"I'm not talented enough to be unprepared" —Monroe Stahr, The Last Tycoon
The Curious Case of the Tech Illiterate IT Blogger
Case Study: We’ve got workflow problems and a system failure. What do we do?
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Storytelling in Public Relations
The role of suspension of disbelief in narrative storytelling
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Communications Fundamentals for High Level Success
It's good to have a tortoise on your team. The tortoise wins the race.
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Marketing a Value Proposition with Scarcity and Call To Action
Case Study: How I doubled event registration by attacking the low hanging fruit and messaging a value proposition with scarcity...
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Media Strategy: Make Your Weakness Your Strength
Case Study: How I turned a media campaign for a teacher’s award into my greatest success
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There’s a Trick to That
Outperform people twice as smart doing half the work
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Aaron Helmbrecht is a strategic communications consultant serving primarily nonprofit and government clients in Washington, D.C. Most recently he served the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. He left government service in January 2025.
Aaron earned his Master of Professional Studies in strategic public relations from The George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management in 2017. He interned with Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.) after earning his bachelor’s degree in journalism from California State University, Northridge.