Walker International Communications Group

Who we are | What our clients have said about us

Consulting:

We provide services for commercial and non-profit performing and visual arts entities in the area of audience development, marketing, advertising in print, radio, television and internet.

Marketing:

Marketing Plans
Audience Surveys and Analysis
Press
Public Relations
Advertising
Special Events

Teaching:

Workshops are available in the area of audience development, group sales, institutional assessment and marketing plans.

Key Note Speaker:

Available to speak at Board Meetings, Annual Conferences, Staff Retreats on a variety of topics.

Panel Discussion:

Available to participate on panels as a moderator or panelist in the subject area of marketing and audience development.

Writing:

Available to write articles on a variety of topics in the area of arts and culture.

Who we are:

PRESIDENT - Donna Walker-Kuhne
Email: dw12@nyu.edu
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SENIOR DIRECTOR of MARKETING and CLIENT SERVICES - Natalie Clarke
Email: nc.wicg@gmail.com

DIRECTOR of MARKETING - Laura Rice

Email: laura.wicg@gmail.com

MARKETING ASSOCIATE - Kevin Bradley, Jr.
Email: kbradleywcg@yahoo.com

MARKETING ASSISTANT - Verica Vranic

Email: vranver@yahoo.com

MARKETING INTERN - Khalilah Elliot

Email: khalilah3@yahoo.com

WEBSITE MANAGMENT - Bret Kuhne
Email : bretkuhne@gmail.com

DIRECTOR OF INSPIRATION - Theresia Walker-Kuhne

GRAPHIC DESIGN - Kori RaishonEmail : raishon@anotherdeepdesign.com

WEBSITE CONCEPTUALIST and DESIGNER - Kori Raishon
Email: anotherdeepdesign.com

MARKETING CONSULTANT - Tiffany Ellis Butts
Email: tiffanyellisbutts@msn.com

PRESS - ALICIA EVANS
Email: penpower@eniinternet.com

What our clients have said about our services:
"...I can't thank you enough for setting the pace for our Spring Council meeting. Your session was a perfect opener. People were engaged, they had the chance to bread down barriers immediately, they interacted with you and each other, and the information was absolutely stellar. It was a great lesson for us to learn."
Andrea Snyder Dance USA

"Your knowledge of marketing is encyclopedic, and your emphasis on and strategies for mutli-cultural outreach are original and captivating. You made activities like cultivating concierges and consulate workers now the norm for our organization. You sealed the deal on two critical media sponsorships and opened doors to contacts for sponsorship of the season in general. Your ideas for partnerships were great, and I hope they can be achieved in the future with more lead time and staffing on our end. I am still astounded by the amazing amount of work generated by you and your office - and your colleagues still sounded happy when they answered the phone!"
Anne K. LaRock
Director of Development and Marketing, The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance

"Thank you so very much for your talk this morning. It was absolutely perfect and set a terrific tone for our Women's History Month celebration! I know that everyone in attendance...students, faculty and staff...were moved and inspired.

Your message of hope, happiness, power, spirituality and community really resonates with what we are trying to achieve at Kingsborough and it was particularly good for our students to have you to reinforce it. You are a real role model for us all and I thank you for taking the time to be with us. Please come back soon and often!!!
Regina S. Peruggi, President Kingsborough Community College

"You are marvelous!! What a treat your seminar was on Friday. I think that I am high-energy, but you make me look like a snooze! Thank you for your wisdom, your insight and your creativity. I can't imagine a more motivational day. I have no doubt our audience development efforts will be energized greatly".
Warm regards,
Naomi Grabel
Vice President Marketing, Kimmel Center

"The warmth, perspective and experience you brought to our event, through your Keynote Speech 'Attracting Diverse Audiences', and 'Marketing to Diverse Audiences' workshop, were central to the success of the event. I think we all found your message to be timely, inspiring, and a bit challenging - a challenge to look with fresh eyes at those whom we share our community and to find ways to connect."
Arizona Commission on the Arts

"Your presentation was thought provoking, and provided a valuable perspective on community outreach in the arts."
Yale School of Drama, Management Issues Forum

"Participants strongly praised your dedication and practical strategies for building audiences at a community level. Your presentation was inspirational, insightful, smart informative and challenging to us to look differently and to open our arms to embrace more people."
Julie Peeler, Executive Director
National Arts Marketing Project

"Walker International's strong ties to the Broadway and arts community has allowed us to showcase several stellar live lunchtime performances in our grand floor public space, the Sony Atrium. These shows are attended by our employees, tourists and local visitors to the Atrium shops and Sony Wonder lab, and workers from surrounding buildings. Being able to enjoy live music and dance enriches our sense of community, strengthens our own work in arts entertainment, and provides a welcome respite to an otherwise hectic work day.

Isisara Bey, Vice President
Corporate Affairs, Sony BMB Music

"I typically don't send a fan letter, but in this case It's warranted. The fans are thousands of San Diegans, and the recipient of our appreciation and affection is Donna Walker-Kuhne. She single-handedly made an impact on all of us with her devotion dedication and determination to see that the Bring in 'da Nose, Bring in 'da Funk community outreach initiatives were enacted in our community"
Joe Kobryner, General Manager
San Diego Playgoers Series

"The attendees truly enjoyed and benefited from your presentation. The collected evaluation sheets all indicated that the workshop was excellent; and everyone listed a message they took away with them - the measure of a truly successful workshop! One participant even took the time to call me the next morning to reiterate how wonderful the program was, and she is ready to implement some of your ideas."

Paula I. Long, Arts Program Coordinator, County of Union

"We could not have imagined a better presentation about "Recruiting Ethnic Audiences". From the feedback we have gotten, your message of developing diverse audiences was taken to heart and will impact the dance community greatly. Your experience and expertise on the subject is so evident and for sharing your knowledge with our attendees, you have our utmost appreciation. In addition, your inviting, all-inclusive way of speaking to the attendees made us all comfortable with the subject - no wonder your efforts have been so successful - now we know first hand. We're so grateful that you've shared it with us."

Carol L. Fox, Project Manager/Chicago Dance Initiative
President, Carol Fox & Assoc., Inc.
Gail Kalver, Project Director/Chicago Dance Initiative
Executive Director/Hubbard Street Dance Chicago

"On behalf of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, we would like to thank you for your presentation at the 2005 Coming Up Taller Leadership Enhancement Conference on July 28 in Boston. Your inspiring workshop on increasing visibility and awareness really motivated the finalists and semifinalists to optimize their achievement of the 2005 Coming Up Taller honor. The activities you facilitated were very effective in encouraging the participants to realize their programs assets and potential. In short, the workshop produced the benefits and results were anticipated."

Carmen Boston, Advisor, Coming Up Taller
Traci Slater-Rigaud, Manager, Coming Up Taller
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