Lukas Partners, a full-service PR firm based in Omaha, is committed to helping clients reach the right audience with the right message at the right time. We build and execute public relations strategies for all types of organizations, including corporate, small business, government and nonprofit clients. Whether you are trying to reach audiences in your local community or around the globe, our tea
m of experienced public relations experts develop smart communication solutions tailored to meet your needs and get results. Lukas Partners provides the following PR services:
Media Relations Outreach
Lukas Partners handles media relations for a wide array of clients. Cellular in the Midwest and nationally for Bank of the West Celebrates America. Annually, we secure thousands of media placements resulting in tens of millions of impressions. Members of our team have backgrounds working in the media and understand how to build positive and productive relationships with reporters. Media Training
Lukas Partners trains company executives and managers representing corporations, nonprofit organizations and government entities locally and nationally. We ready these spokespeople for print, radio and TV interviews, and they are confident and successful in getting their messages across. Crisis Preparedness and Response
Lukas Partners designs and executes systemwide crisis preparedness plans for large manufacturing and industrial clients. We also create and conduct crisis response drills. Issues Management
Lukas Partners provides calm, competent and smart reputation-protecting counsel for clients dealing with negative publicity and controversy. Internal Communication
Lukas Partners develops and executes communication plans; designs and writes e-newsletters and printed newsletters; helps design and implement benefits communication packages; and writes core messages, speeches, talking points, brochures and marketing materials. Research
Lukas Partners conducts qualitative and quantitative research for clients in both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors. We design and execute internal communication assessments, measure public opinion, manage focus groups and handle online surveys. Advertising and Media Buying
Lukas Partners helps clients get their message across through integrated and effective purchasing of ad media space in print, social streams, broadcast and outdoor. Lukas Partners also provides fundraising services. Our mission is to provide nonprofit organizations such as healthcare facilities, churches and schools, as well as municipalities and more with smart fundraising and communication solutions. Our counselors have managed successful community-based capital campaigns that range in size from $500,000 to more than $20 million. The capital campaigns we have completed on average have raised more than 125 percent of their goals. We achieve results through attention to detail, problem solving and a strong work ethic. Each organization and each project is unique in history, mission, philosophy, constituency and needs. Lukas Partners employs proven, successful principles of fundraising coupled with modern techniques to create plans that are custom-tailored to each client’s goals, resources and circumstances. The Lukas Partners point of difference: Our in-house team of dedicated professionals not only can counsel your team regarding fundraising, as a full-service public relations firm we also provide the communication strategy, writing and public outreach needed for a successful fund development program, whether it is a capital campaign or annual endowment program. Lukas Partners is a one-stop shop with professionals on staff to get the job done successfully. Our in-house professionals counsel and do the work in executing:
• Advancement Program Assessment
• Advancement Strategic Planning and Management
• Annual and Planned Gift Programs
• Board of Directors’ Strategic Planning Sessions
• Capital Campaign Feasibility Studies
• Capital Campaign Management (case statement writing, gift solicitation training, communication outreach plan, letters of support, news media outreach, prospect evaluation and research, video production, social media strategy, etc.)
• Grant Research and Writing
• Special Event Management
Lukas Partners provides support to organizations and businesses in building and maintaining their social media platforms. Through social media, we help you reach, understand and communicate effectively with customers, supporters and the news media. We create effective and efficient social media strategies for all types of clients in order to promote events, reinforce brand identity and build relationships with followers. We cost-effectively build and manage various social streams for clients in addition to teaching clients how to have two-way conversations with their target audiences. Lukas Partners provides the following social media services:
Social Media Strategy
Lukas Partners creates social media strategies to fit our clients’ unique needs. We can create a strategy for your organization that will guide your social media manager in messaging and building followers. Media Management
Lukas Partners manages social media accounts for all types of clients. We develop and execute social media strategies on behalf of our clients that establish consistent and engaging brand messaging and well-timed postings. Social Media Tutorials and Setup
Lukas Partners provides social media tutorials to help your organization manage your social media streams effectively. We can also help you create social media pages that reflect your organization’s brand. Blog Writing
Lukas Partners writes blogs on behalf of clients. A blog is a great tool for sharing information about your organization, boosting SEO and driving traffic to your organization’s website. Sharing blogs through social media is also a great way to engage your followers with content about your organization. Lukas Partners manages and coordinates events that help our clients engage their customers, supporters, community and the news media. Our detail-oriented approach adds a PR perspective that utilizes events to raise awareness for your business or organization among your target audience. Our event planning strategies include media relations and social media tactics that boost attendance and attract reporters. Lukas Partners manages the Bank of the West Celebrates America Fourth of July concert in Omaha’s Memorial Park, which attracts 50,000 to 70,000 people annually. In planning and coordinating the event, Lukas Partners books the bands, sets the stage, writes the remarks and handles new media and social media outreach. Other types of events Lukas Partners handles include:
• Ribbon cuttings
• Building dedications
• Open houses
• Conferences
• Symposiums
• Charitable Check Presentations