Compelling Communications
For more than six years, customers have come to us when they have needed help telling their stories in an irresistibly powerful way.
We work with organizations of all shapes, sizes and subject matter – from publicly traded Fortune-ranked healthcare organizations to local social service non-profits – and we help them get to the emotional truth about what they do better than anyone else. Then, we pull in strategy and research to make sure we’re reaching the right audiences in the right way.
Compelling Communications’ work spans the communications spectrum. If it involves words, we’ve done it. We have:
- developed and implemented strategic marketing plans, including social media plans
- developed and implemented media relations campaigns and secured media coverage in print and electronic media, such as The Plain Dealer, Crain’s Cleveland Business, Med City News, and The Wall Street Journal, and on broadcast media such as WKYC, WEWS, WOIO, Fox 8, and WCPN
- helped refine and define brand platforms
- researched, written and edited brochures, newsletters and website copy
- trained clients’ staff on using key messages to describe their services and products
- created and implemented merger and acquisition communications strategies
- advised non-profit organizations about how to solicit corporate sponsorships
Malissa Bodmann
Our company was founded by Malissa Bodmann, a seasoned communications professional and former journalist. For Compelling Communications’ customers, Malissa applies concise writing skills, knowledge of the media and quick research abilities to ensure customers tell their stories in a compelling way.
Prior to starting Compelling Communications, Malissa worked at a Cleveland-area communications firm, an Ohio-based health insurance company, as an Ohio Statehouse reporter for a daily legislative news service, and as an education reporter for regional newspapers in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Malissa resides in Shaker Heights and is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes, where she is Vice President of Marketing. She also is an active with St. Dominic Church and Day School in Shaker Heights.
Callista Dammann
Callista Dammann is an Associate Consultant for Compelling Communications. She provides customers with Social Media plans, web copy writing and editing skills and quick research abilities.
Callista is a graduate of Ohio University and currently works as an Interactive Marketing Specialist at an Ohio-based hospital. Prior to her current position, she worked for a state physicians’ organization and an Ohio-based Medicare Part D company.
Callista resides in Columbus and is active in the Central Ohio Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) where she is Co-Director of the organization’s PR committee.
