Meeker-Young, LLC

Upcoming Webinars and Events

Wednesday, October 20 Noon EDT – 1:30 p.m. EDT, Webinar Learn More | Register About This Event Leverage the Power of Technology In Your Communications Program: This 90-minute Webinar will give Chief Communications Officers (and their C-suite colleagues) the confidence and necessary tools and sell points to move their CEO into the 21st century of technology [...]

What do PR people do in the meantime?

David A. Meeker Reprinted from O’Dwyers Public Relations Journal For the good, effective public relations professional, there aren’t many “in the meantimes.” But, in between emergencies, we spend time preventing emergencies which grow out of poor communication and spend the rest of our time building relationships that pay bottom-line dividends to our organizations or clients. [...]

Contact Us

David Meeker Email: david@meekeryoung.com Phone: 330-388-6957 Davis Young Email: davis@meekeryoung.com Phone: 440-241-0901 Don Eagon Email: done@meekeryoung.com Phone: 330-417-7366 Don Philabaum Email: donp@meekeryoung.com Phone: 1-800-805-9413 Jennifer Keirn Email: jennifer@meekeryoung.com Phone: 440-638-4329 Julie Conrad Email: julie@meekeryoung.com Phone: 440-610-2320 Company Mailing Address: Meeker-Young, LLC 38938 Glenlivet Court Solon, OH 44139

Training and Coaching

The following offerings are available as stand-alone training and coaching options. Each also can be combined with other offerings to address your specific needs. For C-Suite Leaders Honing Your Media Survival Skills Giving Winning Presentations Building, Preserving and Saving Your Company’s Good Name Driving Ethical Behavior Deep into Your Organization Listening Effectively to Employees, Customers [...]

Don Philabaum

Don Philabaum Self-employed since he graduated from Kent State University, Don has founded three firms and sold two of them. Today, he is CEO of Internet Strategies Group. The firm he founded in 1995, IAC, created password protected online communities for organizations like: London School of Economics University of Toronto Exxon Mobil Company The Former [...]

Julie Conrad

Julie Conrad, Senior Facilitator “We had a short window to create and roll out several new programs. Julie quickly grasped the nature of our organization and helped us prioritize what needed to be accomplished…responsive, efficient and always keeping our organization’s goals and key constituents in mind.” Lee Friedman, CEO, Cleveland Leadership Center For more than [...]

Jennifer Keirn

Jennifer Keirn, Senior Facilitator Jennifer Keirn’s career has spanned both sides of the media divide, from her years as a PR and marketing executive to her current position as a freelance journalist. She’s put her communication skills to work for organizations both large and small, from start-ups to industry leaders, and in a wide variety [...]

Don Eagon

Don Eagon, Senior Facilitator Don brings more than 30 years of corporate communication experience to focus on your opportunity or problem. For Meeker-Young, he will be leading several coaching modules in the areas of both internal and financial communication. Don had a “seat at the table” as a senior communicator with three Fortune 500 companies [...]

Davis Young

Davis Young, Senior Facilitator “…a nationally recognized marketing and media expert.” Cleveland Plain Dealer. October 10, 2009. Davis was President of Edward Howard for a number of years and led the public relations business before that with Liggett-Stashower. He is author of the book Building Your Company’s Good Name published by the American Management Association’s [...]

David Meeker

David Meeker, Senior Facilitator David served for many years as Executive Vice President of the multi-office Edward Howard public relations firm and previously owned Akron-based David A. Meeker & Associates. He is former Executive Director of the Ohio Democratic Party, Assistant Director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and Executive Secretary to the Mayor [...]

Communication Coaches

David Meeker, Senior Facilitator Davis Young, Senior Facilitator Nora Jacobs, Senior Facilitator Julie Conrad, Senior Facilitator Jennifer Keirn, Senior Facilitator Don Eagon, Senior Facilitator Don Philabaum, Senior Facilitator

The Benefits of Working with Meeker-Young

Every aspect of conducting business requires communication. The better you communicate, the greater the odds you and your organization will be successful. The Meeker-Young Training and Coaching Resources© will: Enhance your competitiveness Sharpen your leadership skills Strengthen your existing relationships and create new ones Increase your confidence to face tough challenges Help you convey important [...]

What Makes Meeker-Young Different?

We’ve Walked in Your Shoes Senior Facilitators working with Meeker-Young have started and run businesses, served on boards, led national professional societies and otherwise walked in your shoes. We have worked with business and non-profit leaders to focus on communication solutions that support their objectives. And, these are challenges we’ve faced in many business cycles. [...]

How We Help You Succeed

We listen to you and learn about your issues. We advise on the best ways to communicate to address those issues. We teach how to communicate as effectively as possible with respect to both substance and style. Some might call us communication trainers. Others might say we are coaches. Perhaps facilitators. Advisors. Call us what [...]

Communications Coaches & Advisors to Leaders

Meeker-Young is a teaching and counseling organization. We support leaders and their advisors with success-building communication training and strategies. The cornerstone of Meeker-Young is a team of very senior trainers and counselors. This team draws on long and deep experience in public relations firms, large corporations and public service entities. Every aspect of business requires [...]

The Good. The Bad. The Ugly.

By: Don Eagon One of my all-time favorite actors is Clint Eastwood. In addition to being an outstanding actor, he is an accomplished writer, producer and director. I’m not sure it is all of these categories why I like him, or if it is all the characters he plays. Notice he plays characters that are [...]

Bringing the CEO into Your Organization’s Ethics

BY DAVIS YOUNG, APR, FELLOW PRSA The following article is excerpted from a presentation from the annual ethics program PRSA’s Akron, Ohio, Chapter held last fall. Ethics (or lack thereof) permeate the PR workplace. I have been on the board of trustees at Hiram College for a number of years and have taught ethics-based courses [...]

Moving From Reputation Manager to Trust Builder

The following article is excerpted from the PR News September 14, 2009 issue Financial advisers, insurers, automobile companies, Major League Baseball, government officials, educational institutions—the list of tarnished icons and leaders goes on and on. Regardless of their size or type, their shame spills over on to every one of us. But why? How does [...]

Nora Jacobs, APR Remarks to PRSA Cleveland – Hill/Lighthouse Luncheon

I was asked today to talk about the “Power of Public Relations” – a broad topic to tackle in just three minutes, but I’ll try to give it a shot! Actually, I do have a few thoughts about that subject – especially as it relates to the new generation of professionals who are embarking on [...]