Thinkinc.

Thinkinc. Thinkinc. is a Chicago-based international public affairs and political consulting firm. Under the leadership of founder, President, and CEO Laurie R.

is widely known for our out-of-the-box thinking and ability to create targeted and effective strategies for clients. We provide the critical strategic thinking and planning that most organizations desperately need but do not have the time or internal resources to tackle properly, delivering multi-level strategies with the power to seize the debate, transform thinking around key issues, and elevate

our clients into thought leaders. Among the areas in which we specialize:

• Building Political Will: Utilizing strategic communications and partnerships to build the external political will necessary to gain public awareness and high-level attention for your key issues;

• Issue Framing/Public Education Campaigns: Developing highly strategic messaging platforms and integrated communications strategies to build awareness, influence public opinion, impact legislation, and engage and move important constituencies into action;

• Strategic Planning & Positioning: Managing and stewarding your organization through a strategic planning and positioning process to strengthen your organizational infrastructure, identify hidden resources, and unify around an overall vision;

• Board Development: Ensuring your board of directors is aligned with your overall vision and mission and able to provide effective political and financial leadership by assessment and strategic improvement of your cultivation, recruitment, orientation, and training methods;

• Resource Development: Strengthening philanthropic resources through strategic improvements to development efforts and forging partnerships with key funders;

• Government & Community Relations: Engaging neighbors, community organizations, and government at all levels to enhance your potential to expand into new markets, provide new services, or successfully navigate controversy;

• Strategic Partnerships: Forging partnerships with key individuals, organizations, officials, and funders that support and enhance your ability to turn your goals and objectives into a reality;

• Coalition Management: Building and stewarding coalitions of individual and organizational allies in support of a common aim;

• Event Planning: Staging convenings, white paper issue forums, press conferences, and other special events that allow you to bring your message directly to public officials, community leaders, key partners, and major media outlets; and

• Media Relations: Utilizing our longstanding relationships with influential journalists and media outlets across the Chicago region and nationally to place your story in leading newspapers, news broadcasts, and online news channels. Glenn, over the past two decades we have successfully worked with numerous nonprofit organizations, community groups, businesses, and individuals. We invite you to visit our website at www.thinkincstrategy.com to review our broad and regularly growing client list for additional information including work samples and media placements, and to browse the qualifications of Ms. Glenn and our staff on our team page.

03/20/2026

Teri O’Brien, a performing artist and former employee of the West Town venue, takes the reins from former partners Tim and Katie Tuten and Mike and Jim Hinchsliff, a deal that has been in the works for a year.

How about this, with a link to the story: Thinkinc. is so honored to work with the now previous owners and the new owner...
03/20/2026

How about this, with a link to the story: Thinkinc. is so honored to work with the now previous owners and the new owner of The Hideout as they made this transition. While it is bittersweet, we are so happy to see that its future will be ensured. New owner Teri O’Brien has made it clear that she will honor the legacy of previous owners Tim and Katie Tuten and Mike and Jim Hinchsliff while taking the club into the 21st century.

Teri O’Brien, a performing artist and former employee of the West Town venue, takes the reins from former partners Tim and Katie Tuten and Mike and Jim Hinchsliff, a deal that has been in the works for a year.

So honored to have worked with The Hide Out on this momentous moment in their journey moving forward. We honor who The H...
03/19/2026

So honored to have worked with The Hide Out on this momentous moment in their journey moving forward. We honor who The Hide Out has been and their amazing former owners Tim and Katie Tuten and look forward to seeing what the future brings with its new owner, Teri O’Brien cheers to the future!

After 30 years of owning The Hideout, Jim, Mike, Katie and Tim have sold the club to Teri O’Brien, a musician and former Hideout employee.

But The Hideout is still The Hideout..

So you’ll still see your favorite bartenders and staff, hear great music and share real
conversations with your friends: the artists and activists, politicians and just plain folks who are
our community. Like they’ve always been.

The Hideout is a special place. We've celebrated birthdays, weddings, and memorials together.
During tough and sad times, we came together to seek solace. This is the Hideout community which will continue.

If you have important H/O memories and photos you’d like to share, we’d love to see them!
Email images and notes to [email protected].

Here’s to everything that makes The Hideout, The Hideout!

This is how communities and institutions can partner to improve everyone's quality of life!Congrats to our client Commun...
03/11/2026

This is how communities and institutions can partner to improve everyone's quality of life!

Congrats to our client Communities United's Voices of Youth in Chicago Education (VOYCE) and their Whole School Safety partners: Chicago Public Schools, BUILD Chicago, Community Organizing and Family Issues (COFI) POWERPAC-IL & Mikva Challenge.

Their innovative partnership is spotlighted in a new study by the Center for Childhood Resilience at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and the University of Chicago’s Consortium on School Research.

Get more details in this great WTTW News story.

Nearly two years after CPS removed police officers from campuses and implemented a new holistic approach to school safety, officials believe that shift could serve as a replicable model for school districts across the country.

What an inspiring story about the North Lawndale Employment Network's upcoming Sweet Beginnings Tea and NLEN's undeniabl...
02/26/2026

What an inspiring story about the North Lawndale Employment Network's upcoming Sweet Beginnings Tea and NLEN's undeniable impact. Congratulations to Brenda Palms, President & CEO of NLEN, and to Cliff Barber, CEO of Fillmore Linen Service on the South Side on their WGN TV appearance.

The world is hungry for more great stories like this!

I hope to see you Friday at the Sweet Beginnings Tea benefit, from 1-3p.m. 2/27 at Hyatt Regency McCormick Place Chicago.

The Sweet Beginnings Tea is the North Lawndale Employment Network’s annual fundraiser, a joyful gathering that brings the community together to celebrate hope, resilience and opportunity. Pre…

It was a pleasure to be on The Ben Joravsky Show with my longtime good friend, Ben.We dig into Epstein’s lure, why so ma...
02/24/2026

It was a pleasure to be on The Ben Joravsky Show with my longtime good friend, Ben.

We dig into Epstein’s lure, why so many rich and/or influential people sucked up to him. And how he played them. And what they were looking to get from him. And he from them.

It’s come to this—Brainwashed Americans rat out their neighbors for deportation. Ben riffs. Laurie Glenn explains Epstein’s lure. Or why so many rich and/or influen…

02/17/2026
🌍 Laurie Glenn on the Ben Joravsky Show emphasizes the power of diversity in strengthening our nation! 💪 She stresses th...
10/10/2025

🌍 Laurie Glenn on the Ben Joravsky Show emphasizes the power of diversity in strengthening our nation!

💪 She stresses the need for a balanced press to protect our democracy and isn’t shy about critiquing the

Democrats for their lack of strategy on the recent government shutdown.

Tune in for some thought-provoking insights! 📻

10/08/2025

Bari Weiss hits the jackpot, showing millennials how to play the game. Ben riffs. Laurie Glenn reflects on MAGA lite’s ability to justify and embrace policies and p…

Here we go again!
10/08/2025

Here we go again!

Bari Weiss hits the jackpot, showing millennials how to play the game. Ben riffs. Laurie Glenn reflects on MAGA lite’s ability to justify and embrace policies and p…

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