Danielle Hartley Indigenous Relations works with businesses to assist in creating the vision, the strategy and the execution plan to lead their company in doing their part in the national effort toward reconciliation with the First Peoples of Canada.Building the foundation for genuine engagement with Indigenous communities:* Indigenous Relations strategy and execution plans* Employment and training strategies* Indigenous procurement plans* Community investment* 15 years experience working with many communities across the country to provide benefits to both the client and the Indigenous community during projects in the oil & gas, mining and industrial construction sectors.

Managed the Indigenous Relations team to encourage Indigenous procurement, Indigenous education and training, Indigenous employment and Indigenous community investment

Managed all internal and external communications for the Membertou Development Corporation and the Membertou communityLeadership in all communication and public relations activities (stakeholder communications, public relations Reputation and relationship management through a proactive communication program to enhance the reputation of Membertou and its visibility to the public by maintaining extensive and positive relationships with national and international media.Media relations, event planning, marketing and communications for Joint Venture renewable energy companyLINKS• CBC TV- 8th Fire: At the crossroads (28:00) • Dream catcher: Membertou’s turnaround• Destination Membertou website• Membertou website

Co-operative Education Work Term 2Planned and organized the recruitment initiative; Open Campus Day 2010 and Presidents Scholarship Reception for Mount Saint Vincent University’s (MSVU) Admissions OfficeIncreased attendance by 100% from previous year’s Admissions Office eventsCreated and documented communication plans and budgets for each Admissions Office event for future use

Acted as the key contact for all academic and administrative departments for the MSVU website transfer process and managed all communications with the editors and publishers at the MSVU Public Affairs OfficeOrganized and implemented content transfer of more than 2,000 MSVU web pagesPrepared and presented training sessions for MSVU Web Content Editors and Publishers as well as volunteer training for events

Co-operative Education Work Term 1Organized and led focus groups to gain mature student research at MSVU’s Public Affairs OfficeCoordinated with RPM Productions to complete a promotional video for the MSVU Child Youth Study Department, including filming and image selectionWrote media releases for the MSVU Public Affairs Office

Established and led a team of up to 100 consultants for Mary Kay, the #1 Skin Care and Color Cosmetics company in AmericaTrained consultants in goal setting, sales training, time management and sales projectionsConducted weekly sales meetings covering product knowledge, role playing and customer service for Mary Kay Cosmetics

Hired and trained managers and acted as a liaison between managers and ownership for Grafton Connor GroupImplemented marketing and promotions for Grafton Connor Group of BusinessesLed Young Street location to a ranking of 3 out of 77 stores nationwideNominated for Store of the Year and Manager of the Year 2000Earned Marketing Award in 2000