Laura M. Peck. B.A., B.Ed. (Dalhousie), (HKS \u201904) has been a Fellow with the Clayton H. Riddell Master of Political Management program since its inception and regularly teaches courses and is a guest instructor in the Program. \u00a0Laura has conducted thousands of communications skills programs for senior executives and political leaders across Canada and the United States. Prior to her becoming a communications consultant and trainer, Laura was a television and radio broadcaster for private radio and the CBC in the Maritimes, and then was a Political Assistant to the Chief Government Whip and Press Secretary to a Minister on Parliament Hill.<\/p>\n
Laura has conducted thousands of seminars in media training, presentation skills delivery, strategic communications, handling conflict, Appearing Before Parliamentary Committees, and Risk & Crisis Communications. She has trained numerous Premiers, MPs, and elected officials at every level across the country.<\/p>\n
Laura is frequently asked to be a media and issues analyst for CTV National News<\/u>, Global TV\u2019s The National<\/u>, 1310 News, CFRA580, the Ottawa Citizen and CBC Power & Politics<\/u>, as well as online media including HuffingtonPost.ca. She has also contributed articles for Campaigns and Elections<\/u> magazine on campaign communications.<\/p>\n
Laura\u00a0is a chapter author of\u00a0the Oxford University\u00a0Press book ‘Public Speaking in Canada’ and is profiled in Fearless: Girls with Dreams, Women with Vision<\/u> (2019) by Janice McDonald and is a recipient of a \u2018Communications Excellence\u2019 Award from Women in Communications and Technology <\/em>(WCT) in 2014. She received her Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education Degree from Dalhousie University and is a graduate of the Executive Development Program, The Art and Practice of Leadership Development<\/u> at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) in 2004. She graduated from the Certificate programs at the Harvard Business School, Teaching the Case Study Method I and II<\/u> in 2013 and 2014.<\/p>\n She is an Adjunct Professor in the MBA program at the Shannon School of Business, Cape Breton University where she teaches Strategic Communications.<\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"people-type":[],"yoast_head":"\n