We specialize in combining strategy and communications to advance organizations in the nonprofit, educational, and government arenas.

Twin Cities Diversity in Practice

Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning

Strategic planning brings out the best in an organization when it engages generative and creative thinking. Strategic planning forms the foundation of a well-run organization and ensures that resources are used wisely in pursuit of a compelling vision and clearly defined goals.

We understand that planning requires skilled facilitation to bring stakeholders of an organization into agreement about objectives, priorities and allocation of human and financial resources. We also understand it takes exceptional analysis and writing to make a plan clear and coherent, and that measurement and accountability are core to a plan’s success.

We create plans that express the company’s mission, vision, goals, challenges and opportunities plus offer a detailed action plan to guide the daily work of staff, board and volunteers. We conduct our work with the flexibility and speed our world requires. And importantly, we create buy-in from key players, knowing that daily actions flow smoothly when strategic plans are done with the full input, open minds and rampant creativity of invested people.

Albany Institute of History & Art
American Indian OIC
Beth El Congregation
Caponi Art Park
Chestnut Cambronne
Children’s Surgery International
City of Chanhassen
City of Excelsior
City of Hastings
City of Minnetonka
City of St. Louis Park
Climb Theatre
Cookie Cart
Entertainment Community Fund
Fit Foodie Finds
Forecast Public Art
Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library
Greater Twin Cities United Way
Hennepin Arts
Hiawatha Homes
Jewish Family Service of St. Paul
Jungle Theater
Lakeland PBS
Lakes Area Music Festival
Macalester College
Matthew Shepard Foundation
Metro Transit
Midwestern Higher Education Compact
Migizi
Minneapolis Parks Foundation
Minnesota Hispanic Bar Association
Minnesota Urban Debate League
Mission Animal Hospital
Mixed Blood Theatre
Music Man Foundation
Neighbors Inc.
Northern Star Scouting
OneVillage Partners
Page Education Foundation
Philadelphia Contemporary
Peris Foundation
Pittsburgh Legal Diversity & Inclusion Coalition
Plymouth Congregational Church
Portland (ME) Museum of Art
River Bend Nature Center
Santa Fe Community Foundation
St. Paul Friends of the Library
Talmud Torah of Minneapolis
Ten Thousand Things Theatre
The Actors Fund
The Advocates of Human Rights
The Bruce Museum, Greenwich
The Good Acre
The Gotham, New York
The McNay Museum, San Antonio
The Museum of Russian Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Thomas Cole National Historic Site
Touchstone Mental Health
Twin Cities Diversity in Practice
Women Winning

Communications

Communications planning is vital if you want your messages to be heard in a rapidly changing and noisy world. So, too, is compelling, clear and consistent writing. Whether you want to enhance visibility, garner media coverage, prepare for a major fundraising campaign or promote an organizational leader, a thoughtful, creative and sustainable communications plan is a vital first step.

Parenteau Graves begins projects by understanding the changes, positioning and results our clients seek. We then connect these goals with a company’s broader mission, vision and brand to ensure organizational consistency. Our deep experience with an array of communication tools and channels adds important value to our services.

Avenues for Youth
Bush Foundation
Dodge Nature Center
Forecast Public Art
Gillette Children’s
Giving Voice
Humphrey School of Public Affairs (University of MN)
Interfaith Action of Greater Saint Paul
Jeremiah Program
Jungle Theater
Knight Foundation
MacPhail Center for Music
McKnight Foundation
Midwestern Higher Education Compact
Minnesota Conference, United Church of Christ
Montessori Center of Minnesota
Playwrights’ Center
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
Ten Thousand Things Theatre
University of Minnesota Foundation
University of Minnesota Law School
Westminster Presbyterian Church
YMCA Greater Twin Cities
Young Hearts Open Minds

Midwestern Higher Education Compact

Communications

Westminster Presbyterian Church

Website Development

Website Development

Our technology services include website planning, design and build. As with all of our work, we begin by obtaining consensus on the central goals for a project and understanding the primary audiences. This broad perspective ensures alignment with an organization’s mission and goals, as well as smart navigation and design choices.

Our process insists upon a coordinated approach between design and content, as well as a long-term plan for maintenance that ensures an organization has the infrastructure to manage technology effectively.

After the site is launched, Parenteau Graves offers plans for site management, maintenance, security and ongoing design consultations to keep websites looking fresh and current.

Accola
Augustana Church
Creekside UCC
Cyber Mentor Fund
Forecast Public Art
Friends of San Lucas
Gender Policy Report
Interfaith Action of Greater Saint Paul
Mixed Blood Theatre
Minnesota Conference UCC
Minnesota Museum of American Art
Omaha Presbyterian Seminary Foundation
Sisters of St Joseph of Carondelet
Ten Thousand Things Theater
The Ministry Lab
Westminster Presbyterian Church