Get to know us
We are a boutique firm that's small and agile enough to provide you with personalized service you won't find from a big box agency. Thanks to our cooperative of multi-skilled professionals we've yet to meet a challenge we haven't been able to master in the nine years we've been working with a diverse client base and a wide range of challenges, needs and expectations.
The five-star feedback we get from our clients is evident in the great majority of our work coming from clients returning to us with a new project or referring us to their most valued colleagues. Most often it is a senior leader or an in-house communications executive reaching out for our specialized expertise or asking us to take on a project that will free up their staff to focus on other mandates.
We love to write, and we have earned the accolades that tell us we do it especially well. We've written hundreds of strategic communications plans covering everything from annual plans to product launches, corporate initiatives, special events, and publicity tours. We've written speeches for people you've likely seen on television, and we'll teach you how to give stronger and more relaxed presentations if getting up in front of people makes you uncomfortable.
We are often chosen to be first responders when an organization is facing a crisis. We run toward the fire, leading clients through issues that threaten their brand with a calm and confident approach when the stakes are high.
In our technology driven world we are retained by people in the spotlight to coach them in how to leverage the opportunities and to avoid the pitfalls of social media and traditional media interviews, to formulate a social media plan, and how to have meaningful conversations directly with those who mean the most to their enterprise.
The bottom line: we will deliver exceptional work for you. We're easy to work with, and we get the work done right and on time so you and your staff can focus on your core business priorities. And you will sleep better at night secure in knowing that our work has had a maximum impact on your stakeholders and a minimal impact on your budget.
Now let us get to know you
No project is too large or too small for Lashway Consulting Group. Tell us about your opportunity, challenge, or project. There's no obligation, and if we're not right for you, we can help find an alternative.
john.lashway@gmail.com
(416) 276-1422
John Lashway
Trusted, experienced, innovative, creative, adaptable. Those are adjectives often used to describe John Lashway's brand. John combines a career of hands-on communications, community engagement, and business experience with today's current best practices to serve clients across North America in business, real estate development, higher education, health care, sports, culture, recreation, entertainment, the performing arts, and not-for-profits. He has earned a reputation for expertise in strategic planning and execution in support of communications and community engagement, communicating effectively with external and internal stakeholders, issues and crisis management, and brand enhancement and protection.
John's career has evolved in high profile positions beginning on staff with his alma mater, the University of Oregon. He became the second-youngest communications director in the National Basketball Association when he was hired by the Portland Trail Blazers, and was later recruited to Canada to help create and launch the expansion Toronto Raptors franchise. He was instrumental in the formation of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd., where he served as a vice president and then senior vice president, leading seven departments for communications, community development, and two charitable foundations, while accountable to a multitude of marketing and corporate initiatives. His combined experience in the boardroom and in the lockerroom is unsurpassed in the communications field.
Since establishing his consulting firm in 2008, John has proven the ability to adeptly handle the most difficult of marketing and corporate communications challenges in several industries and in markets of all sizes and diverse cultural makeups. He is passionate about collaborating with interesting people doing interesting things. He embraces a client's business as if it was his own, and derives his greatest rewards from helping other people succeed in growing their career and achieving their goals.
Education
University of Oregon
B.S. Public Relations/Advertising
Continued Education
Public Relations
Integrated Social Media Applications
Leadership
Organizational Development
Certifications
IABC Social Media Applications
Community engagement is more than a business strategy. LCG believes we are all called to give of our time, talent or dollars to support the potential of others. Some of our contributions have included:
recent UNIVERSITY LECTURES AT
Brock University, Centennial College, Durham College, Georgian College, McMaster University, Portland State University, York University
community engagement
Canadian Red Cross, Children's Aid Society, The Hospital for Sick Children, Make-A-Wish Foundation, McMaster Children's Hospital, National Ballet of Canada Patron's Council, Salvation Army, Schoolhouse Supplies, St. John the Compassionate Mission
Lashway consulting group also proudly supports
DonorsChoose.org, National Ballet of Canada, Jays Care Foundation, National Ballet School of Canada, Ontario Lung Association, Oregon Ballet Theatre, The Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation, Hamilton-Burlington SPCA, Prostate Cancer Canada, World Wildlife Fund
