Welcome to KBC – Kevin Brown Communications
BIG News at KBC. I am now working in Ottawa! My wife and I moved here earlier this year to live closer to our son and his family. Big change, new challenges, new opportunities, and new adventures. I am thrilled to begin this chapter in my life.
For those I have not met yet, KBC is a sole-proprietor PR and Communications consulting company. I have spent the past 30 years assisting First Nations, companies, and organizations tell their stories and build meaningful relationships.
Much of my work during the past 5 years has been focused on helping clients begin their journey on the ‘Road to Reconciliation’. Canada, the Provinces and Territories are in the process of developing new relationships with Indigenous people. I would welcome a conversation with you about how your community, company or organization can get started.
I have operated KBC for the past 21 years and served clients in BC and Alberta. Prior to starting KBC, I worked in community relations for the forest industry in Northern BC. Prior to that I spent almost a year in government communications. The foundation for my PR career was a decade in the media. Most of my media time was spent with CBC Radio News. My combined media and PR history allows me to bring a unique perspective to communications and public relations. I look forward to sharing my experiences with new clients here in Ontario.
When people ask me what KBC does, I provide this brief response. “I help clients tell their story and build meaningful relationships on a foundation of trust.”
I also tell people what they need to hear, not what they want to hear. Better to hear it from me at the ‘front-end’ of a new project, program or community or audience engagement process versus getting too far down the project track and encountering costly challenges.
Before you can tell your story, I help you figure out what it is. Once we know what your story is, we figure out who needs to know about it. Once we know what the story is and what audiences need to know about it, we figure out the most effective way to share the story. I bring a ‘fresh perspective’ to help you and your organization work through this formula.
Effective communication is the first step to building meaningful relationships. Not much happens these days without building meaningful relationships, generating support for a new project or program, and then enjoying shared benefits of the collaboration. This is especially true when the proposed project or program intersects with First Nations and Indigenous groups. Meaningful relationships are required for the journey on the ‘Road to Reconciliation’. Let me help you plan, prepare, and enjoy the journey.
If your story is not true and you are not truthful about why you want to build relationships, your proposed project or new program will fail. One of the key learnings I have realized in my 30+ years in PR is that ‘It’s about trust’. People either trust you or they don’t. No trust equals no success. I counsel my clients to walk their truth and talk their truth even when some may not want to accept their truth. If you are not honest with yourself, you won’t be trusted by others. As I have quoted many times over the years from one of my favourite Clint Eastwood movies, ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’, Good, bad, or ugly… give it to me straight! Most people are forgiving when they trust someone. Let me help you, give it them straight and build trust in the process.
P: 250.613.9369
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