Our Stories
Welcome to Switchboard stories. Get to know the Switchboard team, what matters to us, and what makes us tick – like women’s leadership, accessible communications and reading, to name a few. Also: pizza and coffee. Some might say we consume too much of both; we say there’s no such thing.
June 20, 2016
Switchboard Cares: Changing the world through the ripple effect of educating girls and young women
At Switchboard we are on a mission to bring positive change into our communities and the world.
April 25, 2016
More than Wine and Designer Shoes
As a student completing my practicum at Switchboard Public Relations, I had one-on-one conversations with each member of the team, which allowed me some insight into their roles and the PR industry as a whol
March 21, 2016
Because Everything is Better in GIFs
While often deeply immersed in the digital vortex we call life, it’s hard to ignore the eye catching, flashy memes, kitten clips and life fails also known as the GIF (pronounced Jif, like the peanut butter).
February 23, 2016
We Are Switchboard.
After two years as Kathleen Reid Consulting, it became clear that we had outgrown our name. We’d evolved into a team too dynamic, too diversely talented to work under a single person’s name.
February 8, 2016
Lessons Learned
In October, KRC celebrated its two-year anniversary. In February, we rebranded as Switchboard. Both anniversaries and rebrands are occasions for reflection, so I’ve been reflecting a lot in these momentous few months.
November 25, 2015
Bring Images to Life with Flixel
Here at Switchboard, we love to try out new apps — particularly ones that help us tell stories.
November 12, 2015
What would T-Swift do?
Love her or hate her (and we don’t know how on earth you could hate her), Taylor Swift could teach us all a thing or two about effective
October 28, 2015
Benefits of a Dog-Friendly Work Environment
Last week the Switchboard team welcomed a new addition: Hogan, a rescue puppy and our new mascot.
October 8, 2015
Combining Purpose, Profit and Technology at VanIMPACT 2015
At Switchboard, we’ve been expanding our knowledge-base in this field so we were excited to learn more about how combining purpose, profit and technology can be a catalyst for positive change and rapid business growth.