In any given year, PCI’s roster of clients includes at least 35 associations, representing doctors, lawyers, home inspectors, real estate agents, zoos and aquariums, IT professionals and others.

Associations appeal to a variety of stakeholders and speak to disparate audiences. Our clients’ communications goals and challenges are as diverse as the professions they represent, and require thoughtful, strategic tailored solutions. 

We provide these solutions in a variety of ways – through long-term integrated communications campaigns or by jumping in to plan and implement a project or manage a crisis that might take weeks or months, or even just hours or days. 

We understand nonprofits because we work with them every day. Our nonprofit organization clients cut across all areas of concentration and collectively represent more than half of our business.

We understand how to navigate board-staff relationships, launch capital campaigns, build government and community relationships, maximize budgets and protect and enhance reputations.

Nonprofit clients turn to PCI because they trust us to go the extra mile to deliver results. Our senior consultancy model ensures experienced strategists and counselors actively manage programs to ensure their success.

PCI has extensive experience working with municipalities, park districts, schools, libraries and volunteer advocacy groups to help them develop a strategy for communicating a clear and compelling message to their audiences. They are messages that must do more than raise awareness and understanding. They need to motivate audiences to action that leads to a positive result. That means engaging them and encouraging them to care.  

We know what’s involved in working with government and publicly funded entities: budget constraints, elected boards, disclosure requirements and open meetings laws, election cycles and grassroots volunteers and activists.    

We have helped countless museums and entertainment venues make their case. We’ve successfully opened a number of iconic cultural organizations, national institutions, attractions, exhibits and outdoor experiences for museums, water parks, architecture centers, cruise lines and others. We partner with our clients to develop integrated campaigns that build buzz long before the doors open, deliver attendance to the event and sustain momentum long after the ribbon is cut.  

We have years of experience helping navigate every imaginable institutional issue — from stolen artifacts to shrinking budgets — working with the organization’s leadership, boards and top donors, providing ongoing counsel and being there with 24/7 support when an issue arises.