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- <\/i><\/span>Crisis Communications Planning & Response<\/span><\/li>\n
- <\/i><\/span>Positioning for Office or Investment<\/span><\/li>\n
- <\/i><\/span>Thought-Leadership Positioning<\/span><\/li>\n
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- <\/i><\/span>Industry Thought-Leadership<\/span><\/li>\n
- <\/i><\/span>Brand \/ Voice Management<\/span><\/li>\n
- <\/i><\/span>Positioning<\/span><\/li>\n
- <\/i><\/span>Crisis Communications<\/span><\/li>\n
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- <\/i><\/span>Stakeholder Engagement<\/span><\/li>\n
- <\/i><\/span>Change Management Communications<\/span><\/li>\n
- <\/i><\/span>Town Hall Facilitation<\/span><\/li>\n
- <\/i><\/span>Executive Leadership\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
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\nOur Values<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n- <\/i><\/span>We believe in leading by example and are committed to bringing out the potential of others, helping leaders and organizations establish relationships with stakeholders, repair trust when broken, and establish thought-leadership within an industry.<\/span><\/li>\n
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- <\/i><\/span>We believe in setting standards of authenticity, and have been honored to be at the helm of transformational change time and time again. While many agencies seek to project, we believe communications are most powerful when they reveal, engage, and inspire.<\/span><\/li>\n
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<\/strong><\/p>\nSuzanne V. Buchanan
Senior Principal<\/strong><\/p>\nWith over 20 years of progressive experience delivering strategic communications and conflict resolution solutions for clients in the United States and overseas, Suzanne loves bringing out the potential of others and building client capacity to overcome the communications challenges they face.<\/span><\/p>\nAfter starting her career in the advertising sector working as a copywriter for corporate telecom, national retailers, and financial sector accounts, Suzanne quickly realized her appetite for challenge and ability to bridge divides. Always in pursuit of growth and passionate about extending reach, she advanced from regional to national to multicultural and international communications, developing an independent communications practice serving the international development field overseas in South Asia which only deepened her understanding of the power of communications to affect change.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.17.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Alata||||||||” text_font_size=”16px” header_2_text_align=”center” header_4_text_align=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
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<\/strong>Global<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/span><\/p>\nMoving beyond marketing and organizational communications, Suzanne significantly expanded her skills in the alternative dispute resolution space working internationally and on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice to provide crisis prevention and response, facilitation, mediation, reconciliation, and confidential consultation for political and corporate leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n
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Immigration Integration<\/span><\/h3>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.17.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Darker Grotesque|600|||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” text_font_size=”18px” text_line_height=”1.4em” header_font=”Darker Grotesque|900|||||||” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_font_size=”36px” header_2_font=”Darker Grotesque|900|||||||” header_2_text_color=”#ddccb8″ header_2_font_size=”36px” header_3_font=”Darker Grotesque|900|||||||” header_3_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_3_font_size=”36px” header_3_letter_spacing=”3px” header_4_font=”Darker Grotesque|900|||||||” header_4_text_color=”#ddccb8″ header_4_font_size=”36px” header_5_font=”Darker Grotesque|900|||||||” header_5_text_color=”#ddccb8″ header_5_font_size=”36px” header_6_font=”Darker Grotesque|900|||||||” header_6_text_color=”#ddccb8″ header_6_font_size=”36px” background_color=”#FFFFFF” background_layout=”dark” min_height=”100px” height=”100px” max_height=”100px” hover_enabled=”0″ header_font_size_tablet=”30px” header_font_size_phone=”24px” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” header_2_font_size_tablet=”30px” header_2_font_size_phone=”24px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” header_3_font_size_tablet=”30px” header_3_font_size_phone=”24px” header_3_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” header_4_font_size_tablet=”30px” header_4_font_size_phone=”24px” header_4_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” header_5_font_size_tablet=”30px” header_5_font_size_phone=”24px” header_5_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” header_6_font_size_tablet=”30px” header_6_font_size_phone=”24px” header_6_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” border_width_all=”3px” border_color_all=”#000000″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
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\nOur Values<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n- <\/i><\/span>We believe in leading by example and are committed to bringing out the potential of others, helping leaders and organizations establish relationships with stakeholders, repair trust when broken, and establish thought-leadership within an industry.<\/span><\/li>\n
- <\/i><\/span>We believe in connection, across channels, beyond borders, where we live, work, and serve.<\/span><\/li>\n
