Nancie Poppema

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Nancie is one of CCA's chief strategists for high-risk situations. Her experience ranges from congressional hearings of stakeholder interactions to civil/regulatory litigation. She is also fully experienced in all facets of CCA's issue-orientated communication skills labs. Ms. Poppema joined CCA in 1986, armed with fourteen years experience as a skilled and perceptive executive speech coach, speech writer, and issues specialist for technically orientated firms. She holds a B.S. in Rhetorical Strategy and Debate and an M.A. in Oral Communication. Poppema's strategic expertise is invaluable in preparing executives and technical personnel for high-risk situations including Congressional investigations, crisis readiness, media interviews, public meetings, contract "orals," FDA drug approvals, litigation, and issue resolution.

The Communication Counsel of America (CCA) prepares teams for high-risk, high-stakes situations. They ready teams for extreme controversy or the pursuit of rich opportunities.

Since the founding of CCA, their team has amassed considerable breadth and depth in fortifying organizations for litigation, stakeholder interactions, crises, media investigations, the pursuit of new markets, winning government approval for proposals and controversial projects, and the exploration of uncharted waters.

Some Strategies Include:

· Strategic counsel based on in-depth, issue-orientated research and analysis
· Working with clients to formulate sound communication strategies
· Bringing teams to one mind on controversial issues
· Preparing for critically important communication environments by conducting a series of private, issue-based, hands-on communication labs for key individuals
· Significantly increasing the clients' credibility with target audiences and, when applicable, winning approval from decision makers

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