Back in December 2015, a few of us at Turpin Communication, along with a few friends, assembled 10 care packages for homeless people in Chicago. Each package included a few ready-to-eat food items and a hand-knit hat and scarf. We handed them out to people on the streets who looked like they could use one....
read moreBeing Inclusive When Your Audience Is Unknown To You, Part II
April 28, 2021 0 Comments
For too long, companies such as ours let it be other people’s business to create a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive world. What authority did we, a small boutique training and consulting firm, have when it comes to another organization’s DEI? In recent months, we’ve reconsidered. We have decided we do, in fact, have a...
read moreBeing Inclusive When Your Audience Is Unknown To You, Part I
April 28, 2021 0 Comments
For too long, companies such as ours let it be other people’s business to create a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive world. What authority did we, a small boutique training and consulting firm, have when it comes to another organization’s DEI? In recent months, we’ve reconsidered. We have decided we do, in fact, have a...
read moreGreg Celebrates 25 Years with Turpin
August 3, 2020 0 Comments
July 2020 marks Greg’s 25th year with Turpin Communication! So, it’s time to say congratulations and send out a very big “Thank You” to him. Some perspective: Turpin itself is 28 this year, so it’s easy to assume that Greg has been an equal partner pretty much from the beginning. But that’s not the case. In...
read moreTurpin Cares Featured in the Beverly Review
December 12, 2018 0 Comments
Our local newspaper, The Beverly Review, wrote about our efforts to help the homeless in Chicago. Check out full the article here. Want to get involved? Find more information here. From The Beverly Review Company puts care into quarterly meeting During each quarter of the year, employees at Turpin Communication, Inc., 1808 W. 103rd St., hold a...
read moreAnnouncing Our 2nd Annual Holiday Drive with Turpin Cares
November 26, 2018 0 Comments
In December 2017, Turpin Cares, Turpin’s philanthropic project that supports the homeless, partnered with our local Starbucks to collect pantry items for people in need. This year we’re doing it again. Last year we collected over 700 pantry items. This year we’re collecting hygiene items as well and are targeting at least a 50% increase...
read more2017 Year in Review
January 4, 2018 0 Comments
2017 Was a Big Year We celebrated Turpin’s 25th year in business. In case you missed it, Dale wrote 25 Lessons Over 25 Years, which is an excellent read. During the year, we delivered a lot of training and coaching for our long-standing clients as well as a few new ones. Along with that, we reached several...
read moreStarbucks #ProjectGiveGood Recognizes Turpin Cares
December 29, 2017 0 Comments
Turpin Communication employees and “friendlies” were busy this holiday season (2017) supporting people in need through the Turpin Cares project. “We teamed up with Almost Home Chicago and the local Starbucks to provide gifts and pantry items to locals in need. Once everything was tallied up, the holiday project provided 40 individuals with gifts and a whopping 776 pantry...
read moreTurpin Cares: Women’s Shelter Benefits from Care Packages
November 20, 2017 0 Comments
On Saturday, November 18, 2017, Turpin Communication employees and “friendlies” came together to assemble 40 care packages for a group of homeless women in Chicago. Each package contained about $50 worth of food, toiletries, first aid items, gloves, and a hand-knit hat and scarf. They also included a lot of love and a personal hand-written...
read more25 Lessons Over 25 Years
August 29, 2017 0 Comments
August 29, 2017 marks Turpin’s twenty-fifth anniversary. That’s an exciting and satisfying thing for me to think about. Strangely, I’m writing this at the office (I usually write at home) on the old library table that was my desk 25 years ago. It hasn’t been my desk for a long time. Now it sits outside...
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