- <\/i><\/span>We believe in setting standards of authenticity, and have been honored to be at the helm of transformational change time and time again. While many agencies seek to project, we believe communications are most powerful when they reveal, engage, and inspire.<\/span><\/li>\n
- <\/i><\/span>If the words trust, voice, reach, and impact resonate – you\u2019re in the right place.<\/span><\/li>\n
- <\/i><\/span>We we understand the need for confidentiality, sensitivity, and the importance of timing.<\/span><\/li>\n
- <\/i><\/span>If you\u2019re in a position where you need to rebuild, have no fear, it\u2019s never too late. We live in an era of infinite possibility for those willing to take the few critical steps necessary.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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About<\/strong><\/h2>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.17.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”|auto||auto|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.17.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_team_member _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” body_font=”Alata||||||||” body_font_size=”17px” position_text_align=”center” positioning=”relative” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”|-33px||||” custom_padding=”|0px||||” child_mix_blend_mode=”multiply” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/p>\nSuzanne V. Buchanan
Senior Principal<\/strong><\/p>\nWith over 20 years of progressive experience delivering strategic communications and conflict resolution solutions for clients in the United States and overseas, Suzanne loves bringing out the potential of others and building client capacity to overcome the communications challenges they face.<\/span><\/p>\nAfter starting her career in the advertising sector working as a copywriter for corporate telecom, national retailers, and financial sector accounts, Suzanne quickly realized her appetite for challenge and ability to bridge divides. Always in pursuit of growth and passionate about extending reach, she advanced from regional to national to multicultural and international communications, developing an independent communications practice serving the international development field overseas in South Asia which only deepened her understanding of the power of communications to affect change.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.17.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Alata||||||||” text_font_size=”16px” header_2_text_align=”center” header_4_text_align=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
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<\/strong>Global<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/span><\/p>\nMoving beyond marketing and organizational communications, Suzanne significantly expanded her skills in the alternative dispute resolution space working internationally and on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice to provide crisis prevention and response, facilitation, mediation, reconciliation, and confidential consultation for political and corporate leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n
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\nOur Values<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n- <\/i><\/span>We believe in leading by example and are committed to bringing out the potential of others, helping leaders and organizations establish relationships with stakeholders, repair trust when broken, and establish thought-leadership within an industry.<\/span><\/li>\n
- <\/i><\/span>We believe in connection, across channels, beyond borders, where we live, work, and serve.<\/span><\/li>\n
- <\/i><\/span>We believe in setting standards of authenticity, and have been honored to be at the helm of transformational change time and time again. While many agencies seek to project, we believe communications are most powerful when they reveal, engage, and inspire.<\/span><\/li>\n
- <\/i><\/span>If the words trust, voice, reach, and impact resonate – you\u2019re in the right place.<\/span><\/li>\n
- <\/i><\/span>We we understand the need for confidentiality, sensitivity, and the importance of timing.<\/span><\/li>\n
- <\/i><\/span>If you\u2019re in a position where you need to rebuild, have no fear, it\u2019s never too late. We live in an era of infinite possibility for those willing to take the few critical steps necessary.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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About<\/strong><\/h2>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.17.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”|auto||auto|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.17.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_team_member _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” body_font=”Alata||||||||” body_font_size=”17px” position_text_align=”center” positioning=”relative” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”|-33px||||” custom_padding=”|0px||||” child_mix_blend_mode=”multiply” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/p>\nSuzanne V. Buchanan
Senior Principal<\/strong><\/p>\nWith over 20 years of progressive experience delivering strategic communications and conflict resolution solutions for clients in the United States and overseas, Suzanne loves bringing out the potential of others and building client capacity to overcome the communications challenges they face.<\/span><\/p>\nAfter starting her career in the advertising sector working as a copywriter for corporate telecom, national retailers, and financial sector accounts, Suzanne quickly realized her appetite for challenge and ability to bridge divides. Always in pursuit of growth and passionate about extending reach, she advanced from regional to national to multicultural and international communications, developing an independent communications practice serving the international development field overseas in South Asia which only deepened her understanding of the power of communications to affect change.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.17.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Alata||||||||” text_font_size=”16px” header_2_text_align=”center” header_4_text_align=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Corporate – Government – Nonprofit
