Studio Kakapo
Strategic communications
for a livable future
Studio Kakapo helps solutions-focused people and projects achieve faster, bigger impact through strategic communication and storytelling.
We help you get your story straight, engage key audiences, and weave story-as-strategy into your solution project.
Why work with us
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We turn story theory, audience insights and your project’s special sauce into actionable narrative strategies that get results, and we help you get set up to measure your story impact over time.
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We clarify your target audiences and integrate insights from neurobiology, behavioral science, psychology, UX design and community organizing to maximize narrative impact.
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We bring a nuanced understanding of diverse topics—climate, biodiversity, oceans, forests, materials, waste, inequality, democracy, local economies, more.
We’re on top of the latest science, and we’re versed the ins and outs of impact finance, too.
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We deliver on time, on budget, true to scope and at the highest level. We like to have a good time along the way, and we do our best to make sure you do, too.
Tory Read, Founder & Principal
How we work
We work on both a retainer and project basis, depending on your needs.
Our collaboration starts with a conversation to explore your story priorities.
A monthly retainer arrangement works best for people and projects that want creative ideas, editorial feedback and/or story guidance on an ongoing basis.
A project arrangement works best for time-limited engagements that result in specific one-time deliverables.
For a project engagement, we’ll discuss your overall objectives, starting place, timeline, resources and available budget, and then Studio Kakapo will deliver a custom proposal to use as the basis for further refinement .
Possibilities
Landscape Scan
Narrative Frames & Messages
Target Audience Insights
Company Story
Founder Story
Website Narrative
The Pitch
Newsletter
Issue Brief
Video Script
Speeches & OpEds
Report Editing
Story & Influence Training
Communications Coaching
System Change Story Strategy
Communications Audit
Narrative Impact Metrics
and more
Prior clients