Clarify your identity. Communicate your impact.
As an identity agency, we help you clarify and communicate who you are, what you do, and how you make an impact.
Fundamentals
(who you are)
Organizational Identity
Go deep and get aligned about who you are as an organization, program, or team through our Clarity Process.
Messaging
Get everyone on the same page through concise, compelling, and adaptable messaging.
Brand
Build, revitalize, or overhaul your brand through visuals aligned to your identity.
Strategic Direction
(What you do)
Strategic Plan
We don’t build strategic plans, but once you have one, we bring it to life through messaging, visuals, and rollout strategies.
Executive Communications
Claim the conversations you want to be part of. For leaders doing something profound and new, we provide an expert third-party perspective to help you communicate your vision.
Team Learning & Development
You know how you plan to support, develop, and grow your employees. Now it’s time to communicate it to them.
Impact
(How you change the world)
Stories
Tell stories that drive your organizational goals (think: brand awareness, fundraising, recruitment). We are your journalist — noticing, gathering, capturing, and crafting stories for you to share your impact.
Insights
Develop, package, and share insights from your organization or sector that help you build trust, create community, and make an even greater impact.
Results
If your work is working, you should be telling the world about it. We help you shape that narrative quantitatively, qualitatively, and creatively.
Our capabilities
- Communication Strategy
- Executive Coaching
- Facilitation
- Speechwriting and Ghostwriting
- Copywriting and Editing
- Art Direction and Graphic Design
- Media and Public Relations
- Convening Design and Execution
- Cohort Learning Experiences
- Event Brand Strategy and Collateral
- Message Development
- Marketing Collateral
- Quantitative and Qualitative Research
- Naming
- Translation
- Website Design and Development
- Videography
- Photography
- Digital Advertising
Workshops
We offer standalone workshops to Matterlab clients and alumni.
- Organizational Identity
- Know, Feel, Do Framework
- Effective Framing for Presentations
- Communication Strategy
- Implementation
- Leveraging AI for Communications
- Custom workshops co-created with you
Membership
Matterlab’s annual membership provides expert resources and a peer community to executives at nonprofits and education institutions.
- Monthly strategy sessions
- 1:1 executive coaching
- Connections to subject matter experts
- Annual convening at SXSW EDU
Next start date: May 1, 2024
Who We Work With
We are proud to work with the following clients that make a difference in the world.
