We asked Compass to create a publication series that would vividly capture the essence of the various programs of the Harlem Children’s Zone. The series they created achieved exactly what we wanted. It gives the reader a thorough, compelling look at our work, so that our audience—be it donors or government officials or neighborhood residents—are able to "get" what we are doing in each program. The publication series creates a indelible picture of the effects of our work in the community.

Marty Lipp | Communications Director | Harlem Children’s Zone

Compass Communications works with community-based organizations in low-income neighborhoods to bring their efforts to the attention of key audiences, from grantmakers and policymakers to colleagues and community members.

In partnership with client organizations, Compass

• establishes clear communications goals
• develops communications strategies to meet those goals
• creates effective and compelling communications products, including annual reports, viewbooks, brochures, newsletters, web sites, identity graphics, videotapes, speeches, conferences, and speakers’ bureaus
• works with staff members of each client organization to help them articulate and communicate their message effectively and to use communications tools productively
• conducts evaluations to ensure that communications programs and products do the jobs they were designed to do.