Welcome to KBC – Kevin Brown Communications
Hello everyone. My move to Ottawa in March (2024) to live closer to our son has exceeded expectations. I am also enjoying volunteer work with the Ottawa Food Bank and Canadian Forces Morale and Wellness Society which has provided an excellent opportunity for me to begin to get to know and contribute to my new community.
My principle focus for KBC in 2025 will be to continue to provide clients with skilled facilitation and excellent PR services. Of all the opportunities I have enjoyed in both PR and communications, facilitating meetings and conferences, and helping clients build excellent working relationships have brought me the most meaningful rewards.
My time in radio news helped me develop excellent public speaking skills and to feel comfortable speaking in front of crowds, small or large. I have used these skills often during my time in PR and always felt privileged to have had the opportunity to facilitate meetings and gatherings and help people feel safe sharing their views, concerns, and solutions. Our world has grown increasingly polarized in recent years and almost every new proposed project or program is met with some level of controversy. Opposition can often stall a proposed project or program and delays mean higher costs. A skilled facilitator can help bring people together to determine whether there are solutions which can allow the project or program to proceed and ultimately contribute to the bottom-line.
I facilitate meetings of all sizes both public and private. I work with the organizers to ensure that the meeting agenda will result in successful outcomes and to ensure that the meetings protocols will ensure a safe, supportive environment for everyone.
I also facilitate conferences, gatherings and occasionally, large conventions held over multiple days. I am skilled at keeping the program moving forward through a combination of excellent clock management and at the same time, keeping things lite and professional as I facilitate.
I used to counsel my clients that if they did not have a plan, they would never enjoy progress. No Plan, No Progress. I still believe this more strongly now than ever.
But these days I am more inclined to tell clients, ‘No Relationships, No Success’. Without developing excellent working relationships with those impacted by a proposed project or program, they may not succeed. Governments and regulators require proof that your company or organization has effectively engaged with stakeholders utilizing effective, two-way communications and meaningful engagement.
I can help you determine what relationships are required to ensure success for your proposed project or program. I can work on my own or with your team to develop a PR (Relationships) Plan.
I can support implementation of the PR Plan by mentoring and coaching your leadership and PR teams. This provides an excellent return-on-investment (ROI) as your staff become more skilled and experienced.
And of course, I can support you by facilitating public meetings. Especially those which are likely to attract people opposed to your project or program. Often having a third-party facilitator who is not an employee of the proponent company or organization, is better able to help find middle-ground or loosen any log-jams that could hold-up or derail the proposed project or program.
You may never convince everyone that your proposed project or program will contribute to progress however that may be measured. But the working relationships you develop, and support can result in greater respect for your company or organization and approval from governments and regulators to allow you to proceed.
When people ask me what I really like to do, my short answer is “I like to bring people together and help them develop a path to progress.” I believe very strongly that when people work together almost anything is possible. I believe it because I have seen it happen many times during my PR career. I bring the positive energy and glass-half-full philosophy and help people identify the path forward to success and build good working relationships in the process. How I achieve this outcome varies from situation to situation, but the basic model remains the same.
Given the recent political changes in the United States and the current political and economic changes underway in our own country, I can safely say that I have never seen people more divided in their views on just about every topic. I have spent four decades operating in the Court of Public Opinion both as a radio news journalist and in public relations. I am a skilled facilitator who will bring people together, better understand the challenges and opportunities and develop solutions that lead to progress. Differences aside, most people want to see progress for their kids and grandkids and communities. The first step is to bring them together in a safe, respectful space and allow a skilled facilitator to go to work.
If you need someone at the front of the room with positive energy who loves progress and success, please contact me.
I used to tell my clients, “No plan, no progress”. I still tell them this and feel as strongly as I ever have about it. Thankfully in recent years as Canada has embarked upon a journey on the ‘Road to Reconciliation’ with its Indigenous citizens, I am also inclined to say, “No relationships, no success”. This applies not only to working with Indigenous communities and organizations but to community groups and organizations, specific stakeholders, and individuals with an interest in your proposed project or program.
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