The Challenge
The Barr Foundation invests in human, natural, and creative potential across Education, Arts & Creativity, and Climate. Realizing the need to equip education grantees with critical communication skills and mindsets, Barr’s Education team partnered with Matterlab to support its traditional district, charter school, and education nonprofit grantees to create clear, compelling messaging about how they are transforming the high school experience across New England. Matterlab designed and executed a two-day communication convening to include whole-group sessions, small-group learning, peer feedback and follow-up executive coaching to ensure everything participants learned was implemented with fidelity.
The Results
- 100% of participants agreed that Matterlab helped them understand that communication plays a key role in their organization’s success.
- 86% of participants agreed that working with Matterlab…
- helped them think critically about their organization’s identity.
- gave them tools and language to communicate strategically about their organization.
- helped them connect the dots between their organization’s identity and the work they do.
