHG offers event publicity and management services that ensure your events are executed flawlessly and maximize community participation and media coverage. We coordinate, promote and support both in-person and online events, including: community meetings, charrettes, town halls, focus groups, expos, etc.

Public Relations Capabilities

Our public relations services generate awareness and increase visibility.

  • Our public relations services include public information campaigns that are crafted to inform, educate, and engage the public, while our public affairs assistance helps you navigate public policy and government relations.

    Both can contribute to ensuring transparency, accountability, and support for your community-focused efforts.

  • We don’t just share your story; we make sure it resonates with the right audiences. We nurture strong relationships with media outlets at all levels, and craft targeted outreach plans that secure impactful coverage, that brings increased visibility to your development efforts.

    We produce press kits and press statements. Provide capacity-building support to communities, co-develop media content, and secure placements in both digital and traditional media.

  • Stirring stories are central to building strong, meaningful relationships. We craft compelling narratives and develop diverse IEC (Information, Education, and Communication) materials to ensure your message resonates and drives engagement.

    Whether it's blog posts, public information brochures, social media campaigns, or other IEC materials, our content highlights your impact, educates community stakeholders, and supports your development activities and goals.

    Every piece of content not only informs but also inspires action, contributing to the success of your community-focused initiatives.

  • We use photos and videos to capture the best stories and communicate different narrative arcs, using the formats that work best for the specific context.

Strategic Communications Services

  • We consult community stakeholders through various listening activities and craft strategic communications plans, based on stakeholder direction and input, that align with your goals and will resonate with your target audince.

    Our intentional approach ensures the best, most effective messages are delivered through the right channels.

  • We develop strategic branding and messaging frameworks that align with your mission and vision, reinforcing your commitment to sustainability and community well-being. Our public information campaigns are designed to educate and build a transparent and trustworthy relationship with the community.

  • We collaborate with communities to create people-centered campaigns to reach target audiences via a mix of communication channels that work for them.

  • We create captivating visual representations of data to effectively communicate insights and drive informed decision-making.

    All produce documents that present information using stunning visuals, including branding packages, infographics, research reports, etc.

  • We support knowledge hubs and think tanks by collecting, organizing and cataloging content into a central location to provide a one-stop shop for information.