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TurnCorps
We Turn

Ideas Into Action

Citizens Into Advocates

Leaders Into Allies

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Authentic Engagement.
Real Results.

We help our clients navigate complex policies and projects with their constituents. Working with special districts, local and county governments, nonprofits, community developers, public-serving companies, architects, and engineers, we implement strategies that gain public support and deliver results.

Turn The Tide

Analysis and strategy development
Leveraging local relationships
Smart positioning and targeted
messaging

Turnout Voices

Utilizing community influencers
Identifying authentic supporters
Implementing creative engagement tactics

Turn Up The Volume

Deploying meaningful messaging
Mobilizing citizen & stakeholder advocates
Influencing decisions
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Substance Over Spectacle.

Some use a one-way outreach model or PR tactics as a substitute for real engagement. At Turn Corps we generate authentic dialogue by seeding local, personal conversations and creating thought-provoking communications.

We maintain connections and relationships throughout Colorado communities to identify citizen influencers who build powerful coalitions to influence local decisions.

Research

We develop polls and surveys and promote them across platforms to build credibility for your project and help prioritize messaging

COALITION + GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING

From small towns to urban centers, we tap into our networks to identify individuals who believe in your project and are motivated to build grassroots support for its success

INFLUENCE + LEADERSHIP

Our corps of citizens makes real impact because we take the time to strategically support them with resources and added-skills training

We utilize our unmatched relationships and operate with utmost discretion to gather intel and guide public sentiments to ensure our clients’ initiatives are widely supported.

Intelligence + Planning

We're well connected in political networks and can gather insight about attitudes on particular issues that help inform our planning and messaging efforts that lead to a winning  strategy

Campaign Operations

Canvassing, mail, phones, digital or GOTV - we do it all in-house or with our partners; big or small, we make elections look easy

Advocacy

Combining the strengths of private sector marketing and political strategy means a compelling and efficient campaign for your project’s approval

From inspired ideas to implementation, we’re equipped with the skills to execute a bundle of communications tools for our clients to ensure their project or policy is well understood.

Planning + Messaging

We fully assess our clients’ POV and tap stakeholder sentiment to develop and execute a strategic communications plan and messaging framework

Social + Digital

We have in-house, full-service social media advocacy and web capabilities for modest budgets and talented partners for comprehensive campaigns

Media

Most of our plans include a local earned media element from letters to the editor to generating stories

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Problem Solving with a Purpose

Our communities are changing. Rural towns are building and maintaining local economies, and attracting new and younger talent. Suburban cities are dealing with traditionally urban issues. Cities are becoming more unaffordable. Demographics are shifting across the state, and nationally - and people are feeling the impacts. And they want a voice and a more authentic planning process, with the expectation for better outcomes. Let us help you navigate and negotiate these issues with your constituents on the front-end so there are less surprises throughout your project.

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Traditional With a Twist.

Bryan Blakely

Strategist. Diplomat. Constituent Connector.

Bryan Blakely has 20 years of experience in local government ad- vocacy and public engagement across Colorado. He has run political campaigns and organized small and large coalitions at the local and state level on policies, legislation and highly visible development and infrastructure projects.

Some of the issues he’s focused on include:

land development | land conservation | water | infrastructure | property + sales taxes | disruptive companies + industries | energy | transportation | natural resources | tax increment financing | economic development | new technologies

Bryan’s clients rely on him to provide critical relationships, ef- fective political strategies and public engagement tactics to drive positive outcomes.

Sara O'Keefe

Wordsmith. Visualist. Issue Analyst.

Sara O’Keefe has 20 years of experience developing and implementing communication and outreach strategies that engage communities and stakeholders in critical social, economic, and policy discussions and decisions.

She’s led strategic marketing / communications campaigns and public engagement efforts focused on the following issues:

education | transportation | affordable + workforce housing public + environmental health | TABOR + Gallagher
metro districts | eminent domain + public financing
public-private development | water + natural resources energy + infrastructure | health care policy + financing

Sara is an expert in positioning strategy and messaging prioritization and has led such efforts for statewide, multi-million dollar education and policy campaigns.

Need help turning a project or policy around?

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