Highlighted Skills and Qualities

• Excellent writing and editing skills, particularly for the web. Skilled communicator.
  
• Natural networker, with a talent for connecting people and organizations with required resources.
  
• Experienced user of web-based tools for communications, including blogging platforms, content management systems, wikis, e-newsletter applications, and other social web applications. Special experience with Drupal platform.
• Experienced online community manager.
• Trained in facilitation and leadership through the Hollyhock Leadership Institute.
• Strong organizational abilities, with experience in logistics and project management.
  
  

Current and Recent Engagements

• Management of the annual Web of Change conference since 2003, as part of a 4-person management team. Web of Change is the leading conference at the intersection of leadership, social change, and technology. Responsibilities include project management, external and internal communications, participant recruitment and management, production of event materials, and on-site event management.
  
  
• Artez Interactive (November 2006 to present). Created content for the new website, launched April 2007. Acted as liason between the company and the development firm during the build and launch of the site. Skills engaged: project management, web writing, Drupal CMS knowledge.
  
  
• BC Technology Social Venture Partners (November 2006 to April 2007). Provided project management around two different showcase events, as well as the launch of a new website for the organization. Responsibilities included communications as well as coordination of various teams involved in each of these projects. Also created most of the copy for the new website. Skills engaged: project management, web writing, Drupal CMS knowledge.
  
  
• Online manager for the DeSmogBlog (April 2006 - November 2006). The DeSmogBlog is a project of James Hoggan and Associates, and is an online news source exposing the unethical use of PR tactics in the climate change discussion in the media. Responsibilities include coordination of the writing team, some blogging, marketing, podcasting, etc. Also project management of the new iteration of the DeSmogBlog, launched November 2006.
  
  
• Ongoing management of the Web of Change conference and community site at www.webofchange.com, including creation of all content.
  
  
• Content and community management of the 2006 30 Days of Sustainability website.
  
  
• Teaching Yoga for Geeks.
  
  
• Sometimes Canadian Correspondent for Geek Entertainment Television.
  

Previous Work Experience

Hollyhock Leadership Institute - Operations and Communications Coordinator
Vancouver, BC - February 2003 to December 2004

• Development and logistical coordination of training programs and conferences ranging in length from 1 – 8 days
• Promotion and marketing of all programs and operations
• Point-person for most external communications, including monthly e-newsletters to all constituents
• Website development and maintenance using Presto and then Plone CMS
• Coordination of database conversion (to eBase), and then maintenance
• Some executive assistance including travel and correspondence

Centre for Integral Economics - Project Support
Vancouver, BC - July 2002 to present

• Research work for several projects, mostly recently for a project in partnership with BALLE BC.
• Preparatory work for meetings of the executive director
• Writing of grant applications, proposals, and letters of intent
• Editorial work on various materials and projects
  

Public Outreach - Direct Dialogue Supervisor and Fundraiser
Vancouver, BC - September 2002 to January 2003

• Co-supervised the Direct Dialogue program, including training new staff, meeting targets, keeping records, and finding new locations
• Fundraised for Doctors Without Borders and Amnesty International through direct dialogue, phonebank, and door-to-door
  

Leave Out ViolencE (LOVE) - Fundraising and Communications Assistant
Vancouver, BC - March 2002 to November 2002

• Produced promotional and educational materials about LOVE’s programs.
• Prepared grant applications.
• Office administration including financial management, donor relations, filing, and liaising with the advisory board.
• Organized informational meetings and special events.
  

Harmony Foundation - Assistant Coordinator, Environmental Education
Victoria, BC - May 2001 to September 2001

• Researched, wrote and/or edited educational publications, and the website content
• Wrote fundraising proposals and the annual report, prepared correspondence, and helped with workshop planning.
• Redesigned the organization’s website, and then updated it as required.
• Researched, planned and wrote a workshop on ethical consumerism.
  
  

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University of Victoria

• Double Major in Environmental Studies and English Literature, completed spring 2001.

SFU Writing and Publishing Program

• Completed courses in substantive and copy editing in spring 2002.

Salt Spring Centre of Yoga

• Certified yoga teacher at the 200-hour level in summer 2005
  
  

Other Experience

• Previous Food Section Editor of MOMENTUM magazine in Vancouver. Also a contributor, copy-editor, and proofreader.
• Top-ranking phone-bank fundraiser in several municipal and provincial elections.
  
  

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