Kelly, The Crafty Communicator & Savvy Strategist

Kelly, The Crafty Communicator & Savvy Strategist Founder of ASC Concepts. Let's talk comms/messaging, professional development, and strategy! Concepts and a proud Chicagoan, solopreneur, and advocate.

Kelly Suzanne Saulsberry, The Crafty Communicator & Savvy Strategist™, Founder/Principal of A.S.C. She credits her family and former Chicago Mayor Harold Washington with inspiring her advocacy and career in social impact, service, and community-building that are grounded in humanistic values and democratic ideals. A strategist, communicator, and bridge-builder, Kelly brings over 15 years of experi

ence in the non-profit and public sectors where she directed policy, public engagement, programming, and strategic communications. In December 2023, Kelly launched A.S.C. Concepts, her social impact consulting boutique focused on the intersections of activation, strategy, and communications. She offers thought-partnership, strategy development, project management, communications, professional coaching, and facilitation. Through A.S.C. Concepts, she aims to propel individuals and organizations to activate their missions, connect with audiences, and accelerate change. Kelly treasures her five Cs- courage, curiosity, conviction, collaboration, and compassion- that guide what she does, how she does it, and with whom. She enjoys spending time with family and close friends over a shared meal, as well as long walks, good books, watching dramas and thrillers, and traveling.

: Are you meeting out of purpose or habit? If you run pointless meetings like the one in this hilariously true video, it...
03/20/2026

: Are you meeting out of purpose or habit?

If you run pointless meetings like the one in this hilariously true video, it's time to transform your attitude and approach. Make your meetings meaningful.

https://youtu.be/GadbAlQl8Ks?si=LNccxpfGhMpg0D_3

For more impact insights, like and follow here and join my newsletter community at www.asc-conceptsconsulting.com.

-Kelly, The Crafty Communicator & Savvy Strategist™

: Do you sound like this in interviews when asked to speak about your background and interest in the role?Do you speak l...
03/19/2026

: Do you sound like this in interviews when asked to speak about your background and interest in the role?

Do you speak like this in professional spaces when asked what your organization or company does?

Do you feel nervous, overwhelmed, or dread when speaking about yourself, your work, or your organization?

If so, you're not alone. I've been there but didn't stay there, and you don't have to either.

Together, let's get you speaking with greater clarity, confidence, conviction, and precision- in YOUR voice.

Schedule a complementary intro call with me at www.asc-conceptsconsulting.com.

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: 📣🥰 Happy Monday, Friends! I’m thrilled to share I’m working with two new clients whose missions and teams inspire me: ...
03/16/2026

: 📣🥰 Happy Monday, Friends! I’m thrilled to share I’m working with two new clients whose missions and teams inspire me: One Roof Chicago and Chicago Cares, the latter of whom is celebrating their 35th anniversary. Yay! Looking forward to a fruitful year ahead. Let the collaborations continue!

: Wondering about the benefits of professional coaching?Targeted coaching can move decisions and magnify your impact by ...
03/13/2026

: Wondering about the benefits of professional coaching?

Targeted coaching can move decisions and magnify your impact by helping you gain clarity, strengthen conviction, achieve alignment, and activate potential.

Learn more: 🔗https://wix.to/yrP8Kcz

Ready to accelerate your organization’s momentum?

: See the difference strategic messaging makes. Before: vague ask, scattered audience focus, missed opportunity. After A...
03/12/2026

: See the difference strategic messaging makes.

Before: vague ask, scattered audience focus, missed opportunity.

After ASC Concepts: clear audience framing, concise ask, compelling story arc — constituents, clients, community members, and customers activated.

✅ Learn how to turn attention into action. Like and follow for more, and visit www.asc-conceptsconsulting.com.

❔Which part of your message needs a rewrite? Tell us below.

💬📈

Facebook Village, are you struggling to bring your vision to life? If so, you're not alone.Start with clarity. Define ke...
03/09/2026

Facebook Village, are you struggling to bring your vision to life? If so, you're not alone.

Start with clarity. Define key strategic, time-bound actions. Create feedback loops. Assess, iterate, and pivot as needed. And breathe! You got this.

