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 Community Engagement demands a commitment to talk confidently with the local community.
O'Reilly Consulting is a Community Engagement, Public Relations & Media Issues Management consultancy in Adelaide, South Australia. As a specialist in business & community relations, we assist companies and organisations to relate with external groups that have the potential to impact your current or future business operations. We work for large corporate and mining industry companies needing to relate to their communities.
We are expert at repairing communications problems...
Mike O’Reilly FPRIA has high level skills in ethically advising and managing community & stakeholder groups. This may include talking face-to-face with the general public, localised community, special interest groups, media commentators, government agencies, parliamentary or regulatory bodies.
Fact: If a client is developing a Major Project of any type, all these forums require sensitive contact during the pre-planning phase. Leaving it to chance is too late. O'Reilly Consulting works with with social planning company Gould Thorpe Planning to help major development projects relate and engage with the community.
Mike’s personal experience covers high level roles in Government and Media in Public Relations counsel, Community Consultation, Industrial Relations, Journalism, Marketing, Politics and Strategic Political Advice. His time in newspaper, television and radio journalism at senior levels ensures a strong media network and an understanding of the industry. This is matched by corporate commercial skills which focus on the ‘bottom line’ outcome for clients.
A background in the large corporate field with a major beverage and packaging company and later in the political arena ensure a unique mix of management experience in tactical communications. A feature is an ability to work on projects for out-of-state, or offshore management teams using portable Internet and 'iCloud computing' connections. We are at the sharp edge of this efficient and independent way of working. Mike has worked in high level politics in South Australia, as well as the Northern Territory, variously working for a Chief Minister and a State Premier as an advisor in Media, Communications & Marketing. He has worked on Federal & State Government projects in the past decade, winning awards with professional bodies including the Public Relations Institute, International Business Communicators and the Australian Marketing Institute. He is a Fellow status Member of the PRIA.
Prior to starting this company, Mike was a Corporate Affairs Manager for a large diversified beverage and industrial company. Before that he was a senior journalist in Print, TV & Radio, ending this period as an editorial staff manager & senior reporter with News Corporation.
We are a strategically managed consultancy, working with local Associates and interstate Affiliates, who are chosen for their matching qualities. We maximise a client's reputation while keeping the bottom line positive. |
