Welcome to the Informed Engagement Network.
We’re skilled researchers, strategists and content producers—passionate about helping clients think differently to solve business challenges.
OUR PROMISE
We drive top-line revenue, market share and influence.
OUR DIFFERENCE
We apply the skills of journalists like no other agency in the world.
Our Journalistic Approach
Our team has conducted more than 50,000 interviews in pursuit of tens of thousands of stories. The core competencies needed to succeed in these endeavors—investigative ability, tenacity and creativity—are the foundation of our approach.
The effect is work that is fact-based, authentic and impactful.
Establish Facts
We conduct research and intelligence to reveal truths and insights.
Develop Strategies
We leverage insights to engineer strategies proven to deliver desired business outcomes.
Produce Content
We blend research and strategy to create informed content with the power to persuade and engage.
OUR TEAM
We’re skilled journalists and strategists.
Rick Kupchella
Founder / CEO
“None of us is as good as all of us.” –Ray Kroc, McDonald’s co-founder
Tim Sherno
SVP Research & Strategy
“What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.” –Samuel Johnson
Becky Nahm
VP Content Production
“To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful.” –Edward R. Murrow
Peter Lecy
Finance & Operations
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” –John F. Kennedy
Paul Hillen
Business & Go-to-Market Strategy
“A great strategy is not just a set of choices of what you will do, but also what you will not do.”
Sarah Elbert
Director Client Services
“It is not the voice that commands the story, it is the ear.” –Italo Calvino, journalist & writer
Maria Reitan
Strategist
“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” –Shirley Chisholm, congresswoman
Sean Ryan
Digital Strategist
“The most powerful delivery system ever invented for an idea is a story.” –Aaron Sorkin
Anne Cowan
Communications Strategist
“Truth is a point of view, but authenticity can’t be faked.” –Peter Guber. producer
Shaymus McLaughlin
Chief of Staff
“A word after a word after a word is power.” –Margaret Atwood
Megan Murphy
Administrative Manager
“Worry will not take away your trouble tomorrow, only take away your peace today.” –“Don’t Hold Your Breath,” by WookieFoot
OUR PROCESS
You Can Expect Us To
Know What Questions to Ask
Interrogate the Facts
Distill Complexity
Think Critically
Defend Authenticity
Influence Change
Succeed
OUR CLIENTS
We partner for results.
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Featured Work
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