<\/strong>Global<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/span><\/p>\nMoving beyond marketing and organizational communications, Suzanne significantly expanded her skills in the alternative dispute resolution space working internationally and on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice to provide crisis prevention and response, facilitation, mediation, reconciliation, and confidential consultation for political and corporate leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n
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\nOur Values<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n- <\/i><\/span>We believe in leading by example and are committed to bringing out the potential of others, helping leaders and organizations establish relationships with stakeholders, repair trust when broken, and establish thought-leadership within an industry.<\/span><\/li>\n
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- <\/i><\/span>We believe in setting standards of authenticity, and have been honored to be at the helm of transformational change time and time again. While many agencies seek to project, we believe communications are most powerful when they reveal, engage, and inspire.<\/span><\/li>\n
- <\/i><\/span>If the words trust, voice, reach, and impact resonate – you\u2019re in the right place.<\/span><\/li>\n
- <\/i><\/span>We we understand the need for confidentiality, sensitivity, and the importance of timing.<\/span><\/li>\n
- <\/i><\/span>If you\u2019re in a position where you need to rebuild, have no fear, it\u2019s never too late. We live in an era of infinite possibility for those willing to take the few critical steps necessary.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/strong><\/p>\nSuzanne V. Buchanan
Senior Principal<\/strong><\/p>\nWith over 20 years of progressive experience delivering strategic communications and conflict resolution solutions for clients in the United States and overseas, Suzanne loves bringing out the potential of others and building client capacity to overcome the communications challenges they face.<\/span><\/p>\nAfter starting her career in the advertising sector working as a copywriter for corporate telecom, national retailers, and financial sector accounts, Suzanne quickly realized her appetite for challenge and ability to bridge divides. Always in pursuit of growth and passionate about extending reach, she advanced from regional to national to multicultural and international communications, developing an independent communications practice serving the international development field overseas in South Asia which only deepened her understanding of the power of communications to affect change.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.17.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Alata||||||||” text_font_size=”16px” header_2_text_align=”center” header_4_text_align=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Corporate – Government – Nonprofit
<\/strong>Global<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/span><\/p>\nMoving beyond marketing and organizational communications, Suzanne significantly expanded her skills in the alternative dispute resolution space working internationally and on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice to provide crisis prevention and response, facilitation, mediation, reconciliation, and confidential consultation for political and corporate leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n
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- <\/i><\/span>Multi-Cultural Communications<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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About<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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<\/strong><\/p>\nSuzanne V. Buchanan
Senior Principal<\/strong><\/p>\nWith over 20 years of progressive experience delivering strategic communications and conflict resolution solutions for clients in the United States and overseas, Suzanne loves bringing out the potential of others and building client capacity to overcome the communications challenges they face.<\/span><\/p>\n
After starting her career in the advertising sector working as a copywriter for corporate telecom, national retailers, and financial sector accounts, Suzanne quickly realized her appetite for challenge and ability to bridge divides. Always in pursuit of growth and passionate about extending reach, she advanced from regional to national to multicultural and international communications, developing an independent communications practice serving the international development field overseas in South Asia which only deepened her understanding of the power of communications to affect change.<\/span><\/p>\n
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Moving beyond marketing and organizational communications, Suzanne significantly expanded her skills in the alternative dispute resolution space working internationally and on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice to provide crisis prevention and response, facilitation, mediation, reconciliation, and confidential consultation for political and corporate leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n
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