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“All politics is local.” This famous phrase is the byword of MLS Public Strategies. Our focus is on LOCAL government. The partners at MLS have a long history of successfully navigating our clients through the complex hurdles and challenges of local government, with our services spanning over a multiplicity of marketplaces, including healthcare, technology, transportation, housing and real estate, procurement, business solutions, energy and utilities, and financial services.
Our Specialties
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Year: 2023
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Explain what makes the business unique. Identify the qualities that set it apart from its competitors and describe them, staying true to the brand's authentic voice. Add engaging details to catch readers' interest and hold their attention.
Client: Name
Explain what makes the business unique. Identify the qualities that set it apart from its competitors and describe them, staying true to the brand's authentic voice. Add engaging details to catch readers' interest and hold their attention.
Year: 2023
Explain what makes the business unique. Identify the qualities that set it apart from its competitors and describe them, staying true to the brand's authentic voice. Add engaging details to catch readers' interest and hold their attention.
Industry: Finance
Explain what makes the business unique. Identify the qualities that set it apart from its competitors and describe them, staying true to the brand's authentic voice. Add engaging details to catch readers' interest and hold their attention.
Client: Name
Explain what makes the business unique. Identify the qualities that set it apart from its competitors and describe them, staying true to the brand's authentic voice. Add engaging details to catch readers' interest and hold their attention.
Year: 2023
Explain what makes the business unique. Identify the qualities that set it apart from its competitors and describe them, staying true to the brand's authentic voice. Add engaging details to catch readers' interest and hold their attention.
Industry: Finance
Government Affairs
MLS’s partners have worked inside government for a combined total of over 75 years, which makes our approach to government relations unique among lobbying firms. We know firsthand how government officials think and what they need, and we use this knowledge and experience to provide our clients with the best advice possible. Our overriding goal is to enhance our clients’ reputation with public sector decision-makers and the communities and marketplaces in which they serve. We begin each engagement by helping our clients define their objectives and then advise them on how to align their products or services with relevant governmental goals to achieve success.
Community Relations
Maintaining strong relationships and building alliances with community leaders and organizations across our diverse region is critical to achieving success in local government. The partners and advisors at MLS Public Strategies have spent decades working with and earning the trust and respect of key community organizations and leaders. If your goals require grassroots community support, no firm comes close to MLS in our ability to build such support.
Conference Strategy
Many corporations seeking municipal business pay top dollar for exhibit hall booths at state and national conferences, such as the Illinois Municipal League, the National League of Cities, and the U.S Conference of Mayors. Though the exhibit halls provide some value, MLS Public Strategies works with corporate clients to get the most out of their conference experience. MLS helps clients to identify the goals they wish to achieve at the conference. Is it to generate leads for their business, build relationships, educate attendees, or raise awareness of a particular issue or product? Once the goals are clear, MLS will develop a plan to achieve them.
Corporate Positioning
The MLS Public Strategies team has been active in every level and facet of the metropolitan Chicago area for decades. As a result of the accumulated knowledge and accompanying valuable relationships we’ve built over the years, we are in a unique position to position our corporate clients in the Chicago marketplace. Whether our client is a small start-up or a member of the Fortune 500, we can assist our clients in establishing a regional presence in a much shorter period of time than would occur naturally.
Crisis Management
As longtime experienced public servants who have managed numerous crises during their careers, the MLS Public Strategies team stands ready to assist any client in developing and implementing a crisis response strategy. Success is based on the ability to anticipate and prepare for the crisis, putting together the right team to react to it, and aggressively engaging to defend your interests. Our crisis response services are designed to help our clients plan for and anticipate potential crisis scenarios, and leverage our unique understanding of audiences and demographics to immediately execute crisis management campaigns and engage opposition when necessary.
Healthcare Solutions
MLS Public Strategies partner, Fred Lebed, is the leading healthcare consultant in Illinois, representing several large hospitals and healthcare systems. Working with his MLS partners, Lebed will develop and implement a strategic plan to make your company’s or healthcare provider’s community involvement more effective. We can provide your firm with meaningful access to healthcare executives and help your business increase its capital through strategic decision-making on key opportunities. We can also assist you in creating or enhancing your hospital’s speakers bureau and build your relationships with key political, business and community leaders.
Non-profit & Trade Association Strategy
MLS Public Strategies stands ready to assist your non-profit or trade association develop a clear understanding of its goals and objectives, and identify the key stakeholders that it needs to reach in order to achieve those goals. MLS will also assist your organization in developing a communication plan that will effectively reach its target audiences and build support for its mission. Finally, we help the organization build relationships with key decision-makers in government and the media, and advocate for its priorities. Here are specific ways we help:
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Developing a strategic plan that outlines its goals, objectives, and strategies for achieving them. This plan should be based on a thorough understanding of the organization's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT analysis).
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Identifying key stakeholders, which are the people and groups that have an interest in the organization's success. This includes donors, members, volunteers, government officials, and the media.
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Developing a communication plan that outlines how it will reach its key stakeholders and build support for its mission. This plan should include a mix of communication tactics, such as media relations, social media, and grassroots advocacy.
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Build ing relationships with key decision-makers in government and the media. This can be done through direct outreach, as well as through participation in industry events and coalitions.
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Advocating for its priorities in government and the media. This can be done through lobbying, public education campaigns, and other forms of advocacy.
By providing these services, MLS Public Strategies can help a non-profit or trade association to develop a clear strategy and direction, and to achieve its goals more effectively.
Procurement
With extensive experience consulting our clients, MLS Public Strategies provides unparalleled procurement services. Whether negotiating a complex purchase, reviewing a contract, or ensuring compliance with bidding requirements, MLS Public Strategies is invested with every transaction.
Public Relations
MLS Public Strategies provides full-service public relations that can help organizations achieve their public relations goals through a variety of channels. Their media and public relations team has experience working with traditional and social media to generate positive coverage for their clients. Their media & PR advice team can help organizations develop and implement media strategies that reach their target audiences. Through grassroots efforts our team can help organizations build support for their causes through community organizing and advocacy. We help organizations navigate the political process and influence public policy with our knowledge of political consulting. And our marketing and branding team can help organizations create and communicate their messages in a way that is clear, concise, and persuasive.
Real Estate Services
MLS Public Strategies has years of experience in real estate transactions. We have helped with the acquisition and disposal of real estate assets, including land, buildings, and development projects. We've provided services to condominium and planned community associations, including development, management, and marketing.
MLS Public Strategies helps businesses secure financing for real estate projects, including loans, bonds, and equity investments. We've helped businesses navigate the land use approval process and develop real estate projects. MLS Public Strategies helps businesses lease commercial and residential real estate space. We help solve your real estate problems and or make life more enjoyable.