01 · Contact
Tell us about the place.
The fastest way to start is a short conversation about the mandate, the deadline and what has to get approved. No deck required, and no obligation to buy anything.
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02 · Before you write
Three things make the first call useful.
You don't need a brief, a budget or internal agreement. You do need these, and a paragraph is plenty for each.
Which district, city or organization, and what you think is true about it that other people don't know yet.
What has to be decided, approved or funded — and by whom. This is usually the real project.
A council meeting, a grant deadline, a festival, a season. Even an approximate one changes what's possible.
04 · Direct
Or skip the form.
Email reaches the founder directly. There is no account manager to route around.
Treaty 6 territory
If it's tied to a council date or a grant deadline, say so in the subject line and it moves to the top.
If the work isn't ours — a planning study, an architect, a pollster — we'd rather send you to the right firm than take a file we'd do badly.
05 · What happens next
No funnel. No sequence.
Within one business day, from Winston. Not a scheduling bot.
A call about the place, the decision and the date. No presentation, no pitch deck.
What we'd run, what you already have covered, and whether the timing works at all.
Only if it's a fit. One document with scope, cost and dates — not a sales process.
You will not be added to a mailing list because you emailed us. The newsletter is a separate decision you have to make on purpose.
06 · Not ready yet
Then don't write.
Plenty of people find us two budget cycles before they need us. Read the Blueprint to see how an engagement actually runs, or take the monthly letter and come back when there's a date on the calendar.
53.5461°N 113.4938°W · Churchill Strategy · Edmonton AB