Anouk Hoedeman Email & Phone Number

Netherlands

Expert advice on reducing bird-collision risk at existing buildings (including homes) and in the design of new buildings. Building assessments, recommendations for retrofitting, review of building plans, bird-safe design advice, educational presentations, training for bird-collision monitoring, bird rescue and rehabilitation advice, communications related to window collisions.----------Deskundig advies om het risico op vogelbotsingen te verminderen zowel bij bestaande gebouwen (inclusief woningen) als bij het ontwerpen van nieuwe gebouwen. Gebouwbeoordelingen, aanbevelingen voor aanpassingen, beoordeling van bouwplannen, advies voor vogelveilige design, educatieve presentaties, trainingen voor het monitoren van gebouwen voor raamslachtoffers, advies voor het redden en revalidatie van vogels, communicatiestrategieën en -producten met betrekking tot raambotsingen.

Ottawa, Canada Area

• Founded and led Safe Wings Ottawa (safewings.ca) to reduce bird mortality from window collisions through rescue, research and education• Provided expert advice on bird-safe building design and retrofitting, conducted risk assessments, and developed collision mitigation plans. Clients included Public Service and Procurement Canada, Environment Canada, BGIS, Via Rail, National Capital Commission, and the City of Ottawa.• Advocated successfully for bird-safe building design requirements at the federal and municipal government levels, and provide expertise and input into the creation of the Ottawa Bird-Safe Design Guidelines and the National Capital Commission Bird-Safe Design Guidelines.• Offered educational presentations and training for building industry professionals, government agencies and other stakeholders concerning bird-glass collisions• Trained and oversaw volunteers conducting bird-collision monitoring• Monitored buildings for bird collisions, and collected and analyzed data• Rescued injured birds and provided short-term specialised care to collision victims as an avian rehabilitator authorized by the Canadian Wildlife Service and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

• Provided writing, editing, writing, strategic communications planning and media relations services on a freelance or contract basis for government and private-sector clients• Extensive experience producing a broad range of materials, including articles, press releases, Q&As, social media content, backgrounders, op-eds, media lines, speeches, scripts and reports

• Developed and implemented communications strategies to generate international media coverage• Provided strategic communications advice, services and support, developed media lines and speeches, and managed crisis communications• Acted as the primary contact for media, and as a liaison for the public and strategic partners• Developed, prepared and distributed communications materials such as press releases, backgrounders, images and press kits • Planned and coordinated media previews, press conferences and other events

• Researched and wrote briefing notes, reports, press releases and success stories tailored to a range of audiences, including politicians, the media and the general public• Advised NSERC’s Communications department on media relations and communications strategies

• Supervised production of Connections section of Capital News Online (www.capitalnews.ca), an award-winning Internet magazine produced by Carleton’s School of Journalism• Trained undergraduate and graduate students in story planning, writing, editing, graphics, photography and interactive features

• Planned and managed newspaper’s weekly Showcase magazine (circulation 400,000), assigned stories, and supervised writers and copy editors• Designed pages, prepared material for publication, and coordinated production

• Edited copy to ensure grammatical, stylistic and substantive accuracy, wrote headlines, prepared material for publication, and coordinated work flow and production with section editors and other departments • Created and maintained page templates, style book and databases

• Edited news copy and columns, wrote headlines, and designed pages and graphics• Assisted in newspaper’s transition to pagination and conversion to Mac platform

• Edited copy, contributed story ideas, proofread, and wrote headlines for weekly newspaper

Master, Journalism

B.A., Journalism