Founder’s note – March 2026

Welcome to my March 2026 founder’s note. 

It is truly events season at Strategic as we prepare for Brussels!

We are bringing you, our community, together in-person for three days to collaborate, celebrate and network. 

We’ll begin on 16 April with an Executive Roundtable exploring HR and Communication in the AI era. That evening, we’ll announce the winners of the Strategic Global Awards 2026 at PURO, which will also be an ideal pre-CLS networking opportunity. On 17 April, our flagship Communication Leadership Summit in association with IABC EMENA, and our partners and sponsors, returns to Full Circle. We’ll round it off with a day trip to Ghent on Saturday, 18 April. I really can’t wait to see those of you who are attending. For any of you who haven’t registered yet, there’s still time. 

Our Mastermind program on Strategic Communication, is attracting communication leaders who need to evolve from tactics to strategy. The group, led by global expert and Strategic columnist, Sia Papageorgiou, will begin on 15 April. Limited places are still available. 

Strategic Training – powered by the Centre for Strategic Communication Excellence – has three in-person courses in Melbourne during April. For more, see this LinkedIn post. 

We continue to bring you daily, thought-provoking articles by members of our Global Columnist Network, contributors and partners in Strategic Magazine.

We are planning more initiatives and events for 2026, and will share exciting announcements with you next month – stay tuned!

Whether you are a columnist, contributor, partner, reader, or another stakeholder of Strategic’s, I hope it resonates with you. 

Best from Ireland,

Orla

Orla Clancy
Founder and Managing Director
Strategic

Written by: orlaclancy