THE ‘HOW’ OFTEN CHANGES. THE ‘WHY’ RARELY DOES.
We help our clients do three main things;
Create Compelling Messages.
Connect With Who Matters.
Influence Attitudes and Behaviors.
Whether accessing audience insights, choosing the right channels and tools or developing the content, we create solutions to match client goals.
Then we direct our team of expert partners, each with deep expertise in specific areas of marketing, to execute — on time and on budget.
It’s a formula that brings together the right people at just the right time and allows us to remain strategy-driven, creative, cost effective and nimble.
And every client benefits from experienced leadership.
Sharon Stevens APR, FCPRS
Founder & CEO
Founder & CEO
As a communication strategist and business owner for more than 25 years, Sharon has repeatedly demonstrated how marketing communication strategies and programs create results.
Sharon’s career path has traversed the country. She worked for large PR and advertising agencies in Toronto and Halifax before founding Communication Solutions in BC in 1996. Since then the company has created successful marketing communication programs for governments, private businesses and non-profits in almost every sector. For many years, she and her team were noted national experts in social marketing of environment and health. More recently Sharon pivoted to work closer to home and focus on the medical and health industry as well as marketing strategy and project management for community and real estate developments in southern BC.
Sharon is an active volunteer. She served many years as a Rotarian, currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Kamloops Food Bank and she supports women’s education through a philanthropic organization called PEO.
Time away from her desk typically involves hiking, biking or skiing with the family dog in tow.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Applied Arts (Radio and Television) – Ryerson University, Toronto
- APR Accreditation – Canadian Public Relations Society, Ottawa
- College of Fellows – Canadian Public Relations Society, Ottawa
- Certificate – Crisis Communication, Institute to Crisis Management, Kentucky
- Certificate – Advanced Facilitation, Facilitation First, Toronto
- 200 Hr. Certified Yoga Teacher – YogaPod/Yoga Alliance
- Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary Foundation
Cool experiences that don’t fit in the resume;
- Worked for CTV Host Broadcaster for 1988 Calgary Olympics at the Ski Jump Venue.
- Held meeting with airline client while in the jump seat of the 747 cock-pit enroute to Vegas.
- Led the marketing campaign for what was, at the time, the largest privatization in Canadian history – Nova Scotia Power.
- Qualified as a supplier of communication & creative services to the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.
- Co-Authored a book which has been downloaded from Springer.com more than 35,000 times.
- Selected by Profit Magazine W100 as one of Canada’s top women entrepreneurs.
We’ve Collected The Hardware To Prove It!
Recognized as ‘best in the business’ by industry and peer-reviewed awards programs.
- British Columbia Medical Association Award of Excellence for Health Promotion
- International Association of Business Communicators Gold Quill Award of Excellence
- Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals Gold MARCOM Award
- Canadian Public Relations Society Award of Excellence
- International Association of Business Communicators Gold Quill Award of Excellence
- International Public Relations Association Golden Globe Award for Excellent in Public Relations
- Health Care Public Relations Association of Canada Award of Excellence
- Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP) HERMES Creative Award
- Canadian Home Builders Association (Central Interior) Keystone Award for Excellence in Marketing
We’ve Collected The Hardware To Prove It!
Recognized as ‘best in the business’ by industry and peer-reviewed awards programs.
- British Columbia Medical Association Award of Excellence for Health Promotion
- International Association of Business Communicators Gold Quill Award of Excellence
- Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals Gold MARCOM Award
- Canadian Public Relations Society Award of Excellence
- International Association of Business Communicators Gold Quill Award of Excellence
- International Public Relations Association Golden Globe Award for Excellent in Public Relations
- Health Care Public Relations Association of Canada Award of Excellence
- Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP) HERMES Creative Award
- Canadian Home Builders Association (Central Interior) Keystone Award for Excellence in Marketing
Our Commitments
We seek to make a positive contribution to our profession, clients and community. We’re committed to;
- An ethical approach that is truthful, transparent, accountable and inclusive of all cultures and beliefs
- A strategic practice that advances the overall goals of the organizations we serve
- A responsibility to advance our profession and the competence of those we mentor
Here’s how we’ve walked the talk;
- Canadian Representative to the Public Relations Society of America Counsellors Academy
- Accreditation Exam Evaluator for APR Candidates for Canadian Public Relations Society
- Board of Directors – Kamloops Food Bank
- Former Chair, International Youth Exchange, Downtown Rotary Club
- Marketing Committee – CPRS National Conference, Vancouver
- Contributor, CPRS National Leadership Summit, Envisioning the Next Decade of PR in Canada
