Communication Services had its first Massachusetts Library Win when the Greenfield City Council voted to approve bonding for a new library! Communication Services has been working on this project for over a year. Officially from January through November of 2018 and unofficially until the vote on Wednesday, March 20th. The firm rebranded the library, built community support, created a political atmosphere where being opposed to the new library meant being opposed to the community, etc., ...

From the ASBO website: "ASBO has partnered with a local firm, Communication Services headed by Libby Post, to offer our regular members (chief school business officials) advice on handling press inquiries and other "crisis" type communications on issues facing the chief school business official such as OSC audit results, tax cap overrides, school transparency reports, and other finance matters.   Communication Services is a strategic communications, public affairs and branding/marketing firm ba...

At the October 2018 New England Library Association conference, Communication Services president, Libby Post, struck up a conversation with a robotics vendor, Michael Radice, chairman of the technology advisory board for ChartaCloud ROBOTTECA. ChartaCloud ROBOTTECA is the leading provider of the NAO robot and the world's leading provider of specialized use case software for the NAO robot to libraries, schools and children's pediatric hospitals. But, they needed to find a way to help t...

Both of Communication Services' electoral clients won their campaigns this November. Bryan Clenahan will be Guilderland's new Town Justice and Dan Coffey will serve on the Bethlehem Town Board starting in January. Bryan Clenahan After serving a number of terms on the Albany County Legislature, Bryan threw his hat into the ring for Guilderland Town Justice. We worked with Bryan from the beginning of his campaign providing strategy, branding, messaging, targeting and direct mail fo...

Libby Post, Communication Services president, has been named a finalist by Professional Women in Advocacy for a State Advocacy Award for her work on behalf of the New York State Animal Protection Federation. Communication Services runs the Federation and Post serves as its contracted Executive Director. Post is one of three women who made the final cut out of a number of nominations. The Excellence in a State Campaign Award highlights an effort where advocates successfully impacted the out...

For close to a year, Communication Services worked with the Johnstown Public Library in anticipation of a vote to create a library district. On Tuesday, June 5th, the Library won it's vote with 73% of the vote. The Library's funding will now be stable and sustainable. And, the community will have representation through an elected board of trustees. The work began with a series of Communication Services-led focus groups to rebrand the Library. A new logo was developed with a new tagline--It Al...

Communication Services only lobbies for one client--the New York State Animal Protection Federation. We also run the organization. This session saw our entire legislative agenda get through both houses of the State Legislature.  We’ve outlawed pet leasing. Cut the hold time for unidentified cats. And, changed SPCA peace officer residency requirements for the Mohawk Hudson Humane Society and the Humane Society of the Hudson Valley. We also got another $5 million in the State Budget for the Com...

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$5 million for animal shelter capital project and protecting how mental health services are delivered in New York State. These are what Communication Services helped deliver for our clients in this year's state budget process. Communication Services runs the New York State Animal Protection Federation, the organization that represents all the animal shelters in New York. For the second year in a row, we were successful in getting $5 million into the budget for the Companion Animal Capital Fun...

This piece appeared in the November 2017 issue of Trustee Hotline, published by Library Journal.  This fall, the director of the New Jersey Library Association asked me to put together a list of public education/advocacy dos and don’ts for library trustees, staff and friends. These are important not only so library supporters can stay on the right side of the law, but in order for everyone involved—trustees, Friends, or staff—to effectively run their campaigns, whether they are leaders or par...