Seattle, WA Public Relations Global Network (PRGN) Agency The Fearey Group Announces Addition of Two New PRGN Affiliates in Germany and Canada
Seattle Public Relations Global Network (PRGN) (www.prgn.com) agency The Fearey Group today announced the addition of two new PRGN affiliates in Germany and Canada. PRGN, the international network of leading independent public relations agencies, now numbers 40 independently-owned public relations agencies on six continents. The PRGN members approved the new agencies at its semi-annual meeting in New York late last month.
Joining the ranks of PRGN are cometis AG, a financial services and corporate communications consultancy near Frankfurt, Germany; and public relations agency Fantail Communications from Toronto, Canada.
“PRGN brings the best-of-the-best into one multi-continent public relations network,” said Pat Fearey, CEO of The Fearey Group and one of the founding members of PRGN. “I am so pleased to welcome Cometis and Fantail into our network. With these new additions, PRGN is stronger than ever.”
“We are delighted to welcome cometis and Fantail to PRGN,” said José Luiz Schiavoni, president of PRGN and chief executive of São Paulo, Brazil-based PR firm S2 Comunicação Integrada. “PRGN has experienced tremendous growth over the past few years and the addition of two new members further expands our global reach and will provide additional strategic resources for our members’ clients.”
New PRGN member agencies are:
cometis AG
Frankfurt (Wiesbaden), Germany
www.cometis.de
Cometis AG is a consultancy focused on financial and corporate communication. Founded in 2000 and originally based in Frankfurt, the company is now based in Wiesbaden, the capital of the German state of Hesse. Cometis’ team of about 20 employees commands long-standing experience in capital markets, the foundation of cometis’ top-of-the-range strategic, operational and methodical consulting services. Cometis has realized 14 IPO projects and two additional stock market listings over the past four years and established itself as a leading IR consultancy in Germany and throughout Europe.
Cometis also offers a broad range of services to clients for ongoing financial communication, including drafting content, designing quarterly and annual reports, investor presentations, press and ad hoc releases, corporate Web sites, organizing media and investor roadshows and preparing for annual shareholders' meetings. A key focus of the company’s consulting services is personal coaching for company representatives, including both individual media and financial coaching.
"We are extremely honored to be invited to join PRGN as a new member,” said CEO Michael Diegelmann. “This network brings together entrepreneurial communication specialists from all over the world. The experience they have already shared with us is invaluable for cometis and our clients. We look forward to offering our financial expertise for international companies that want to communicate in the heart of Europe."
Fantail Communications, Inc.
Toronto, Ontario
www.fantailinc.com
Fantail Communications Inc. is an award-winning Toronto-based public relations agency delivering results for growing and changing organizations. New challenges, clients with spunk and collaborative relationships are all cornerstones of the firm’s marketing and corporate communications practices. Fantail’s team of senior advisors has worked both on the big agency and client side, yet are truly entrepreneurs at heart. Clients range from a global bank and technology leader, to national food companies, the world’s leading book club, a university, regional health associations and local professional services firms. In all cases, the agency offers communications strategy expertise, inspiring ideas, quantifiable outcomes and a roll-up-the-sleeves work philosophy. In addition to traditional PR agency services, Fantail specializes in sponsorship activation, social media campaigns and corporate social responsibility programs.
“At Fantail, we’re big believers in innovation and charting new territory for our clients. We are delighted with the invitation to join PRGN,” said Jim Warrington, President of Fantail Communications. “What better way to give our clients greater reach and access to new markets and to a world of talent and ideas? And, other PRGN member agencies globally now have some firm feet on the ground in central Canada. It’s a win-win for all concerned.”
Public Relations Global Network:
Connected Thinking. Globally.
www.prgn.com
More than 1,000 clients across six continents depend on the combined resources of the Public Relations Global Network (PRGN) to deliver targeted public relations campaigns in more than 80 markets around the world. With revenues of more than $100 million (U.S.D.), PRGN is among the world’s top five public relations networks. PRGN harnesses the resources of 40 independent public relations firms, 50 offices and more than 800 communications professionals to connect international companies and organizations with individual and culturally diverse markets globally. Visit PRGN online at: www.prgn.com.
About The Fearey Group
The Fearey Group (www.feareygroup.com) is one of the leading independent public relation firms in the Pacific Northwest region. In its 29 years of providing public relations, public affairs, and marketing services, The Fearey Group has developed and implemented comprehensive public relations strategies for hundreds of clients. The company has attracted numerous high profile organizations, including Boeing Realty Corporation, Port of Seattle, Vulcan and Quadrant Corporation. Specialty services include public relations, public affairs/governmental relations, media relations, coalition building, entitlement strategy, community integration programs, marketing communications, special events, speaker’s platform, crisis communications and issues management.