January
11, 2012 - Leland, NC - Pioneer Strategies, Inc. has
signed a deal to provide the N.C. Alliance for
Public Charter Schools with a full range of
strategic communication and organizational
development services, including strategic planning,
member communication, event planning, managing the
Alliance's online presence and coordinating all
public relations activities. The firm will oversee
planning of the third annual charter school
conference and manage the publication of the
Alliance's magazine. Pioneer Strategies celebrated
ten years in business in August 2011 and serves
clients throughout North Carolina.
"Because the Alliance is moving toward a more
regionalized structure to better serve our member
schools, our board saw a need to bring in a
strategic communication partner with a wide range of
experience and skills," says Paul Norcross, the
Alliance's Chairman of the Board. "Pioneer
Strategies jumped in head-first on day one, and they
have already provided tremendous value to our
organization. Pioneer Strategies is a natural fit,
and their team will prove to be a valuable resource
to our members as well as those who are seeking to
form new public charter schools throughout North
Carolina."
"Public
charter schools are an important component of our
state's education system," says Frank Williams,
president and founder of Pioneer Strategies. "The
N.C. Alliance for Public Charter Schools is governed
by a strong, capable board of directors, and we look
forward to working with them to provide North
Carolina's public charter schools with the services,
resources and information they need to excel."
The N.C.
Alliance for Public Charter Schools is a 501(c)(3)
non-profit, non-partisan organization with a mission
of advancing quality educational opportunities for
all North Carolina children by supporting and
expanding successful public charter schools. The
Alliance is composed of its member schools, who are
served by a volunteer board of directors. The
current board has over a half-century of combined
charter school experience and its directors oversee
schools that educate more than 15% of all charter
students in North Carolina.
Pioneer
Strategies is a public relations agency that
provides businesses, associations and other
organizations with strategic public relations
counsel and communication services. The firm’s
services and expertise include strategic
communication planning, public relations counsel,
media relations, website design, social media
marketing, corporate identity development, event
planning, copywriting and speechwriting. The
agency's work has been recognized by both the Sir
Walter Raleigh Awards for Excellence in
Communication and the MarCom Creative Awards. The
firm has worked with more than 90 clients throughout
North Carolina since its founding in 2001.