Media strategy / Public education / Narrative infrastructure
Working with PSPR as the public relations partner, Ruth helped build a repeatable approach for elevating school-based stories in Kansas City, turning occasional coverage into a sustained public narrative with documented media growth.
Read the case study → Funder communications / Civic launch / Coalition strategy
A national funder was reconsidering a major investment in a new advocacy ecosystem. A rapid communications reset and 18-month launch strategy helped restore confidence and secure estimated $2 million in communications funding.
Read the case study → Higher education campaign leadership / Internal creative operations / Stakeholder and board communications
The University of Central Missouri needed to move beyond a decade-old campaign while preserving campus pride, community trust, and enrollment relevance. Ruth led the internal communications and creative team through strategy, approval, production, and launch.
Read the case study → Embedded communications leadership / Bilingual content systems / Handoff planning
A Kansas City education advocacy organization needed communications coverage during a temporary staff leave while operating through a politically sensitive summer. Ruth provided embedded support and built the systems behind the work, delivering a voice guide, an issue-based content calendar, a Spanish-first workflow, review guardrails, and a handoff plan.
Read the case study → Storybank strategy / Ethical storytelling / Policy narrative
A bilingual education advocacy organization had hundreds of family help-line case notes showing recurring school barriers, and no safe, searchable way to use them. Ruth reviewed 384 documented cases and built the storybank structure, delivering coding fields, permission rules, audience and action mapping, pattern pieces, production planning, and a consent process.
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