Donna Barker Communications

Writes for people, not awards
Donna is an excellent writer. Most importantly she understands how to communicate with readers. Donna writes intelligently but simply, and to me that’s a great gift.

The material she writes helps her clients to reach the broadest possible audience. This is critical when you’re working with an organization that needs to communicate a message, especially if the message is to encourage people to take action.

In addition, Donna understands fundraising as a political sensibility. This allows her to navigate through the complications of all the different constituencies and interests of nonprofits.

Harvey McKinnon, President, Harvey McKinnon Associates

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A sure-fire recipe for maintaining a top-notch ticker

My health column for the February issue of Today’s Vancouver Woman (formerly sharedVISION) magazine.

by Donna Barker

It’s February—the month marked by a sea of red hearts in store windows and skyrocketing sales of cards, flowers, chocolates, and diamonds that whisper, “I love you.” Even women like me, who don’t usually buy into the marketing hype, want to feel acknowledged by our sweeties on Valentine’s Day. Men, it seems, don’t have the same need: our hearts appear to be different in this respect.

Our hearts are also different in another, more important, way: how they develop heart disease. Continue Reading »