What We Do

 
 
  We operate in four areas:
  1. Corporate Communications & Public Relations, based generally on a modified version of the Canadian Public Relations Society’s definition.
  2. Corporate Transformations, generally a customized approach based on client’s needs and cycle on the change curve.
  3. Marketing Communications, concentrating on public relations, corporate communications, advertising and sales promotion techniques that drive sales
  4. Interpersonal Business Communications, comprised of specific, actionable, and measurable skills, referred to in many career ads as "Must have excellent communications skills."

Our Areas of Expertise
1. Corporate Communications & Public Relations
includes, but is not limited to:

  • Communications strategies and plans
  • Community relations/outreach programs
  • Crisis communications
  • Communications research
  • Government relations
  • Employee/internal communications
  • Industry communications
  • Interview training and Key Message preparation
  • Media relations
  • Personal profile development and coaching
  • Project management
  • Presentation preparation and training
  • Publication management
  • Shareholder communications
  • Speechwriting
  • Special events management
  • University/education relations
  • Writing (editorial, advertising, brochure and web copy)

2. Corporate Transformations includes, but is not limited to:

  • Attitude surveys of internal audiences
  • Aligning processes to new desired behaviours
  • Benchmarking your organization against best practices
  • Change management strategies
  • Drivers of change
  • Executive coaching to help align "say-do"
  • Mapping new desired behaviours
  • Seminal change/kick-off events
  • Sustaining change and preventing "change fatigue"

3. Our Marketing Communications consulting includes product development and market analysis, and creative strategy and implementation.

  • Product concept analysis
  • Market analysis
  • Introduction strategies
  • Sales promotion design and production coordination
  • Advertising concepts, and production management
  • Full product / service media relations programs

4. Our Interpersonal Business Communications services includes a full multi-module training program covering such topics as:

  • Listening skills
  • Giving feedback
  • Delegating
  • Managing meetings
  • Presentations with impact
  • Writing memos and e-mail that people act on

 

 

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