Homegrown innovation

Products & programs

When you’re a Weber Shandwick client, you have access to a suite of exclusive tools and platforms that cover blind spots in the marketing services industry.

Code+ify

Code+ify is a first-of-its kind, end-to-end solution from United Minds to help leaders define, resource and amplify their DE&I strategy and communications – providing a roadmap for analysis, planning and progress. The approach runs from gathering insights to setting and resourcing internal and external DE&I strategy, to storytelling and risk management.

Contact: Kate Bullinger

Workforce Re-entry

One of the greatest challenges leaders face today is preparing their organizations and employees for a return to the workplace. Workforce Re-entry is an end-to-end solution that helps clients develop and execute re-entry plans for their employees, leveraging expertise from a range of disciplines to guide decision-making, such as epidemiology and public health, public affairs, corporate reputation, employee safety and wellbeing – among others.

Contact: Anthea Hoyle

Plan Vx

Our cross-discipline Vaccines Task Force launched Plan V_x – a custom offering and open-source playbooks for managing vaccination communications with key stakeholders. PlanV_x draws on the agency’s extensive vaccination and public health communications experience and focuses on key considerations for a safe and effective return to the workplace.

Contact: Pam Jenkins

Cultural Vigilance

Typically seen as a company’s most precious asset, culture can quickly become its biggest liability. Our suite of offerings from United Minds helps organizations and business leaders surface cultural vulnerabilities, develop crisis response strategies and purposefully shift culture to support business strategy and ethical behavior.

Contact: Kate Bullinger

Firebell

Firebell is Weber Shandwick’s proprietary, award-winning crisis simulation platform and training offering. Through Firebell, participants actively engage in a real-time online attack of their brand or organization — all in a secure, controlled environment.

Contact: Peter Duda

Conference+

Conference+ from our Flipside team is a fully-managed, digital streaming platform and service allowing organizations to host dynamic, branded events – from large-scale conferences to team workshops.

Contact: Marcus Dyer

Culture Tap

The best, most compelling ideas in a complex and crowded environment are ideas that earn attention and that expertly intersect culture. Our Culture Tap team identifies trending opportunities in real time – connecting our client brands to the cultural moments people care about.

Contact: Chris Kooluris

Element Scientific Communications

Led and staffed by former scientists and science writers in the United States, Europe and Asia, this industry-leading team of communicators incites change through science. They define strategies, create dynamic content and develop engagement platforms that elevate the leadership and advance the business goals of science-driven organizations around the globe.

Contact: Frank Orrico

Media Genius

Media Genius is a Weber Shandwick offering focused on tracking, investigating and acting amidst media and culture change. In addition to published research, insights and a biweekly newsletter, the extended Media Genius team is also a learning community focused on media and cultural literacy.

Contact: Chris Perry

Media Security

Building on the strength of our crisis management practice and powered by insights from some of the leading institutions combating misinformation and disinformation – and an exclusive partnership with threat detection platform, Blackbird.AI – our Media Security Center advises clients through conversation benchmarking and monitoring, scenario planning and simulation, and advanced campaign design.