I help mission-driven leaders get the story straight when the stakes are highest.
You're losing good people, a funder has gone quiet, and it's all landing on you.
None of it shows up labeled as "communications," but underneath is a story that isn’t holding together. That's what I find and fix, before it costs you people, money, or your customer’s trust.
How I work
When I'm called in to solve a communications problem that the usual fixes haven't held, there's usually a reason for that.
The real trouble rarely looks like a communications problem. That's exactly why the usual fixes keep missing it.
Finding the problem means starting where the trouble lives — the money already spent, the tensions no one names — and working back to the cause, not the symptom.
Fixing the problem means reconnecting the siloed pieces, rebuilding the throughline, and getting the words right so that your team can tell one story in one voice.
It's practical, not theoretical, and I'm in it with you the whole way.
Three ways to work together
Diplomat Reset
For organizations experiencing fractures — people leaving, a funder or board gone quiet, a leadership team that can't get aligned. I diagnose the problem and fix it. The result:
A leadership team aligned on the same story
The internal cracks behind the outward symptoms closed
A communications rhythm your team can sustain
Fractional Diplomat
You're not in crisis, but everything runs through you — and it’s taking its toll. Through ongoing advisory and thought partnership, I become the person who already knows the whole story. You get:
A trusted thought partner
Costly mistakes caught early
Documented systems that align with capacity
The relief of no longer holding it all alone
Diplomat Circle
For senior communications leaders and chiefs of staff who carry the weight of an organization with no peers who understand the terrain. This private six-month cohort includes:
Working sessions and practice labs with people who get it
One-on-one time with me
A room where the context is already understood — skip the explaining, get to the real thing
“Our entire staff agreed: working with Christine was the best thing to come out of the initiative.” —Former client
FAQs
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I act as a senior communications partner to your organization without the cost of a full-time hire. I hold the whole picture — strategy, messaging, and the relationships around it — and step in where you need judgment, not just more output.
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Mission-driven organizations — nonprofits, foundations, and purpose-led firms — usually at the executive or senior-communications level. Often the leader is carrying more than any one person should.
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I am an unusual solo advisor due to my breadth of skills. Working with me you will get what you might get with a full account time: high level strategy + a deep understanding of execution. This isn’t ego, this is fact.
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They meet you at different moments. Choose Diplomat Reset when something's actively breaking and you want to fix it in 90 days. Choose Fractional Diplomat when you need an ongoing partner who already knows your whole story so the hard calls get made right. Choose Diplomat Circle when you're a senior comms leader who wants a room of peers who get the work. Not sure which is yours? A short call sorts it fast — and I'll tell you honestly.
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No. Most reach me before a crisis, not during one — at one of these moments, when the stakes are rising and the message has to be right:
A leadership or role transition — a handoff, a step up, or a move to shared leadership, where the external story has to roll out slowly with the board's trust intact.
Budget season — when communications is on the chopping block and someone has to reframe its value before it's cut.
A board or funder pushing a strategy you know is wrong — when you need a credible outside voice to say what you can't from the inside.
A funding push with nothing to show yet — when the story, the proof, and the presence have to be built ahead of the money, not scrambled after.
A charged external moment — a crisis, the political climate, a statement you can't get wrong.
When something new is going to be launched — and you need the narrative to be unique yet aligned to the organization’s story as well as a strategic plan to make it shine.
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Every engagement is scoped to the organization and the situation, so the best next step is a short call where I can understand what you're facing and tell you honestly whether I'm the right fit.
Let's Talk
If something here is landing, let's schedule a confidential call about where you're struggling. If you don’t see your exact situation in my offerings, reach out anyway. I often design custom scopes to meet the unique needs of organizations outside of these three primary offers.
Or email me: christine@christinekoh.com