Power of the Pen: Communication as a Driver for Project Management and Stakeholder Engagement

Paul Haggard's background:

• 20+ years working with C-suite and client leadership in for-profit and non-profit organizations to define communications strategy, plans and build processes and teams

• Joined Accenture Public Service in August 2015 to provide strategic counsel to client and Accenture leadership regarding various projects.

• In my six years with Accenture, I have led programs for large corporations, government agencies and non-profits in Ohio, Michigan and Minnesota.More information to come.

Project Communications: Core Competencies

1. Help leadership define communications strategies and plans and build processes and teams.
2. Specialize in providing communication counsel and delivery to projects.
3. Provide a neutral, third-party leadership perspective on issues and challenges.
4. Mobilize knowledgeable, flexible and local Communications experts who deliver.
5. Drive out unique Communications challenges and opportunities and their strategic solutions by building new and leveraging existing strong, consultative relationships with leadership and decision makers.
6. Partner with project delivery leaders to build new process, tools and systems across the project.
7. Align and collaborate with and support other organization’s Communications staff.
8. Definemeasures,conductongoingassessmentandreporting.