Project Management

10+ years – project support, coordination, management & implementation
8+ years – marketing, PR/communications, outreach and advocacy
5+ years – change management and organization development
Superior facilitation, communication and collaboration skills to support culture change

Engaging and mobilizing stakeholders (i.e., members / partners / alumni / volunteers) , increasing their readiness for change, “buy-in” and participation
Applying change management to online, Web 2.0 / social media workspaces & teams
Addressing fear, anxiety and resistance to change – arising from new systems, business processes and technologies.
Ensuring alignment to the vision / mission (i.e., language, behaviors, actions / interventions)
Supporting HR/leadership skill-development, capacity-building and performance.

Expertise in e-learning and virtual / online strategies, services and methodologies

Web 2.0, social media and education technology skills: blogs, wikis (MediaWiki), Twitter, RSS feeds, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Moodle, online marketing, SalesForce, content management systems, HTML

Strategic / business plans and processes; environmental scanning/needs analyses; training/e-learning; marketing and market research; communications, outreach and advocacy.
Strategic / industry partnerships and relationship-building skills
Sector experience: business, high tech, nonprofit (NGOs), media, government, education and international development
Former business journalist – Globe and Mail, Financial Post & CBC Radio

MA, Organization Management and Development, Fielding Graduate University, 2009
Certified Advanced Technology Manager; Instructional Design & Train-the-Trainer expertise

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