Projects
From light bulbs, donuts, and milk to seafood and health insurance, one has a chance to work with a great many clients over forty years. While each challenge is different, one common theme binds a vast portfolio of challenges together: an orientation on a measurable end-game. It’s not how you solve a problem so much as why the juice is worth the squeeze. Thinking like a business owner simplifies strategy and cuts out waste. Better return on marketing investment? You bet. More fun, too.
P. Andrew Hamilton, Esq., Partner
Katahdin Law
I have worked as an attorney in Maine and New England for almost 40 years with great clients whose complex opportunities and challenges often require me to engage with a range of professional colleagues in environmental, litigation, and economic development efforts. In community, State, and federal efforts, when our client matters at require the talents of other professionals; I often seek out the best colleagues in the areas of communications, engineering, and science. Brenda Garrand often stands out as a very committed and highly competent project team member.
Working with Brenda elevates our best efforts for clients. We find Brenda to be deeply engaging, highly experienced, and uniquely expert in communications, strategic planning, and public and community relations. Through plans and actions, Brenda helps our clients be ready and engages stakeholders throughout significant events (including project design and permitting, litigation, and mediation in support of client business objectives). She is a top-shelf communicator and strategist with a substantial network of colleagues in Maine, greater New England, and Canada.
We recommend that if you face significant public relations challenges and you need an experienced communications professional who will focus the effort, Brenda is a thoughtful and effective colleague to call on.
Sarah Flink, PhD, Executive Director
CruiseMaine
Inventive, multi-faceted, and capable, Garrand Partners Intl. team helped a complex public/private collaboration of entities quickly develop a comprehensive communications program. We had a novel set of stakeholders and objectives and a tight timeline to launch our pilot destination management program for cruise tourism, PortShare Promise.
Brenda developed a unique brand and built a message and communications plan to promote it across multiple channels (while deftly accommodating some last-minute flaming arrows.) Throughout the project, Brenda was a consummate professional and enjoyable to work with.