Sheffield Launches Offering to Create St...

As organizations are pressed to create winning strategies and gain widespread consensus quickly, Sheffield Marketing Partners has developed Strategic Narrative Mapping as a standalone offering to assist in the planning process. The service is based on the core Narrative Mapping process, yet focuses on identifying key elements of an organization’s go-to-market strategy that are...

Sheffield Marketing Partners Celebrates ...

Downers Grove, Ill., July 1, 2009—Sheffield Marketing Partners (Sheffield), a boutique agency that specializes in message and narrative development, is celebrating three years of growth today. Sheffield was founded by Chicago agency veterans Joseph McCormack and John Severance to help organizations stand out in the marketplace by crafting and telling a compelling story. Since opening...

Inside Message Mapping and Fluency...

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Wordle...

Word clouds and message mapping meet - a Sheffield dream Wordle is amazing. It shows how the words we use create “word clouds” and depicts how frequency of usage might be displayed visually. Visit...

What’s the difference between a me...

At first glance, this seems obvious. Yet, when you turn marketers loose it quickly gets murky.  A message conveys a single point; a story many points (i.e., messages, perspectives, thoughts, etc.). So, forget trying to a build a compelling message or crafting a phrase that’s says it all. A story narrative is a much better way to turn messages into someting much more...