Consulting

Leverage 25+ years of professional communications experience.

In her consulting work, Cynthia draws upon her experience as a communication manager for three local governments, post-secondary instructor, newspaper editor and writer to create impactful and easy to implement strategies and materials.

Working across sectors

By working with a wide range of clients, Cynthia implements best practices and lessons learned from her broad experience instead of focusing solely on one sector. Her clients benefit from this breadth of knowledge.

Some of her consulting clients include:

  • Local governments – City of Surrey, City of London, City of Kelowna, Capital Regional District, City of Coquitlam, Municipality of North Cowichan and more
  • Non-profits – Chatham-Kent Community Living, American Migraine Foundation, Quad County Support Services, Alice Saddy Association and more
  • First Nations – Cowichan Tribes
  • Independent schools – Crofton House, Queen Margaret’s School
  • Corporations – Enbridge Green Energy, BC Hydro, Chatham Kent Health Alliance, Siskinds Law Firm and more
  • Conference and professional development organizations
  • Small businesses
  • Entrepreneurs

While Cynthia offers a wide-range of services, what’s unique is she personally leads each project – no downloading to junior staff here. Her clients benefit from personalized attention and plan development based on their unique needs and goals. She sees herself as an extension of your team, providing the services you need when you need them.

Some of the core consulting services provided are:
  • Strategic communications and community engagement plan development and implementation
  • Crisis communications plan development, training and support during a crisis or issues management event
  • Strategic planning, creating plans that will actually be read
  • Branding and marketing strategy development
  • Meeting and workshop facilitation
  • Corporate training program development and facilitation
  • Media relations planning, training and implementation
  • Copywriting for a variety of mediums (ex. annual reports, articles, brochures, digital assets such as social media and websites)
  • Project management – coordinating and leading graphic designers, photographers, videographers and other professionals to ensure a seamless client experience
  • Communications audits – analysis of organization’s communications strengths, stretches and gaps, providing recommendations for growth 
  • Coaching – to help teams and individuals strengthen their communications skills
  • Event planning – plan development, coordination and management of event
  • Website development, refreshment and content creation
  • Contract administration – managing sub-contractors and central invoicing, providing a one-stop experience

Cynthia takes the time to get to know the needs of her clients, their organizational culture and vision for growth. Recognizing some projects require more hands, she works with a team of seasoned professionals, each with over 15 years of experience, to take a project from concept to implementation.

Lockrey Communications’ project team includes:
Cynthia is a strong believer in continuous development, having completed the following training:
  • IAP2 Foundations for Public Participation
  • ICS Levels 100, 200, 300, 400
  • ICS Public Information Officer and Liaison Officer
  • Multiple EOC courses in Ontario and British Columbia (with extensive hands-on experience as Public Information Officer and Liaison Officer)
  • Insights personality training