What inspires our work?
At the heart of all impactful change exists a powerful story.
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Throughout human history, the sharing of stories has served as a critical tool for conveying knowledge, inspiring change, and building meaningful connections.
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Yet, today these important narratives often struggle to find their audience.
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Information overload creates a sea of digital content where essential stories are lost and unable to break through the overwhelming online noise to achieve their impact.
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Capacity constraints among organizations driving change often minimize the ability of teams to come together and develop effective communication plans.
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Audience connection is increasingly difficult to achieve, limiting organizations' ability to nurture engaged communities and effectively reach target audiences.
Our solution: elevate changemakers and amplify the stories they share.
Through creative strategy and thoughtful storytelling, we ensure your message cuts through the digital noise and strikes a chord with those who need to hear it most.
Continuously Learn: Commit to a process of learning and unlearning as we continue growing.
Speak Truth: Ground our work from a foundation well-being, common good, and authenticity.
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Dismantle Oppression: Confront the structures that uphold colonialism, racism, and injustice.
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Co-create Change: Build through community, collaboration, empathy, and perspective building.
Our Values
Meet Tristan
Tristan Oliff is the founder and principal consultant at Oliff Creative Strategies.
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An experienced communicator and community builder, Tristan aspires to use his energy and expertise to promote meaningful collaboration and facilitate equitable social change.
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His professional journey has led him through Parliament Hill, into the non-profit world, and around the new media movement, providing a unique background that he now deploys to assist clients tell their stories and communicating clearly.
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With South African and French Canadian roots, Tristan resides in Ottawa, where he has lived for the past 8 years, with his wife and two cats.
Our commitment to reconciliation
We acknowledge that our creative journey unfolds on the unceded and unsurrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe people.
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The historical coexistence of Indigenous Peoples with this land bears witness to the profound connection between nature, culture, and storytelling.
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In this spirit, we commit to continuously educating ourselves about Indigenous perspectives, histories, and challenges, weaving this understanding into our work.