John Berard

Effective advocacy must be contextually credible

📍 Aurora, Oregon, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 4 investments📅 29 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2014𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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1997
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2014
Board Member
Jan 2014
Mission North is a communications agency for the companies shaping our future. We guide companies forward by digging in to understand their audience, and capture attention with bold stories and smart campaigns.
Wise Counsel
Co-founder & Partner
2014
2011
Market Street Railway
Board Member
Jan 2011
2009
Founder
Mar 2009
A communications consultancy committed to the belief that messages that can move a market need to be grounded on core principles and actions. Essentially, to provoke the power of who you are. This "credible context"​ is the only way to advocate for your products and services. It is an extremely important methodology for introducing new products, reaching new markets, even introducing new companies. The strategy leads to an effective and measurable implementation that aligns, arms and activates a company's entire support network in pursuit of market opportunity.
2003
Managing Director
Apr 2003
Zeno Group is the fiercely independent and global, integrated communications agency, born from PR. We bring together the boldest and brightest talent to help clients across industries and sectors unleash the power of strategic communications. Guided by our purpose to champion the courageous to achieve something better for humankind, we push boundaries to achieve real business value and societal impact for clients. Winner of the industry’s most coveted awards including the 2023 PRWeek Purpose Agency of the Year, 2023 PRovoke Purpose-Driven Agency of the Year, 2022 PRWeek Global Agency of the Year, 2022 PRWeek U.S. Large Agency of the Year, 2022 PRovoke Best Large Agency to Work For in North America, 2021 PRovoke Global Creative Agency of the Year, 2021 PRovoke North American Agency of the Year, 2021 PRWeek Agency of the Year and a four-time winner of PRWeek’s Best Places to Work. Zeno has also been previously recognized by the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Zeno is a DJE Holdings Company.
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