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Deborah Halpern,
DGH Communications

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160 E. Illinois St.
#2002
Chicago, IL 60611
United States

http://www.dghcommunications.com
deborah@dghcommunications.com

Phone: 312-291-9079
Fax: 312-527-4785

Who We Are:

"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place."  George Bernard Shaw  


DGH Communications is a marketing communications consulting service founded by Deborah G. Halpern and works with clients to ensure that effective communication with both stakeholders and target audiences DOES take place.

Over the past 30 years of agency-based experience, Deborah's professional relationships range from Fortune 100 corporations to nonprofit agencies and organizations.

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 on the internet.

Clients of DGH Communications recently have been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, National Public Radio, WTTW-TV, trade journals, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, and Crain's Chicago Business.

Services Provided:

  • ​Marketing Communication Plans: Craft marketing communications plans designed to provide strategic and tactical recommendations that will serve as a roadmap for future communication initiatives.
  • Public Relations: Identify all opportunities for communicating clients' messages to their stakeholders and general audiences through both new and traditional media.
  • Media Relations: Strategically pitch clients’ stories to targeted media best suited to communicate their messages. Selected outlets could include international, national, local, and trade media – print, broadcast and electronic.
  • Internal Communications: Write and develop collateral materials such as plans, brochures, bylined articles, media pitches, editorials, web sites, and newsletters.
  • Consulting: Provide marketing communications consulting to organizations, associations, boards, and committees on how to strategically improve their communications at all levels.

Clients / Target Market:

​DGH Communications current and recent clients include:

Health and Human Services:
  • National Family Caregivers Association (www.thefamilycaregiver.org)
  • Hyde Park Alliance for Arts and Culture (www.hydeparkalliance.org)
  • Video Caregiving (www.videocaregiving.org)
  • Coalition for Quality & Patient Safety (www.chicagopatientsafety.org)
Arts and Culture: 
  • Hyde Park Jazz Festival (www.hydeparkjazzfestival.org)
  • Hyde Park Alliance for Arts & Culture (www.hypachicago.org) 
  • Hyde Park Art Center (www.hydeparkart.org)
  • 57th Street Art Fair (www.57thstreetartfair.org)
Education: 
  • University of Chicago (www.uchicago.edu)
  • Diversity Pipeline Alliance (www.diversitypipeline.org)
  • Graduate Management Admissions Council (www.gmac.com)

Other:

​What clients are saying about DGH Communications?

“With energy and creativity, Deborah assists us by quickly connecting and understanding our mission. Her passion helped us to communicate effectively to our constituencies. Through her efforts NFCA was recently featured in USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Women’s Day Magazine among other national outlets.”
- Suzanne Mintz, president and co-founder, National Family Caregivers Association

“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

“Deborah’s tireless efforts to get the word out about the Hyde Park Art Center certainly paid off!  We especially appreciate all your work to make Creative Move a truly successful event.  We couldn’t have done it without you.”
- Chuck Thurow, Executive Director, Hyde Park Arts Center

 

 
 

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