Baseball, beers, & the birth of a company.

It was a festive evening in DC in the fall of 2019. The capital’s bars were packed with fans gathered to watch the Washington Nationals win the World Series. Squeezed in a corner table of one of the bars, a group of friends was not necessarily talking about sports. 

As excited as they were for their city to win the World Series, and they were. Go Nats. This group was more captivated with discussing public relations strategies. At this table sat two George Washington University Strategic Public Relations alumni, one student who just started the program, and another who was about to finish. All had just spent several hours at a job fair interacting with potential employers learning about what the employers were looking for and what made their organizations unique. The conversation at the table ranged from which companies sounded the most exciting at the fair, the difficulty of the job market, the occasional celebration of a play from the game, to what each individual dreamed of doing in the field of public relations and communications. 

Most of the conversation was deeply hypothetical but for two of the individuals there was something more to it than just theory. Two delved into what it would look like for them to start their own consultancy operation. Having relied on each other's counsel during graduate school, they knew they had a firm foundation of shared core values to build a business on…

That night, JD and SP built the framework for StoutComs based on the vision that the world is a better place when businesses are in the game for more than profits and that honest and intentional communications play a critical role in the mix.

In a world full of distrust and divisiveness, a central tenet is the feeling that they are not being told the whole truth and their opinions are not being heard by those in power.

StoutComs wants to help businesses build strong and lasting reputations based on true purpose. We have a heart for small business and community-oriented projects, but are open to all kinds of challenges, from non-profits to large corporations.

Communication has the power to build bridges, connecting people and organizations, and developing long-term and meaningful relationships.

As channels, tools, and audiences continue to change at a rapid pace, the principles that guide good communications stay steadfast