The toolkit
Canvases, templates, checklists, worksheets and calculators to use today. Each one is built on a named framework, explained with its sources, and ready to fill in here, print or download. What you type stays in your browser.
Canvases1
One page that holds a whole idea, filled in together.
Templates2
The documents a plan needs, with the headings already right.
- The positioning statement: for, who, is a, that, unlike, becauseOne sentence that says who the brand is for, what it is, what it does better than the alternative and why anyone should believe it. The fill-in-the-blank form credited to Geoffrey Moore, checked against Keller's points of parity and difference.
- The agency brief template: the client's business brief to every agencyThe brief a client sends to its agencies and internal teams: where the business is now, where it needs to be, who it must reach, what the work must achieve, the budget, timing and rules, and how success will be measured. One brief for every discipline, after the industry's joint briefing guides.
Checklists1
What to check before it goes out, ticked off as you go.
Worksheets1
Questions to work through, one decision at a time.
Calculators1
The arithmetic behind a rule of thumb, with its source and its limits.