Catherine Richards, Bcre-Pro Email & Phone Number

Dartmouth, NS, CA

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

-Prospect Identification-Profile Development-Prospect Clearance/Moves Management

Toronto, Canada Area

Responsible for all functions related to the use of Blackbaud's suite of products (Raiser's Edge NXT, NetCommunity). This includes gift processing, data imports, reports and queries, documenting and training staff on established business practices and the oversight of one data entry staff.-Ensures accurate entry, tracking, receipting and acknowledgement of.

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto, Canada Area

• Perform data extractions for the annual program to ensure data integrity, identify data opportunities and ensure data is captured effectively.
• Analyze results for tracking and reporting purposes and to inform future initiatives.
• Assist with execution of direct response campaigns to ensure they are delivered on schedule and budget, including creating work-back schedules and tracking financial information for project reporting.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Supported the Foundation in data activities, not limited to merging records, updating donor information, database integrity while also running queries and exports for data mining purposes.
• Conducted biographical and financial research on donors utilizing in-house files and a variety of on-line, electronic and printed sources.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Recorded and processed phone donations from donors in a courteous, timely and professional manner.
• Interpreted clients’ requests and directed them to appropriate departments.
• Organized donor files and ensured the correct data is entered to maintain database integrity.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Provided an exceptional and friendly experience by greeting and assisting customers.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Analyzed a world created by children on a server for the computer game Minecraft to document all creations.
• Collected detailed notes and screenshots were taken of over 300 formations and the information was presented in Excel spreadsheets and reports.
• Presented findings and observations to supervising PhD student and professor via Skype meetings as well as in person.

Happy Valley - Goose Bay, NL

• Organized and sorted over 25 boxes and 15 binders of more than 2000 miscellaneous photographs, 50 audio recordings, and 100 videos of Labrador and its people to determine with which collection/fond they belonged.
• Imputed metadata for over 2000 photographs into an Excel spreadsheet.
• Created the structure of the archive both physically and electronically, since none was in place before, and attached labels to boxes to visually differentiate the collections.

Toronto, Canada Area

Halifax, Canada Area

• Worked under extreme time constraints alongside other assistants to complete the preparation of confidential documents using a variety of specialized office equipment.
• Communicated effectively between coworkers and clients about the status of their documents and calmly handled situations involving disgruntled clients.
• Assessed to needs of the employees and effectively ordered supplies for the company at the lowest cost possible.

Antigonish, NS

• Assisted students, faculty, and patrons with the location of material along with effectively answering any questions they had.
• Suggested many simple ways to increase efficiency with daily tasks that were implemented and saved valuable time and effort for front desk staff.
• Classified books by their Library of Congress call number to be sorted and returned to their shelves.

Antigonish, NS

• Coordinated the collection of books to be returned to other libraries and sorted them on correct shelves, when they had always simply been placed in large disorganized piles.
• Implemented a change in tasks to maximize efficiency and communication between the staff of the front desk and the document delivery department.
• Prepared shipping labels on the computer using Purolator and Canada Post shipping tools and then weighed and neatly packaged books to be sent to other libraries.

Republic Of Panama And Antigonish, NS

• Traveled to the Republic of Panama on an archaeological dig for 2 months in the summer.
• Assisted students in the proper way to perform an excavation in the archaeological field school at Town Point, Antigonish, NS.

Happy Valley - Goose Bay, NL

• Catalogued and described over 300 books to be inputted into the library system as well as shelved.
• Oversaw the implementation of various library activities such as children’s reading time and book sales.

Happy Valley - Goose Bay, NL

• Provided information in both French and English for visitors to the Tourism Chalet about the town, surrounding area, and province.
• Translated the website as well as all the visitor pamphlets into French.

Master Of Information, Library And Information Science And Knowledge Media Design

Activities and Societies: Hart House Chorus Completed a Master of Information in Library and Information Science with a collaboration in.

Study Abroad

Activities and Societies: Organizer of the recreational Volleyball Team Participated in a semester abroad to increase my education as well.

Summer Course, Classical And Ancient Studies

Participated in an archaeological dig in the south of Italy.

Français

Activities and Societies: Choral Completed the Spring French Immersion session.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Anthropology

Activities and Societies: President of the Rock Climbing Society, Treasurer of the Anthropology Society, Vice-President of the X-treme.

High School Diploma, French Immersion

Activities and Societies: Member of the Volleyball Team, Member of the Soccer Team, Member of the Vocal Ensemble Awarded "Best All-Round.