Barbara Brooks created Flamingo Strategies LLC to help clients stand up and stand out, through telling and sharing their stories of impact and purpose.
Hacking Away at Happiness is her blog.
Stand up. Stand out.
Client Highlights
my clients include universities, schools, businesses, nonprofits, and charitable organizations. For each one, I create distinctive content that engages stakeholders and inspires them to act.
Case Western Reserve University
HomeWorks!
Iliff School of Theology
Leprino Foods
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Morgridge Family Foundation
Portland State University Foundation
Reed College
Regis Jesuit High School
Syracuse University School of Information Studies
University of Colorado
University of Denver
Project gallery
Book Collaboration and More
I collaborated with Rebecca Chopp, chancellor emeritus of the University of Denver, on her best-selling memoir Still Me: Accepting Alzheimer’s Without Losing Yourself (Morgridge Family Foundation Publishing, 2024). I also broke the story when her devastating diagnosis was reversed.
ADVANCING FAMILY GENEROSITY
From 2022 to 2026, I served the Morgridge Family Foundation as director of communications and publishing. I led a web redesign, upgraded The Reach newsletter and blog, and collaborated with CEO Carrie Morgridge on Courage Money: A Guide to Becoming a Venture Philanthropist (MFF Publishing, 2025)
linking Mission to support
I provide ongoing content strategy and feature writing to help Regis Jesuit High School bring their advancement goals to life. My work has included interviewing dozens of students, teachers, and alumni for the Stories that Inspire blog, annual President’s Reports, and Inspire & Ignite 2025.
alumni magazine writing
I have written for many university publications, including CU Boulder’s The Coloradan. My cover story about how leadership is taught to undergraduates across the disciplines won a national CASE award. Two other alumni profiles are here and here.