Our Services

Over the last three decades, we’ve learned that you have to be careful what you pray for . . . you just might get it. Professionally, we’ve learned that if you don’t conduct careful discovery with a new client, you could potentially blow them out of the water with a successful campaign.

We use the “F” word a lot.
Fulfillment. It’s the “F” word that is often overlooked by agencies and consultants that serve causes. It’s also the reason we created a process that covers all the dimensions of an organization before branding or campaigns begin.

The concept is simple really. The effect is the direct consequence of the cause. And intimately understanding an organization through 3D is the only way we enter a relationship—because you don’t want to make promises you can’t keep.

3D: The width and length and depth of a cause.

3D is the comprehensive process that makes Cahoots genuinely unique in how we approach our work and your cause. Developed through decades of experience, we are able to intimately understand  your cause and ultimately determine its effectiveness. And, we’re able to get this dynamic perspective quickly and cost efficiently.

3D has three dimensions …

DISCOVERY: A retrospective audit of your cause.
We start by getting a solid understanding of exactly where your organization is at this moment in time, as well as examining your roots. The Discovery process is guided by a comprehensive checklist that’s fulfilled through up-close and personal time with your leadership, staff, board and volunteers—those individuals who are responsible for keeping the doors open. For all practical purposes, it’s a formalized audit covering your basic business infrastructure and practices and an in-depth Discovery of your brand as you see it.

DNA: An interaction to determine the essence of your cause.
In order to examine your DNA, group participants will be asked strategic and creative questions to help determine the unique qualities of your organization’s brand. We’ll ask you questions no one has ever asked you before and when we get through it, you’ll have new and renewed insight into your cause and the effect on those it serves.

DIALOG: A private conversation to determine popular opinion.
Private phone interviews with key staff, board, volunteers and donors/ members are conducted to establish the personality and potential of your cause. Amazing passion and insight are the outcome of these conversations.

A presentation of great big, holy cow ideas.

So we take all the information from these three dimensions and mix it all together. Then it’s our turn to creatively produce the strategy for crafting the architecture of your brand and enhancing the communication of your cause.

Services

We’ll help you focus on the right mix of communications to make sure your mission resonates with all your key audiences.

  • Advertising
  • Brand Design & Management
  • Collateral & Identity Materials
  • Communication Systems
  • Conferences & Seminars
  • Database Management
  • Development
  • Direct Mail
  • ECommerce
  • Enterprise Creation
  • Financial Management
  • Fundraising & Special Events
  • Human Resource Communications
  • Incentive Items/ Promotional Items
  • Market Analysis
  • Multimedia Production
  • Promotions
  • Public Relations
  • Research & Tracking Systems
  • Social Media Management
  • Sponsorship
  • Stewardship
  • Strategic Planning
  • Video Production
  • Website Design & Management

Giving at Work™ is our workplace giving program, providing education and tools to connect cause-minded businesses and nonprofit organizations.

And for a growing number of clients, we’re their day-in, day-out communications and development department.