Raben

Our Method

We work hand-in-hand with clients to develop tailored solutions that amplify your voice, drive change and deliver results.

Define Success

Develop Strategies

Deliver Results

Practice Mindsets

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Define Success

Focus on amplifying impact and outcomes.

At the heart of our method is a relentless focus on impact and outcomes. We work collaboratively with you to define what success looks like, understanding that your goals are as unique as the issues you aim to address.

Identify the underlying problems that need to be addressed.

Cast a positive vision that can rally our audiences.

Establish ambitious yet realistic markers that pull us toward our vision.

Specify who will change, what will change, and how it will change.

Set indicators to track our performance and measure success.

Develop Strategies

Build influence and momentum around your goals.

Crafting effective strategies is not just a task; it's an art. We specialize in building influence and momentum around your goals. Our team harnesses the power of strategic communication to shape narratives, mobilize support, and create a dynamic environment conducive to change.

Pinpoint who has the power to deliver on the outcomes we seek.

Discover what they value and what makes them tick.

Determine what they have to gain/lose if they act (or do not act).

Unearth forces that present new windows of opportunity.

Identify the unique strengths we can leverage.

Deliver Results

Create solutions for real and lasting change.

We don't just aim for change; we create solutions for real and lasting impact. Our approach is results-driven, ensuring that your organization achieves meaningful milestones and contributes to positive societal transformation.

Collect the data, insights, and truths that can deepen our understanding.

Craft the stories and messages that can shift attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors.

Identify influential actors who actually agree with our agenda.

Leverage shared experiences that can raise issue awareness and change culture.

Create the tools, programs, and systems to support new behaviors and habits.

Practice Mindsets

Cultivate attitudes that lead to effectiveness.

We approach our work and solutions with these guiding mindsets that help us find balance, tackle complexity, and create sound solutions.

  • We believe that a better future is possible, but not a given
  • We understand what it takes to create systemic change
  • We prepare for the setbacks that often follow social progress
  • We employ intellect and empathy to understand people's motivations
  • We seek insights in many places: history books, halls of power, family BBQs
  • We use stories and facts to engage, persuade, and enroll people
  • We go deep and across many issues, many disciplines, many sectors
  • We find possibility in the grey areas — choosing progress over purity
  • We cross-pollinate insights, ideas, and relationships among our community
  • We always keep our sense of humor
  • We are fiercely committed to our values of compassion, equity, and justice
  • We actively and openly listen to understand different opinions and perspectives
  • We lovingly speak truth to power and gracefully receive constructive feedback
  • We fight for excellence on behalf of our clients and the communities they serve