About Us ...
Engaging Citizens, Governments and Ideas
McKenney & Skaling Inc is an Ottawa based business development and public affairs consulting firm that specializes in developing business opportunities, shaping public opinion and advancing public policy in support of our clients' objectives. As a leader in building the case and defining the debate, the team has consistently exceeded the expectations of our public, corporate and organizational clients.
In today's political and business climates, access alone will not affect policy and decisions. With a comprehensive slate of business and communications services, the McKenney & Skaling approach ensures that clients' activities relating to business, governments, the media and the public converge into one overall strategic message with a plan designed to advance projects from infancy through maturity to results.
With the lines between the public and private sector increasingly more interdependent and complex, public opinion and public support have emerged as key drivers in the policy decision making process. As a result, organizations compete not only in the business market but also in the marketplace of ideas. Political initiatives can create opportunities or destroy them. Understanding the climate, having the experience and knowledge of both the public and private sectors and having a strong voice are the key elements of survival in the competitive international business environment.
Whether your goals are major infrastructure projects or small town politics, in developing public policy options or in managing complex and controversial issues, our team has done it. We've advanced some of the most complicated business initiatives, public policy issues and political challenges and successfully set the tactics in motion to put our clients where they want to be.
In concert with our affiliate organizations, McKenney & Skaling will assemble a team with the right tools and resources to ensure that your project achieves results.
Available professional services include:
- Strategic business planning
- Strategic communications planning
- Consortia building
- Public private sector relationship development and management
- International Government Relations
- Media Relations
- Crisis and issues management
- Public opinion research
- Professional writing and editing
- ebusiness solutions and web design
- Brand development and advertising
- Event planning and management
All services are available in both of Canada's official languages (written and oral).