What We Offer

Experiential Tourism Development

At KLB Consulting, we believe experience development is more than just creating memorable moments. It’s about meaningful connections between people, place, and culture. For us, experiential tourism is a catalyst for change that puts community at the center and encourages a more sustainable and regenerative approach to tourism.

We’re passionate about helping communities and businesses tell their stories in ways that are authentic, respectful, and rooted in place. By focusing on collaboration, creativity, and capacity-building, we aim to transform the tourism landscape. Our goal is to move away from extractive models and toward tourism that gives back, uplift local voices, and protects what matters most.

WHAT WE OFFER:

• One-on-One Coaching Sessions: Tailored guidance to help you shape a tourism experience rooted in your unique story and values.
• Pilot Planning: Structured support to test and refine your experience before launch.
• Videography and Photography: High-quality visual storytelling to help bring your experience to life.
• Micro Marketing Strategy: Clear, actionable plans that connect your experience with the right audience.
• Digital Assistance: Website development, booking platform setup, and social media support to help you reach and engage your visitors.

Economic Development

Recognizing when to seek support for your business or community project can be difficult. However, bringing in an outside perspective can often reveal critical gaps and new opportunities that might otherwise go unnoticed. At KLB, we specialize in helping communities, businesses, municipalities, and individuals better understand where they can improve and how to take meaningful, strategic action.

Our team takes a collaborative, solutions-orientated approach to every project. Through consultations with key stakeholders, we listen closely, ask the right questions, and uncover what is working and what is not. We then craft tailored strategies designed to streamline operations, align with your values, and give you confidence in your next steps. Every engagement includes a clear implementation roadmap that helps you move forward with clarity and purpose.

WhHAT WE OFFER:

• Strategic Planning: Creating vision-aligned strategies that set priorities, define goals, and guide long-term success.
• Tourism Development: Supporting sustainable and regenerative tourism growth that reflects local idenity and builds community capacity.
• Operations Planning: Enhancing internal systems and workflows to maximize efficency and impact.
• Marketing Development: Designing targeted marketing strategies that elevate your brand, engage your audience, and support growth.

Curriculum/Program Development

At KLB, we support you from the first spark of an idea through to successful program launch and delivery. Our team collaborates with communities, organizations, and institutions to design engaging, accessible learning experiences that achieve clear outcomes and resonate with diverse audiences.

From research and instructional design to polished, print-ready resources, we handle every step in the development process. We also provide facilitator training so your team can deliver the material with confidence and consistency.

WHAT WE OFFER:

• Curriculum/Program Modules: Fully scoped, learner-centered materials mapped to match the outcomes of the curriculum/program.
• Facilitor Guides: Step-by-step instructions, talking points, and timing cues.
• Activity Guides and Workbooks: Hands-on exercises and reflection tools that deepen learning.
• Print-Ready Materials and Templates: Professionally formatted documents ready for production.
• Supplementary Materials and Supplies: Checklists, handouts, and resource kits that support seamless delivery.
• Facilitator Training Workshops (Optional): Practical sessions to ensure smooth effective implementation.

Grant Writing

Big Ideas deserve the chance to grow, but turning vision into reality often requires funding. At KLB, we offer grant writing services to all of our clients to ensure their ideas have the financial backing needed to come to life. Whether you're a start-up, a municipality, a non-profit, or an established organization, our goal is to help you secure the capital necessary to move forward with confidence.

Our professional Grant Writers are experts at identifying the right funding opportunities and guiding you through the entire process. From initial research and planning to final reporting, we are with you every step of the way. We treat grant writing as a collaborative process, working closely with you to ensure the story we tell is accurate, compelling, and aligned with your goals. We take the time to understand your vision so each application reflects your purpose and maximizes your chances of success.

To date, KLB has sourced, secured, and reported over $50 million in funding for innovative projects across a wide range of sectors, including infrastructure, tourism, economic development, creative arts, social enterprises, and community initiatives.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Sourcing Funding Opportunities: Matching your projects with the right grants.
• Research and Planning: Aligning your vision with funder requirements.
• Grant Writing: Developing tailored, high-quality proposals.
• Application Support: Providing guidance and structure throughout the process.

KLB Consulting Value Adds

1. In-House Branding and Design:
• All public-facing materials including reports, infographics, engagement tools, and maps are designed internally.
• Ensures consistent, high-quality visuals that align with client brand guidelines.
• Allows for quick turnarounds and polished, professional deliverables.
2. Collaborative, Interdisciplinary Approach:
• Strategy, engagement, communications, and design are developed in close collaboration.
• Our team works across disciplines to ensure integrated, cohesive outcomes.
• Solutions reflect community voices and are strengthened through collective insight.
3. Values-Driven Practice:
• Women-led, equity-focused, and socially conscious
• Committed to inclusivity, justice, and economic opportunity for underrepresented groups.
• We seek partnerships with clients and communities that reflect shared values.
4. Indigenous Relationship Building:
• Grounded in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action, especially Call #92.
• We provide support in building respectful, long-term relationships with Indigenous communities.
• Services include guidance on protocols, cultural awareness, and inclusive economic development.
5. Funding and Grant Support:
• Strategic identification of funding opportunities aligned with your project goals.
• Full grant writing and reporting services, with a focus on tourism, economic development, and cultural initiatives.
• Over $50 million in funding secured to date, with an emphasis on equity, diversity, and inclusion.
6. Tourism Development Expertise:
• Certified experience development coaches with a regenerative tourism lens.
• Experts in co-creating visitor-ready experiences that increase stay length and local spending.
• Offers workshops to build community tourism capacity and foster collaboration.
7. Economic Development Strategy and Investment Readiness:
• Includes workshops with municipal staff, committees, and community partners.
• Facilitates team-building and proactive approaches to Business Retention & Expansion (BR&E) and investment attraction.
• Supports communities in becoming more competitive and investment-ready.