I started my career in the not-for-profit sector in 1990 in Montreal as a volunteer. Moving to Vancouver in 1992, I found my home providing communications and fundraising support to charities I admired. In 2002, when I launched my own communications consulting business, I found many socially responsible businesses I could stand behind as well. My client list reflects the kinds of organizations and businesses I believe in.
To find client quotes and brief descriptions of the work I’ve done for some of my clients, look for this symbol 
in the list below.
strategic & communications planning
- Association of Neighbourhood Houses
- BC Childcare Coalition
- The Brew Creek Centre
- Centre for Policy Alternatives, Sri Lanka
- Centre for Sustainability
- F* Cancer Embrace Life
- Hollyhock Leadership Institute
- The Markets Initiative (now Canopy)
- Trail Career Development Services
- US Dept. of Commerce (Saipan), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency
- Vancity Credit Union (ABLED program) (client quote & project details)
- Vernon Disabilities Resource Centre
feasibility studies & business plans
curriculum development & delivery
- Centre for Policy Alternatives, Sri Lanka
- Charity Village
- Coalition des Organismes Communautaire
- Hollyhock Leadership Institute
- Industry Canada, Information Management/Information Technology
- National Cancer Leadership Forum (now the Campaign to Control Cancer)
- Success by Six Roundtable
- Taku River Tlingit
- The Markets Initiative (now Canopy)
- Trail Career Development Services
- United Community Services Co-op (Financial Fitness 101)
- US Dept. of Commerce (Saipan), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency
- Vancity Credit Union (Advice to Go; Each One, Teach One; Ready, Set, Launch)
- Volunteer BC
- WISH Society
- Women’s Economic Institute (hosted by Atira)
- YWCA New Ventures Network (Niche Marketing)
web writing
- Community Futures, Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Program (web-based toolkit for youth with disabilities interested in self-employment as a career option)
- Downs/Archambault Architects and Planners
- Housing Foundation of BC
- Natural Balance Home Builders
- Richard Bridge, Lawyer
- Vancity Credit Union (MyCommunity & MyBusiness) (client quote & project details)
other writing
- BC Industry Training Authority, The Skilled Life (for magazine publication)
- Canadian Non-profit Innovators Network (5 stories for publication)
- City of Vancouver, Zero Waste Campaign (4 articles for media publication)
- Community Futures, Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Program (promotional story)
- Giving in Action (5 stories for Annual Report)
- Harvey McKinnon & Associates (book editing, The Power of Giving) (client quote & project details)
- Industry Canada, Strengthening Voluntary Sector Capacity Through Technology (co-writer)
- Junxion Strategy (for magazine publication) (client quote & project details)
- Mainstay Consulting (plan editing) (client quote & project details)
- Manzimvula Consulting (white paper, brochure, case study)
- Ovarian Cancer Action, UK (Gold Challenge event brochure)
- Rabble.ca Online news (book reviewer, July & December 2009)
- SharedVISION Magazine (health columnist) (client quote & project details)
- Social Economy Roundtable, A Social Economy Showcase: BC Stories
- Surrey Homelessness and Housing (editing Annual Report copy)
- Vancity Credit Union (Getting Inside a Lender’s Head video series scripts; Be My Own Boss collateral)
- Vancouver Foundation (for magazine publication, pages 14 & 15)
other work
- CIRS – Centre for Integrated Research on Sustainability (research and report writing)
- City of Richmond (market research & focus group facilitation)
- Clayton Consulting (research and report writing)
- Ethics in Action All-Star Forum (event support)
- Georgia Strait Alliance (fundraising copy)
- MediaDoctor.ca (project management, story reviews)
- Megaphone Magazine (market research & focus group facilitation)
- North Vancouver Recreation Commission (market research & focus group facilitation)
- Smart Growth BC (fundraising proposal)
- Trail Career Development Services (fundraising proposal)