Communications: the bridge between business strategy and implementation
Our Firm 
As a communications consulting firm, we work directly with management, project teams and individuals to identify the best strategies and messages that convey your ideas without question. Large or small, organization or individual, we have the expertise to translate your objectives into concepts and messages everyone will understand:
- Whether a change management initiative or change in career focus;
- A corporate reorganization or career reassessment;
- A new product launch or move to a new industry.
Whatever your objective, we will craft the right message for your target audience.
Business Certifications
- MBE-certified by the National Minority Supplier Development Council (Greater New England)
- DBE-certified by the State of Connecticut Department of Transportation
- M/WBE-certified by the State of Connecticut and the U.S. Small Business Administration
Our Commitment
It’s a well-known fact that organizations that leverage communications as an integral part of their business strategy are far more successful in achieving stakeholder engagement and buy-in. That’s why we commit to make sure we understand who you’re trying to reach and why. We use your perspectives and our creativity to craft the right messages, for the right stakeholders, at the right time.
Our Team
To offer you the broadest spectrum of creative communications solutions, we collaborate with a team of seasoned professionals with years of experience and expertise in business writing, marketing communications, website design, graphic design, video/audio production and distribution, custom signage, and the highest quality of print to meet your specific needs.
Diane Winston
Diane is the firm’s Principal, Senior Strategist and Lead Business Writer. She has over 25 years of corporate experience as an executive with companies that include Citigroup, AXA Financial and Pitney Bowes. She has led global initiatives and has defined revenue-impacting strategies for products, projects and change management efforts. She is recognized as a practiced listener with strong interpersonal skills – qualities which are highly valued by clients seeking strategic direction for their communications initiatives.
She is a member of the International Association of Business Writers (IABC) and American Marketing Association (AMA) as well as a small business counselor for SCORE. Diane has a BA from New York University and a MBA from the University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business.
Audet Web Design
Audet Web Design provides web design and development services to photographers, consultants, construction companies, law firms, health studios, not-for-profit organizations, and businesses in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York. With over 20 years of computer and database programming experience, firm can provide our clients with custom-built Content Management Systems, e-Commerce Systems and online data management systems that require the integration of websites with backend databases.
Audet Web Design’s in-depth technology expertise delivers websites with strong content, a professional presentation, and modular construction for ease of maintenance and high reliability.
Marc Audet is the firm’s Principal and Lead Developer.
Custom Sign Solutions
Custom Sign Solutions specializes in business communications. They translate your business marketing ideas into effective visual aids. Signage is used to direct people (directional signage), brand a location, communicates a thought or message. The team at Custom Sign Solutions takes pride in designing and producing the most effective communications tool to meet our clients’ specific objectives. They serve clients ranging between small, local businesses to large, national companies.
Virgil Williams is the firm’s Owner and President.
Florville Design & Analysis, Inc.
Florville Design & Analysis, Inc. is an award-winning a full-service, multidisciplinary design firm specializing in brand identity, strategy and design with a very impressive expertise in diversity-related branding and marketing. With over 25 years of design and branding experience, their clientele includes Fortune 100 companies such as Citigroup, Colgate-Palmolive, JPMorgan Chase, HBO, MasterCard International, Merrill Lynch, Pfizer and Time Warner.
Having successfully branded major corporations, the Florville team also brings their expertise to small and medium-sized firms. It is their thorough understanding of the client and the client’s future needs that informs and elevates their branding work beyond mere design and enables them to compete with established advertising giants. It is that fast forward approach to the client's image that brings extra value and longer life to all branding work designed by Florville. The firm’s designs are so impressive that one of their award-winning works is included in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institute National Museum of Design at Cooper Hewitt.
Patrick Florville is the firm’s CEO and Creative Director.
Paul's Prosperous Printing
Prosperous Printing creates outstanding printed materials for all your business needs. For more than 20 years, this team of skilled professionals has served clients, businesses and the trade. From design and printing to folding and bindery – they deliver high quality products on time and within budget.
With state-of-the-art Presstek digital technology, they provide exceptional four-color printing at affordable pricing. Now, you can use color more often to captivate your audience, add impact and create interest in all you do.
Paul Hafter is the owner of Paul’s Prosperous Printing.
Translation Plus
Translation Plus is a professional language service provider dedicated to providing accurate and culturally sensitive international communication services that meet and surpass industry standards. The firm excels at delivering accurate, timely, and culturally sensitive language solutions to businesses in a wide range of industries. They offer accurate and efficient translation, editing, and production of a wide range of materials for industries as diverse as healthcare, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, technology, financial services, education, training, labor and membership organizations, and energy and transportation.
With an unrivaled background in multicultural marketing, Translation Plus understands that doing business in the U.S. and globally means much more than simply being able to address foreign markets in their local language. It means that companies must understand the cultural differences that make each country unique.
Vale & Associates
Vale & Associates is a leader in the HR Management and Consulting Services industry. A boutique firm, Vale & Associates brings our clients their expertise in the areas of Diversity & Inclusion Programs, HR Strategy & Advisory Services, Training and Development, and Executive Coaching.
The firm also offers training, advisory and management assistance to companies both nationally and internationally and have in-depth experience working with a number of growth multi-sector organizations across Canada and the Caribbean.
Cassandra Dorrington is the firm’s President and specializes in HR Strategy, Advisory Services, Employment Equity/Diversity, and Training and Development. Cynthia Dorrington is the firm’s Vice President of Client Relations and specializes in HR Advisory Services, Performance Management, Diversity and Harassment Training as well as customized training.
