Brief History

Stone Group is an association management firm with extensive professional experience in nonprofit organization, communication, public relations, research, and government affairs. We build small groups into large organizations through professional, programmed planning and implementation.

Stone Group associates have long and varied practical experience in corporate, nonprofit and government environments. Colleagues with credentials in web technology, database analysis and budgeting collaborate on numerous client projects. Merging expertise and forging alliances have led to a reputation for consensus building in biomedical research, oral health care, science funding, journalism/mass media, literature, and other areas.

Located in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, Stone Group has access to decision-makers in government, media and advocacy. From newsletters and annual reports to event planning and fundraising, the Stone Group professionalizes small organizations as they compete for membership, funding and attention in their respectively crowded fields. Motivating targeted audiences and building organizational interest is the Stone Group's specialty.

Contact the Stone Group and let us take your association to its next higher level of success.

Clients agree Stone Group’s written reports are precise, insightful and readable.

Stone Group has several research experts whose published work includes two textbooks and dozens of scholarly articles on research methods. The approach is to meet reliability threshold standards of sample size, randomness and depth of analysis, and at minimum expense. Research expertise includes:

survey research (phone, mail, in-person, intercepts and e-mail)
focus groups
content analysis
computer programming

 

Clients (partial list)

Friends of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research; American Association of Anatomists; Shakespeare Oxford Society; Special Events Sites Marketing Alliance; Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology; Blue Cross-Blue Shield; St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital; New York Times; Holiday Inn; Federal Express; Kraft Foods Inc.; Deafness Research Foundation; Fenn-King Communication; Bivings Woodell Inc.; Newspaper Association of America; Los Angeles Herald Examiner; Friends of the National Library of Medicine; Text and Academic Authors Association; Memphis Commercial Appeal; International Paper Co.; Memphis Housing Authority; Shelby County Community College; University of Memphis; Southern Illinois University; WSIU-FM, City of Carbondale; Kent State University; University of Tennessee-Chattanooga; Kemp Mill Civic Association.