Employee Engagement
Attract, engage and retain the best people with:
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Employee communications
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Culture enhancement
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Employee recognition
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Change management
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M&A communications
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Meeting facilitation
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Social media messages
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Content: writing, editing, proofreading
Community Engagement
Build your brand and grow your business with connections through:
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Certified community engagement
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Public input sessions
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Strategic community investment
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Employee volunteerism
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Memorable speeches
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Charitable giving
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Focus groups
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Strategic planning
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Anniversary celebrations
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Strategic sponsorships
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Nonprofit board placements
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Impactful presentations
Traditional/Social Media
Earn media coverage and own your social media messages through:
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News releases
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Media pitches
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Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram posts
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Media training
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Speaking engagements
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Crisis communications
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Relationships with local, national and trade journalists
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Op-eds, bylined articles
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Anniversary celebrations
Who We Are
Cherry & Co. is a public relations firm that builds, enhances and repairs organizations' reputations from our headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee. We are certified by the City of Memphis and Shelby County as both a WBE and LOSB.
Our founder and CEO, Kim Cherry, is a lifelong Memphian who understands how to build reputational capital and get business done. In more than 30 years as a public relations professional she has developed extensive expertise in media relations counseling and strategy, employee engagement, internal and external communications, crisis communications and community engagement strategy. Under her executive leadership at First Horizon Corp. she championed work/family programs that earned the company recognition as one of the nation’s best employers by BusinessWeek, Forbes, Fortune, AARP, American Banker and Working Mother.
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She earned leadership roles in national trade organizations and accolades as one of the top PR practitioners and female executives in Memphis. She has served as a director on numerous nonprofit boards and is a graduate of the New Memphis Institute and Leadership Memphis. She earned her Accreditation in Public Relations and a Bachelor of Arts in communication arts from Rhodes College. She is a Standards for Excellence licensed consultant. She completed the Leadership and Strategic Impact program through Tuck Executive Education at Dartmouth and is completing her thesis for a Master’s in strategic communication through the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
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Our clients
Alcy Ball Development Corp. | American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | Artesian Schools | Bank of Fayette County | Big Ass Freight | BLDG Memphis |
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis | BuzzFree Mosquito | Daitaas | DeafConnect | FirstBank | Frontdoor | Good Advertising | Greater Memphis Chamber Chairman's Circle | Hemline | HDR | Institute for Public Service Reporting | Iris Orchestra | Kitty City |
Mahaffey Event and Tent Rentals | Memphis Athletic Ministries |
Memphis River Parks Partnership | Mind Over Data | Momentum Nonprofit Partners |
Oasis of Hope | Patriot Bank | RedRover Sales & Marketing Strategy | RiverArtsFest |
Room in the Inn | Shelby County Government | Southall Café |
Southwest Early College High School | TEMP-AIR | Thrive Nonprofit Consulting |
Volunteer Odyssey | WKNO | YesCare | Youth Villages