Communications and leadership training designed to level up your organization’s reputation and resilience.
Leadership matters, more than ever. In the midst of organizational and societal shifts, leaders who project strength and communicate clearly and with empathy can earn confidence, reduce risk and improve reputationally, even when crisis hits.
Introducing the ChangeMakers Training Academy
Helping leaders build organizational readiness and resilience.
For more than 40 years, we have delivered training services informed by a deep understanding of the North American media landscape, trends in issues management and crisis communications.
From government officials to c-suite executives, we are proud to work alongside the world’s biggest brands and help non-profit, private, as well as public sector leaders put big ideas onto the public agenda.
Our team has built training programs that go beyond theory, bringing our real-world experience to deliver workshops that prepare organizations for meaningful communications with the media, analysts, regulators, customers, shareholders and employees.
Invest in your reputation with the ChangeMakers Training Academy.
Training Offerings
Spokesperson Media Training
Issues and Crisis Communications
Plain Language Writing and Editing
Communications Planning 101
Effective Presentations
Dealing with Disruptions
Public Engagement
Brand Journalism for Social Media
We’re happy to also offer customized training based on organizational or leadership needs.
Training Format
When it comes to training, we adapt to your organization’s needs. Sessions can be facilitated in a group setting as well as one-on-one, in-person and virtually. Workshops can be regularly planned and scheduled or set up due to an urgent issue (e.g., resulting in a high-stakes interview).
We create custom simulations that introduce participants to the critical components of a crisis communications plan and give them an opportunity to practise the key steps in response planning and communications.
Roanne Argyle
She/Her
President, Reputation Management
Robert Gemmill
President, U.S.
Kim Blanchette
She/Her
EVP, Castlemain
Megan Gabriel
EVP, Reputation, Risk, & Advisor
Vasie Papadopoulos
VP, Corporate & Public Affairs
Hilary Friesen
She/Her
VP, Social Change
Rachel Cohen
Senior Account Manager
Stasa Veroukis-Regina
Director, Class Action Advisory and Communications
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Land acknowledgement, truth and reconciliation action plan
ChangeMakers offices and team members are located across North America within the traditional, Treaty, and unceded territories of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples.
Our team is currently engaged in the development of a Truth and Reconciliation Action Plan for our company. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada called upon the corporate sector in Canada to “adopt the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as a reconciliation framework and to apply its principles, norms, and standards to corporate policy and core operational activities involving Indigenous peoples and their lands and resources” (Call to Action 92).
Our Action Plan is an important measure we are taking as a company and we look forward to updating with more information about this plan and the actions that reflect our commitments as a team.