Melissa A Schweisguth, Freelance Changemaker
Full Circle Impact: Align, Activate, Communicate, Succeed, Sustain



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Where great values, vision and innovation meet, positive transformation occurs.
Our world is waiting for this change. Are you ready? Need a catalyst?

Are you seeking to build greater sustainability and social responsibility in your business or organization? Are you a mission-driven company or non-profit with a great product, service, story or campaign awaiting a wider audience? Let's collaborate to make a Full Circle Impact. I'm an impassioned, experienced professional with a strong track record developing and implementing successful CSR/Sustainability programs, marketing and communications. My work focuses on driving leading-edge programs and practices, and mobilizing organizations and individuals around them. Let me be your guide & partner, helping create a roadmap, take action, track progress, communicate effectively and gain wider support while balancing social, environmental & economic returns.


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Freelance Focus Areas

Social Responsibility/Sustainability Strategy and Implementation

  • Mapping and prioritizing issues and stakeholders
  • Benchmarking and issues analysis
  • Business case development
  • Goal setting, performance tracking, metrics and reporting
  • Team development and change management
  • Stakeholder engagement; leadership and employee education/engagement
  • Ethical, responsible sourcing and supply chains
  • Research: key issues, best practices, stakeholder & market trends, supply chain

Communications, Writing and Copywriting

  • Stakeholder communications, internal and external
  • CSR Reports and other disclosures (e.g., Carbon Disclosure Project)
  • Marketing copywriting: collateral, website, packaging, social media
  • Technical & business writing: Whitepapers, guidance, procedural documents
  • Expert content and articles on sustainability, general to professional audiences
  • Conference and meeting presentations
  • PR: Press release content writing and PR management, including crisis communications
  • Creative concept development

Additional services available through allied partners: Project Management, Web design/maintenance, Graphic Design, Photography

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