To book a call or to subscribe to Impact Signal, ASC's Concepts' community digest, visit www.asc-conceptsconsulting.com.


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: Savvy Squaddies, are you struggling to bring your vision to life? If so, you're not alone.Start with clarity. Define k...
03/09/2026

: Savvy Squaddies, are you struggling to bring your vision to life? If so, you're not alone.

Start with clarity. Define key strategic, time-bound actions. Create feedback loops. Assess, iterate, and pivot as needed. And breathe! You got this.

To book a call or to subscribe to Impact Signal, ASC's monthly digest, visit www.asc-conceptsconsulting.com.

🥁📣Drumroll please, LinkedIn Village! I’m thrilled to announce that ASC Concepts, my social impact consulting boutique, h...
12/16/2025

🥁📣Drumroll please, LinkedIn Village! I’m thrilled to announce that ASC Concepts, my social impact consulting boutique, has a brand-new website!

Two friendly requests- please and thank you. 🙂🙏🏾

1. Visit ASC’s new virtual home and share any feedback or questions you may have. Link in bio.

2. Subscribe to Impact Signal, our monthly community digest, for the scoop on savvy strategies, comms tips and tools, and coaching and consulting insights to help you align action with vision and deepen impact, and for the latest on ASC Concepts.

🙌🏾 Last, but not least, a huge shout-out to , who designed ASC’s logo. She is a supremely talented designer and branding specialist, and collaborating with her was a pure delight!

Thanks, All!

🥁📣Drumroll please, Savvy Squad! I'm thrilled to announce that ASC Concepts, my social impact consulting boutique, has a ...
12/10/2025

🥁📣Drumroll please, Savvy Squad! I'm thrilled to announce that ASC Concepts, my social impact consulting boutique, has a brand-new website!

Two friendly requests- please and thank you. 🙂🙏🏾

1. Visit ASC's new virtual home and share any feedback or questions you may have.

2. Subscribe to Impact Signal, our monthly community digest, for the scoop on savvy strategies, comms tips and tools, and coaching and consulting insights to help you align action with vision and deepen impact, and for the latest news on ASC Concepts. https://www.asc-conceptsconsulting.com/

🙌🏾 Last, but not least, a huge shout-out to Madison Rhymes, who designed ASC's logo. She is a supremely talented designer and branding specialist, and collaborating with her was a pure delight!

: Many thanks to Madison Rhymes, a talented graphic designer and branding specialist, for designing the logo for ASC Con...
11/18/2025

: Many thanks to Madison Rhymes, a talented graphic designer and branding specialist, for designing the logo for ASC Concepts, my social impact consulting boutique.

Working with Madison was a collaborative delight! She leads with curiosity, joy, and possibility, listens intently, and is a true collaborative partner.

I shared with her an amateur preliminary logo I had created in Canva to explore how I wanted my logo to visually represent what ASC Concepts and I are about. My design incorporated a mix of formal and informal fonts, colors that are calming and vibrant and can be taken seriously, a lotus flower that represents my spiritual practice and the purpose and beauty that can emerge from working through challenges and problems, and an incomplete circle that symbolizes open-ended questions and possibilities as opportunities to seize in partnership with clients and consultant partners.

I told Madison that my humble design was only an exercise for me, not a directive for her. Although I felt like I was showing the equivalent of stick figures to a professional illustrator, Madison was incredibly receptive and all in! She incorporated what was most meaningful to me, while bringing her valuable expertise and insight into the design process. The result is a powerful stunning logo that illustrates (pun intended) ASC Concepts' mission and values, and my sensibilities. The logo is unique, polished and approachable with the clarity, contrast, scalability, readability, and accessibility required to maintain its visual integrity across platforms, sizes, and file types.

I love Madison's creation and the process we embarked on together even more. In addition to being a brilliant designer and strategic thinker, she's the consummate professional; she communicates promptly and effectively, anticipates, follows up, problem-solves, and delivers!

I highly recommend Madison as your partner in bringing your design and branding aspirations to fruition, and I'm already looking forward to our next creative collaboration next month!

And without further ado, I am proud to debut ASC Concepts official logo here- one with the tagline, and the other without. I am one happy camper. Thank you, Madison!

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