Kristen Kahlen started MEMO Communications after enough life experience – entrepreneurial, broad-based and sufficiently quirky – accumulated into credibility. Taken as a whole, these experiences taught Kristen how to listen and see differently. They developed into an uncommon ability to make ideas, words and images clearer and more refined. This is the fundamental service that she and her team offer their clients through MEMO Communications. In addition to learning in the “university of life,” Kristen has extensive academic training – her degree is in Intercultural Communication, an area of study enhanced by many years of living abroad in both Europe and Asia. Her studies also include design, psychology of the soul, and Spanish culture and language. Kristen’s liberal arts background confirms for her that striving for the Good, the True, and the Beautiful may be an ancient notion, but it’s not old-fashioned. Kristen’s work experience covers an unusual array of industries. In the design arena she is a product developer and art director; in the words-and-ideas realm she is a writer and creative advisor; in fitness and health she co-owned, marketed and promoted an education and training company; in the human potential/personal growth industry she produced experiential executive courses. This constellation of skills and experiences results in a professional ally with insight, perspective, and style, which she slyly refers to as “Yoda meets Prada.” MEMO Communications isn’t only about Kristen Kahlen. She has built a team of independent contractors – some of the region’s best graphic artists, photographers, writers and others – to round out the skill sets needed for more complex projects. Together they take great pleasure in combining vision, values and volition, while not forgetting that humor is the handiest tool in the box.