KAI Awards
  • Communicator Award of Excellence for marketing/promotion, 2008
  • Communicator Award of Distinction for graphic design, 2008
  • Communicator Award of Distinction for communications planning, 2008
  • Initiative for a Competitive Inner City and Business Week Magazine Inner City 100
    • 2010: Hall of Fame
    • 2009: 11th
    • 2008: 27th
    • 2007: 30th
    • 2006: 33rd
  • Inner City 100, 27th fastest-growing inner city business in the United States (Initiative for a Competitive Inner City and Inc. Magazine), 2008
  • Inner City 100 (30th), 2007
  • Inner City 100 (33rd), 2006
  • SPARK Award of Excellence for graphic design, 2008 (Spokane Regional Marcom Association)
  • SPARK Awards of Merit for graphic design and communications planning, 2008
  • SPARC Award of Merit, Spokane Public Relations Council, 2003
  • SBA Minority Small Business Person of the Year for Eastern Washington, 2006
  • Gannett Freedom Forum's 1999 "Free Spirit Award" for recognition of Jo Ann Kauffman's community activism protecting the rights of Native American communities to seek redress under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
  • Washington’s 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies, (Puget Sound Business Journal) 2007 and 2005
Testimonials
Jo Ann is very respectful. She is a great listener. She can take a group of people that have very dissimilar interests and move them into working on solutions to problems.
Linda Jones, Manager of Natural Resources and Communication
Grant County Public Utility District
(Quoted in The Spokesman Review, Sept 12, 2003)
One of five great Indian-owned small businesses.
American Indian Report
Comments From Clients
Your facilitation helped us over some rough spots, and it was great to finish early and on time.
KAI, Inc. was well organized, our facilitator was thorough and helpful, and our team enjoyed a full week of professional dialogue as we reviewed our group of grants.
You did a really nice job of keeping a disparate group of people on task as well as feeling supported through thick or thin.
You did a super job with the onsite logistics. Our conference was a success. Thank you!