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Expertise

Advocacy work before legislative and executive branch agencies

Coalition building and management

School bond and other non-partisan campaigns

Corporate positioning and profile enhancement

Earned media, speech and media training

Event planning for non-profit organizations

Expertise
Earned media, speech and media training

Part of establishing credibility for its clients is getting the client’s message out through the media.  Through years of experience working statewide with newspapers, radio and television, Arnold Public Affairs has a proven track record of gaining media coverage for its clients. 

Whether the client is seeking editorial endorsements for its issues or trying to get its message out through a particular medium, the firm can develop a strategy that will work.

Interaction with the media is a critical component of a successful business plan or political campaign. Positive communication with the media is a learned skill, one that requires practice, practice, and more practice.

Arnold Public Affairs prepares its clients for every aspect of media interaction, beginning with the basics of news gathering operations, how journalists work and how they prepare for media interviews. Clients are trained in personal presentation methods and media appearance skills and will learn how to handle confrontation from hostile journalists.

Arnold Public Affairs helps its clients to define their message, teaches them how to get that message across in any environment, and coaches them in the art of answering difficult questions.

The firm provides training for:

  • Public speaking engagements
  • Congressional and legislative testimony
  • Political debates
  • Television, radio and print media interviews
  • Press conferences
  • Ambush interviews
  • Crisis communications