Consultants

When you expect the best, you get the best. With this philosophy in mind, we have built a core team of highly skilled senior associates who offer years of experience in all facets of public relations and communications.

Perry Goldsmith, President

With more than 35 years experience in all areas of public relations and business communications at the local, national and international levels, Perry Goldsmith excels in crisis communications and issues management, and coaching senior level executives to deal effectively with the media and as public speakers.

An entrepreneur and innovator at heart, Perry is the founder and owner of both Contemporary Communications and the National Speakers Bureau/Global Speakers Agency.

He is past president of the Public Relations Global Network, an international association of independent public relations firms in which Contemporary Communications is the only Canadian member. Active in the community, Perry is a director of the Rick Hansen Foundation and the International Association of Agents and Bureaus.

He is a past president of the International Association of Business Communicators (BC Division), the Canadian Corporate Responsibility Awards and the Canadian Hostelling Association (BC); has served as a director of the National YMCA, the Vancouver YMCA, the Vancouver Art Gallery and the American Marketing Association (BC division); is a past member of The Globe and Mail BC Advisory Board; and a founding director of the Chinese Entrepreneurs Society of Canada.

Perry is an avid hiker, cyclist and skier, and enjoys travelling to remote areas of Canada and other parts of the world to pursue his passions.

What People Are Saying

Contemporary Communications worked with the Arthritis Research Centre of Canada on the development of a fresh new brand identity, and helped us to increase our profile.

Contemporary’s staff have been crucial in helping us deal effectively and quickly with emerging issues in arthritis research.

Senator Pat Carney
Director, Arthritis Research Centre of Canada
Chair, Communications Committee

Contemporary Communications has generated coverage of Yaktrax reaching more than three million Canadians, boosted sales by more than 200 per cent, and almost doubled the number of retailers interested in carrying this winter footwear device.

Contemporary Communications has proven to us that public relations can have an impact on our bottom line.

Kuts Shoji
Shoji Marketing

I would like to offer my personal thanks for the great contribution (Contemporary Communications) made in assisting the BC Pacific Salmon Forum in the release of our Final Report.

You very ably stepped in at a critical time and … the content, presentation and public release of our Final Report went much more smoothly than we could have anticipated. To be able to take on such a controversial subject with no ‘learning curve’ is a demonstration of the skill and talent of your company. You are to be commended for a job well done.

Hon. John A Fraser
Chair, B.C. Pacific Salmon Forum

Contemporary Communications has taken the time to learn about our organization and has shown great knowledge and expertise in developing communications plans and strategies for us. They have helped us bring our workplace health and safety message to a broader audience using the full communications toolkit.

Scott McCloy
WorkSafeBC

In working with consultants, my approach is to work as partners and not the traditional client-consultant scenario. That’s how I like to work.

As well, it is important that a communications consulting firm invest the time to learn my business – which is complex – and Contemporary Communications has done that in a relatively short time. They respond quickly to requests for services and meet deadlines.

Roger Young
Leader, Public Affairs
British Columbia Safety Authority

Just wanted to send a big thank you for your speech-writing and coaching skills that helped to make Saturday’s events such a positive and fun experience.

Dr. Ian Gillespie
President, BC Medical Association

It has been our pleasure working with you and all at Red Rocket on (the Tsleil-Waututh Nation’s book and media package). We received many accolades on our products – from media people on the media kits to tourists on the books!  We even donated 1,000 of the postcards to the Vancouver Athlete’s Village during the Olympic Games so that athlete’s could write home to loved ones (which also promotes the Nation via our website listed on the back!).

Andrew Van Eden
2010 Senior Project Manager
Tsleil-Waututh Nation

“We would like to express our gratitude to you and your company for all the expert advice and guidance during our recent media “experience.” Boy, did we ever learn a lot.”

Barb Lea,
Abreast In A Boat