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Tools you can carry into the work.

Diagnostic instruments, field tools, and overview documents built from the SLC framework—made to be printed, marked up, shared, and used in rooms.

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Begin with the question you need to answer.

Where are you standing right now?

Self-assessmentPDF · 2 pages

Who actually owns communications?

A field tool for teams whose work touches communication—but who are not the communications staff. The value is in noticing which questions you cannot answer.

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For leadersPDF · 2 pages

Who decides who owns communications?

A structural self-assessment for executive directors and organizational leaders. What usually fails first is a decision that was never made.

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Self-assessmentPDF · 2 pages

Which tense is your communication living in?

A field tool for leaders and teams planning the organization’s future. Notice how much effort is reacting to this week—and what you are not yet building.

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OverviewPDF · 1 page

Some of what we do.

The SLC overview on a single page. Send it to a board member, hand it to a funder, or bring it to a coffee meeting.

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Find the tool.
Read the condition.

If the tool reveals something larger than a messaging problem, that is where the diagnostic begins.

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