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Communication Advisory
Public & Private Sectors
Strategy | Development | Training | Keynotes
Helen Jonsen equips leaders and organizations to say what matters with confidence, in their own words–to the media, clients, donors, or employers–through impact messaging and storytelling.
She finds the throughline in the messy.
Communication
& Media
Articulate Authority
We offer customized services for your strategic and spoken communication needs.
Programs may be 1:1 for leadership or team-based training, single engagements,
multi-month, or retainer.
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Advisor to the C-suite or Professional
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Executive Communications
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Media Relations & Advocacy
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Media training for spokespersons
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Virtual or in-person workshops
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Keynote speeches or fireside chats
This
Kaleidoscope Career
Narrative Framework for Nonlinear Life
Built from This Kaleidoscope Career: Empowering Women to Build Unconventional Careers and Redefine Success (De Gruyter Brill).
For individual women and the organizations that support and develop them.
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Discover This Kaleidoscope Career Book
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Kaleidoscope Career Advantage Keynote+
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TKC Power Tools Kit Workshop & Programs
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TKC Podcast & Newsletter
What They're Saying!
"'The Art of Influence' and 'Signature Remarks Toolkit,' were engaging and impactful sessions...Through interactive exercises and practical guidance, attendees walked away with stronger tools to craft clear, confident messages in high-stakes situations."
--Tom Oldfather, New York State Association of Counties (NYSAC)
“I am so grateful that Helen was able to assist us in the best techniques to tie our passion, mission, and story into a concise thought that will make a larger impact on the conversations we have with donors, funders, and colleagues.”
— Jennifer Geider, CFRE, Director of Philanthropy, Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic; AFP Chapter President
"A good book tells a story you recognize. A great guidebook hands you a tool. This Kaleidoscope Career does both. Author and journalist Helen Jonsen weaves research, history, and lived experience — her own and others' — into a compelling framework for understanding how careers evolve."
--Christy Turlington Burns, President & Founder, Every Mother Counts
“A throughline is such a powerful organizing principle—and one that is so hard to intuit about ourselves. Jonsen’s TKC approach helps us step back far enough to see the patterns that define us and our careers. It’s perfectly timed to an era where work is increasingly atomized and professional identity is something to be managed.”
— Heather Myers, founder of Spark No. 9;
former strategy executive, Scholastic and Universal
About Helen Jonsen
I'm a language architect.
I help leaders find the sentence they've been circling
and say it with authority.
That's the throughline running through my kaleidoscope career: journalist, strategic adviser, author, podcaster. Different rooms, same skill.
This Kaleidoscope Career is where that throughline lives now — helping leaders cut through the noise and own their story, in the public eye and behind the scenes.
You're managing multiple stakeholders, fast-moving decisions, and messages coming from every direction.
That's the case for a strategist & language architect with the experience of a journalist and public affairs leader in the room with you.
You need an independent thought partner—seeing the holes & calling out the downside before the decisions are made.
And once they are, helping you synthesize complexity and craft language that's clear, consistent, and calibrated to each audience.
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Executive Business & Communication Advisory
"Let me be your thought partner"
Keynote Presentation
The Kaleidoscope Advantage
How the nonlinear career became the leadership skill this moment demands.
Helen Jonsen delivers a powerful keynote for conferences, professional associations, companies, and organizations leading through uncertainty.
See how the elements of a kaleidoscope career become
The Kaleidoscope Advantage.
"When the stakes are high, leaders need more than talking points. YOU need precision language, a toolkit of responsive messaging, and the capability to command the room and articulate authority."
