We are passionate creatives, wordsmith wizards, sustainability champions, impact storytellers, and catalysts for change that …
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Weave empathy, curiosity, and authenticity into compelling narratives.
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Embrace core values to build brand value.
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Pursue opportunities at the intersection of current assets and market needs.
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Keep stakeholders’ needs at the center of our efforts.
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Believe co-creation and collaboration are central to success.
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Reach bold goals through continuous learning and incremental wins.
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We find creative ways to simplify the complex so results can happen.
Brand
Uncover the essence of your brand promise aligned to your bold goals, vision for change, and unique value.
Strengthen your brand’s authenticity, trust and affinity with distinct, simple, consistent, and compelling messaging. We build brand communications pillars with a keen understanding of your competition and customers, anchored to market realities and relevancies.
Purpose
Position your passion beyond profits, causes you care about and missions that matter.
Planet
Promote your climate commitments and sustainability progress.
Voice
Capture brand characteristics that speak to your personality, pace, orientation, and tone.
POV
Craft a point of view that reflects your core beliefs and unique perspective.
Impact
Showcase how your model of change, programs and partnerships drive results.
Story
Own a unique storytelling identity and compelling content narratives.
Our STORY A.R.C.™ process uncovers your most valuable storytelling themes that create an effective narrative roadmap aligned to your communications goals. The result – authentic, compelling, and connected storylines that amplify your greatest Assets, Results and Collaborations.
Ask us about our StoryCast™ program – connecting the power of storytelling with the popularity of podcasts.
Bring intelligent, entertaining, and educational content to life. We curate and produce dynamic episodes that 30-second soundbites, blog posts, or 2-minute videos can’t achieve.
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Spark interest and inspiration through personal storytelling.
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Recognize valued community and funding partners
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Activate members, donors, and stakeholders
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Expand your audience reach
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Capture advanced listener analytics
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Growth
We are architects of fast-track growth to accelerate your impact.
Our blueprint process pinpoints your foundational strengths, evaluates your competitive landscape, and builds upon your high-value assets to leverage untapped market opportunities.
We draft this visual tool with you and key stakeholders, co-creating realistic goals, project plans, and timelines for success.
Ask us about The Pando Potential™ – our interactive workshop to cultivate growth and resiliency.
Inspired by nature, the Pando Potential™ unveils 5 simple, memorable secrets from the oldest and largest living organism in the world … one GIANT Aspen tree.
Seed new ideas, embrace change, foster flexibility, plan for results, seek greater visibility, and nurture core values.
Innovate
Brainstorm ideas and pilot innovation with a smarter approach to incubating new opportunities.
Ask us about POP Culture – our workshop to stretch problem-solving, risk-taking, decision making, and collaboration.
Chew on simple advice like “Expensive Shoes Won’t Cure a Sore Toe” and “Do Not Eat Yellow Snow” inspired by the fortunes wrapped inside Bazooka Joe® gum.
Identify assumptions, habits, mindset, and processes that stand in the way of change and new fortunes. Gum chewing allowed!
Our Team
We are a collective of impact catalysts, change agents, purpose promoters, curious listeners, authentic storytellers, brand architects, and teaching champions.
For more than 15 years, i.f.g. Studios has helped conscious companies, social ventures, and nonprofits (as well as the agencies that support them) …
Achieve brand authenticity
Craft compelling narratives
Leverage assets and advantages for growth
Pilot innovation opportunities
Own a distinct market position
Stephanie Brady, Founder and Managing Director
Stephanie has provided growth and innovation leadership for some of the world’s most respected brands – in public and private sectors and across diverse impact areas – by building or revitalizing brand, campaign, program, product, partner, and channel assets.
She combines her passion for purpose and teaching with her entrepreneur mindset and extensive marketing expertise to mobilize greater trust, accelerate impact, spark collective learning, and seed sustainable growth for organizations and brands committed to making a difference in the communities they serve.
As a national speaker, facilitator, and trainer, Stephanie has presenting to groups such as Women CEO, IBM, Unreasonable Institute, Nonprofit Learning Labs, SeedCo, National Center for Social Entrepreneurs, The Conservation Fund, Boulder Startup Week, and Boulder Earth Day.
Stephanie is also the creator of Books@Work, a former syndicated Media General business columnist and Starbucks-sponsored CBS radio show featuring high-profile CEOs about the books that influence their business leadership.
Stephanie is has a BS degree from Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management and an MBA from the University of Tampa.