When Anne St. Peter and Douglas Bell started Global Prairie in 2008, they had a clear vision: to be a business that would make a positive impact in the world, where purpose would be as important as profit. In the years since, this strategic consulting and marketing firm has stayed true to that original purpose, becoming a leader in the corporate movement that believes business should be a force for good in the world. Today, Global Prairie is proud to be an award-winning certified Benefit Corporation (B Corp), a Public Benefit Corporation, and one hundred percent employee owned.

Working with clients ranging from start-ups to Fortune 100 multinationals to nonprofit organizations and government agencies, Global Prairie helps clients define and activate their purpose – why they exist – to maximize shared value for the organization, their customers, the community, and the world. As a hybrid strategic consulting and creative agency, services range from positioning and strategic planning to in-market activations of all kinds, including design and digital. Everything the Global Prairie team does is powered by data-driven insight, leveraging a variety of tools and techniques including their own proprietary approach, Datafarm, to ensure all strategic recommendations and creative solutions are grounded in insight.

The firm works largely in the sustainability, energy/environment, healthcare, food/agriculture, education and philanthropy sectors. Global Prairie is proud to have partnered with their clients to put purpose in the center of their business strategy and in return, yield more significant bottom-line results, impact and growth. Along the way, Global Prairie has grown from two offices in Kansas City and Cleveland to more than 125 employees in nine offices in the United States and Europe. 

Global Prairie is also proud of their own community impact. Since day one, the firm has returned at least 10 percent of its profits to the communities where its employee-owners live and work, totaling more than $12 million to civic, educational and charitable organizations. Every Global Prairie team member volunteers nearly three weeks of paid time annually to organizations of their choice. During the last dozen years, Global Prairie employee-owners have served on more than 300 nonprofit boards and positively impacted nearly 700 charitable organizations. Because of their positive impact in the community and the way the firm treats their employee-owners, Global Prairie ranks among the top 10 percent of B Corps worldwide. The United Nations and the World Health Organization have also named Global Prairie as one of the world’s healthiest employers. 

In short, Global Prairie was founded on the idea that making a profit is not the end goal, but rather the means to making an impact. And that the success of a business isn’t so much about what you get, but what you give. It is in this spirit that the firm has become a force for good for their employee-owners, their clients and their community.

CAPABILTIES

• Advertising: integrated campaign planning, and execution
• Branding: Brand development, strategy and design
• Data Analytics: Gathering, structuring, and analyzing big data
• Digital Strategy & Design: UX, SEO, and creative execution
• Health Communications: KOL strategy, advisory boards, and medical writing
• Marketing Consulting: Business and multi-channel engagement strategy
• Public Affairs: Stakeholder engagement and issues management
• Social Media: Strategy, management, and measurement
• Technology & Innovation: Thought leadership and applied solutions