Donald R. Smith

Background

About Donald R. Smith

Years of policy-making and advising as Congressional Chief of Staff, Senior Advisor at the U.S. Department of Energy, and managing partner at our Government Relations firm enable me to shape public affairs and communication programs for corporate, non-profits, major university medical schools, high-techs and start ups clients. I am a Communication Invigorator shaping messages to make them matter I design effective strategic communication, legislative, and advocacy campaigns I succeed in D.C.'s government relations, public affairs and communication communities Senior positions on Capitol Hill and the Department of Energy taught me to build coalition consensus. A Communication Professor and Practitioner, I teach five simple maxims: 1 - Communication germinates intrapersonally 2 - Communication spreads interpersonally 3 - Communication flourishes when exposed to small group dynamics 4 - Communication sets paths for audiences if the message is effectively projected 5 - Communication self-assures, self-elevates, self-motivates when it is nurtured Alabama's Governor and Legislature recognized my strengths by naming a college building in my honor. Does your communication program make you want to tune out? Call me to invigorate your message to make it matter. Let's communicate!