Where strategy, storytelling, and systems meet real-world context

We partner with mission-driven organizations and public-sector leaders to bring clarity and cohesion to complex work, building trust, alignment, and connection across people, programs, and communities.

You’re In Good Company

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It Starts With Me! is a strategic communications firm designing storytelling and communication systems that help leaders and brands align, build trust, and carry meaning through change.

How We Work and Why It Matters

Our work includes: strategic communications support, communication systems and experience design, learning and facilitation, speaking, and 1:1 advisory support.

  • We build trust by centering real-world context

    We support clear, credible communication by grounding decisions in audience reality, lived experience, and institutional constraints, so your work reflects how people actually think, live, and decide.

  • We prioritize alignment over optics

    We work with teams to move beyond surface-level messaging by developing communication frameworks that support shared understanding among staff, leadership, partners, and stakeholders.

  • We focus on work that holds over time

    Rather than one-off campaigns, we develop practical strategies and tools that teams can actually use, designed to adapt as priorities, funding, or conditions change.

Hi, I’m

Nicole

Nicole is an award-winning social impact and communications strategist and speaker with nearly 20 years of experience working at the intersection of strategy, storytelling, and systems in complex, real-world contexts.

She founded It Starts With Me! to support mission-driven organizations and public-sector partners by focusing on the thinking behind communication. She helps teams navigate complexity, clarify priorities, and design approaches that build alignment, credibility, and trust over time.