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Strategy urges for strategy communication

After a bundle of workshops, a new business strategy is finally ready. Congratulations! But to be honest, the real work is still ahead. Even a brilliant business strategy is very easy to kill before it gets to take off, and the easiest recipe for this is to forget your own people when communicating the strategy. This serious mistake is still unfortunately common failure in many organizations.

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Lessons learned from my year in a client organization

The end of 2022 also brought to a close my one-year post as one of our international clients’ Interim Communications Manager. I spent approximately one third of my time covering for an Internal Communication Manager who was on family leave. The experience was eye-opening and inspiring. So what did I learn and what tips could I give to someone thinking about leasing an external expert on a fixed-term contract?

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Stakeholder-oriented project communication brought manageability to wind power projects

OX2, one of the Europe’s leading developers of renewable energy sources chose Brunnen as its partner in Finland almost five years ago. Our common goal was to create optimal conditions for the success of wind power projects. Strategic communication and stakeholder expectation management were harnessed at the heart of the infrastructure projects.

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Health technology developer decided to attract new talent by building better visibility and stronger brand

Varian is a major player in Finland’s software development market. When the company partnered up with Brunnen at the start of 2019, its priority was to recruit new talent. The team of 250 professionals was looking to grow by 40 new experts.

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Urbaser achieved its goals through determined communication

Environmental management company Urbaser Oy and Brunnen teamed up a couple of years back. A strong strategic partnership in communication and systematic brand visibility efforts have assisted Urbaser in achieving its revenue goals.

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Business and communication – higher performance through better leadership and strategic communication

What role does communication play in your business? Do your executives know how to use comms to really promote your organization? Has all its potential been harnessed in the pursuit of a common vision, or are you stuck in the rut of routines?

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A bold spokesperson adds a breath of fresh air to the real estate market

Communication partnership: Habita & Brunnen Brunnen has been the communication partner of Finland’s largest independent real estate agency, Habita, for eight years. Since the beginning, the partnership has been characterized by 100% transparency and trust in succeeding together.

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Now it’s time to celebrate! We won three golds and Brunnen is the Comms Agency of the Year 2022

The Finnish Comms Awards, the top-quality, most prestigious communications event in Finland, culminated yesterday with a superb awards gala. Three of our client cases received awards as the best PR assignments of 2022! On top of this, the jury voted Brunnen as the Comms Agency of the Year 2022.

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15.11.

Brunnen has been named a finalist in the highly appreciated SABRE Awards PR agency competition

Exceptionally great news! We have been named a finalist in the SABRE Awards 2022 EMEA PR agency competition. Our work with Finnish Kennel Club 'Covid caused a dog ownership boom, but a dog is not a toy' communicated against unethical puppy farming.

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28.4.

Impact management is now in demand

Europe is experiencing its most serious situation in decades. Russia’s widespread indefensible attack on western values and international right is also reflected at the desks of communications experts – directly and, for many, also indirectly.

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PRBI Barometer: The year 2022 will focus on strategic communication

PR agencies are now most in demand about strategic communication skills, media relations and crisis communication skills. The results are shown in the annual PRBI barometer, which examines the views of PR agencies in more than 40 countries on changes in the demand for PR services and priorities. Regardless of their geographical location, the majority (67%) of agencies believe that the demand for PR services they provide will be slightly higher than in 2021. According to respondents, clients’ PR budgets will either remain unchanged or increase slightly.

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18.1.

Brunnen receives two gold awards at Finnish Comms Awards

Two of our client cases were recognized as the best PR assignments of 2021 in Finland’s most important communications awards event. The highly qualified and diverse jury of 36 members evaluated not just the quality of communications planning but also focused on collaboration with the client.

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