Kathy Watson

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Stu Watson

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What We Can Do for You

Five years ago, Watson x 2 began serving the communications needs of its clients. As our clients challenged us to do more than deliver clever messages to target audiences, we expanded the ways in which we helped them.

Rather than simply tell a company's story, we help them shape a company worth talking about. The story of what a company does and who its people are and how the world thinks of it are, ultimately, one and the same thing. Become a good story, and your story becomes you. That's our focus. We help organizations create and tell compelling stories ... because our stories become us.

Sustainable Development

In the future, all organizations will seek to be sustainable. They will seek the balance point where their actions equally support the economy, environment and social equity. No company arrives at the point of sustainable equilibrium without a great deal of long-range planning. We understand the critical thinking that must occur across operations. We understand how to communicate that internally and externally. Early adopters of sustainable practices will win in the marketplace. We are "true believers," and we'll help you get there.

Internal Communications and Workplace Team Building

As your company grows and changes, how will you bring everyone along? As editors at Oregon Business Magazine, we created "100 Best Companies to Work For in Oregon." The best companies do not leave corporate culture to chance: They work to foster commitment and excellence at every level. Is your culture prepared to meet your company's next hurdles? We can help you clear the bar.

Project & Team Management Achieving greatness is a team event. From meeting facilitation to consensus-building, from training to project oversight, we can coach, review and evaluate your company teams as they take on planning tasks, especially in the areas of marketing, communications and sustainable development.

Research and Competitive Intelligence

We are aggressive in our approach to exhaustive, direct, personal information-gathering, including one-on-one interviewing, Internet and traditional text-based research. Knowledge is power.

Conflict Resolution

We've crisscrossed Oregon for more than 20 years, building relationships with leaders in communities, in economic development organizations and in state, local and national government. We have played a role in conflict resolution between rural and urban, business and labor, and the old and the new in Oregon's economy. We know how to foster real dialogue between competing interests. Completion of Basic Mediation Training has brought further focus to our dispute resolution capacity.

Public and Media Relations

Your image and reputation are valuable assets that require careful management. We're skilled at crafting and delivering messages both to the media and to stakeholders.