Everybody talks – we’ve all been doing it for decades.

But there is a big difference between talking and being heard when we speak. When we’re heard, we communicate.

Kathryn Kiefer and Kiefer Communications Group, Inc., teaches people to communicate in ways that are understood.

Whether you are talking to management or employees at your company, stakeholders, the communities you serve, or speaking to millions through the news media, effective communication is critical for success. We teach you how to communicate effectively whether your “audience” is co-workers on a project, a meeting in a board room, a large seminar or the news media.

Kathryn has worked in the media for more than 25 years, including nearly a decade advising organizations on ways to more effectively communicate key messages to key audiences.

Why We’re Different.

Kathryn is the only communications consultant in the St. Louis area with a proven track record in the media that demonstrates she knows what it takes to communicate effectively. She has interviewed thousands of people as a television news reporter and anchor, given hundreds of speeches and made countless presentations.

Kathryn doesn’t try to change the way you communicate, just how you communicate. Working with your existing strengths, she uses her knowledge and experience to help you overcome weaknesses. So, you become a more effective communicator, regardless of your position in the organization or the audience you want to reach.

Kathryn’s work with you is based on the real world, not mere theory. Her personal experience means that she knows what it's like for you in front of a group, on a stage at a seminar or on camera. More important, she knows what you need to understand about communicating effectively and achieving success – helping you translates her knowledge into your leadership.

What We Do.

We provide practical, workable and effective solutions to communications issues, challenges and opportunities. Our client work for clients is all built on our “real world” experience, not from trying something and hoping it works.

• PRESENTATION TRAINING We help executives, mangers and employees in the private, non-profit and public sectors communicate key message more effectively. We offer seminars, smaller group workshops and one-on-one training.

• MEDIA TRAINING Drawing on our two decades of experience as an anchor, reporter and journalist in major markets around the US, we help people prepare to be interviewed by both print and broadcast media outlets

• MEDIA PLACEMENT We take your key message and help convince editors, producers and reporters to cover the issue in which you have a stake.

• MEDIA MONITORING Companies need to know what the media says about them and their competitors. It’s not just wire services and big city newspapers or broadcasters who are important. Often, knowing what local papers and radio stations in communities where key customers or suppliers live are saying is more important. We help clients monitor what the news media is saying.

• COMMUNICATIONS TECHNIQUES We help clients become more effective communicators, whether they are in a meeting at the office, speaking at a conference or being interviewed by a reporter. Each program can be tailored to specific needs, situation, concern or opportunity.

• CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS We help clients prepare for possible crisis situations – a plant accident, an employee dispute, anything that might crop up – as well as develop communications strategies when an unplanned crisis occurs.

Who We Work With.

We work with members of boards, senior executives, managers and entrepreneurs in the private and not-for-profit sector. We’re particularly good at helping regulated organizations communicate effectively with their wide range of crucial and often publicly vocal stakeholders.

Our client list includes law and consulting firms, high-tech businesses, construction companies and manufacturers. We work with hospitals, healthcare delivery systems, individual physicians, universities and think tanks. Non-profit groups in the arts, social services and communities ask us to help them deliver more effective messages.

Click here to read case studies of our work with a variety of organizations facing diverse communications challenges and opportunities.

Contact Us.

Reach us by telephone, mail, e-mail, pager or fax.

Kathryn L. Kiefer
Kiefer Communications Group, Inc.
1089 Mason Ridge Road
St Louis MO 63141-8547
Email: Kathryn@KieferCommunicationsGroup.com
Tel: 314.469.3979
Cell: 314.583.7800
Pager: 314.259.0078
Fax: 314.469.2749