DGH Communications is a full-service marketing communications consulting service. Founded by Deborah G. Halpern, DGH Communications assists nonprofit organizations and small businesses to design marketing communications plans, media relations, advertising, web communications, and direct marketing programs. Deborah works with her clients to communicate clearly and efficiently to their customers, members, donors, boards, prospects, community, and the general public.

Over the past 25 years, Deborah's professional relationships have ranged from Fortune 100 corporations to sole proprietorships. Her experiences have encompassed serious public affairs and public relations campaigns, as well as offbeat consumer promotional activities.

As a result of extensive experience and excellent national and local media contacts, Deborah's clients regularly find themselves interviewed and quoted in newspapers, journals, radio, television, and the web. DGH Communications clients recently have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, NPR, WTTW-TV, trade journals, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, and Crain's Chicago Business.

• Marketing Communication Plans: Write marketing communications plans for clients based on listening, research, consulting, and strategic and tactical planning that will serve as the roadmap for future communications efforts.
  
  
• Public Relations: Explore all opportunities for communicating clients' messages to a wide variety of markets.
  
  
• Media Relations: Strategically pitch clients to targeted media best suited to communicate their messages to specific relevant audiences. Targeted media could include international, national, local, and trade media.
  
  
• Writing: Develop all types of communication pieces, including plans, brochures, bylined articles, pitches, web pages, and newsletters.
  
  
• Consulting: Provide marketing communications consulting to organizations, associations, boards, and committees.

DGH Communications targets nonprofit organizations, associations, and small businesses involved in the arts, healthcare, education, and human services.

• With energy and creativity, Deborah assisted us by quickly connecting and understanding our mission. Her passion helped us to communicate effectively to our constituencies. Suzanne Mintz, president, National Family Caregivers Assoc.
  
  
• Deborah helped us create and promote a formidable communications strategy resulting in a significant change in our organization's ability to shape the media's conversation about MBAs and Management Education. Nicole Chestang, COO, Graduate Management Admission Council