February 2003: Helped conduct media training workshop with prairie regional managers of Ducks Unlimited Canada

 

June to September, 1999: Endangered Parks Campaign Communications & Outreach Co-ordinator, Alberta Wilderness Association. Duties included: editing and sending out "letter to the editor" re Natural Heritage Act to all Alberta newspapers producing and co-ordinating mailout of Action Alert to inform AWA members and recruit volunteers for summer campground blitzes and retail outlet events organizing campground blitzes and retail events obtaining permission for blitzes and events recruiting and training volunteers generating media interest in events by providing news releases before and after the events providing media interviews for newspaper, radio and TV coverage creating and gathering materials pertaining to our message creation of display supply information re events to webmaster for posting on AWA website writing stories about, and taking photos of events for publication in AWA magazine, The Wildlands Advocate writing final report with analysis and recommendations for next year's program

April to August, 2000: Outreach 2000 Co-ordinator, Alberta Wilderness Association. Duties included: co-ordination of Walks and Talks 2000 program arranging for guides for each of six wilderness hikes generating publicity for program in media through use of media releases, interviews, promotional posters, website, list-serves handled publicity for 2000 speaker series presentations, using media releases posters website list-serves created new permanent in-store information displays obtained permission from managers developed graphic elements of displays arranged for purchase of display boards and materials set-up displays co-ordinated publicity for opening of new Alberta Wilderness Resource Centre mentored 2000 Endangered Parks Campaign co-ordinators trained them in use of media for publicity participated in media interviews with them produced extensive final report, which included development of models for similar programs in the future

Volunteer Experience

	January 2005 to present: communications director for B.C. Association of Travel Writers. Duties include (board position): organizing, editing and transmitting e-newsletter to BCATW members acting as a conduit for any other communication to members, including notice of press trips, travel media events, etc. assisting other board members in  other functions like organizing symposium
	January 1999 to February 2003: communications co-ordinator for Friends of Fish Creek Provincial Park Society. Duties included:  creating a series of tools for publicity purposes that had not previously existed: production and distribution of publicity posters for events issuing of media releases to events via email writing feature articles about our projects for local publications creation, design and development of Friends'website writing pieces for, and eventually editing newsletter, Voice of the Friends helping  generate contact lists of community newsletter editors, then forwarding information to them about our events as of July, 2000: co-ordinating speaker series presentations participating in outreach at public events like Wild Thing
	April 1991 to August 1994: publicity director for Fort St. John Mixed Slo-pitch Society. Duties included: feeding information to local media outlets supplying statistics for local newspaper publication
	January 1992 to May 1992: publicity director for Stage North's production of Jenny's Story, a play featured at an international amateur theatre festival in Mexico. Achievements/duties included: writing feature profiles on each actor for local newspaper obtaining province-wide print coverage with story and photo in B.C. Report magazine obtaining CBC radio coverage with Prince George affiliate, heard throughout northern B.C.