Strategic Communications Counsel

An effective communications strategy is based on knowing what you want to communicate, who you want to reach, and what you want to achieve. Burness Communications offers effective strategic communications counsel grounded in decades of experience – not only in public relations but also in government, journalism, and the nonprofit and foundation sectors.

We have helped position many of our clients at the forefront of important issues by anticipating information needs and potential crisis situations. In addition to ongoing counsel, our services include:

• Creating large-scale strategic communications plans that identify an organization’s goals, target audiences, key messages, and effective activities
• Conducting audits to assess current communications activities and suggest strategies to help raise the visibility of an organization
• Providing timely and nuanced counsel in response to urgent communications problems