Jil Mcmahon Bazant B.A., M.C.E. Email & Phone Number

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Create F2F and Online Learning programming for not for profits and small business to increase employee application of learning.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

I am happily continuing my role as Jil of all trades and master of some. As Lead Facilitator, I train and develop volunteer facilitators, I develop and refine the curriculum for the clinics, I deliver the clinics to our participants and I provide career coaching to clients as needed. I also research and help to prepare responses to Requests for Proposals.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

I enjoy working with a variety of companies to provide experiential, face to face, or online learning. I love to hook participants into finding relevant information and then actualizing their learning through actionable outcomes. I believe adults need and want their learning experiences to be relevant to their careers and/or lives and that each session needs to deliver learning that makes a difference in their real lives at work and at home. Employers need adaptive and innovative staff in order to meet the constant change that is the hallmark of modern business. Ensure that their staff can apply a training program at work and have successful results quickly, supports change management initiatives as well as building confidence in new systems.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

pay the bills job during covid.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Launched a new scouting initiative to support Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder within Scouts Canada: • Successfully launched an integrated neurodiverse program to enable accelerated learning for youth within the Scouts Canada framework with support from the Autism Calgary community.• Developed marketing material to attract member families and increased membership by 100% in specialized programs.• Recruited and trained individuals to develop and facilitate experiential learning activities to enable kids to participate in a nonjudgmental, neurodiverse program.• Identified and promoted inter-agency opportunities to collaborate to support programming and community engagement.

Calgary, Canada Area

Delivered customized presentations to support various school, business and community groups in better understanding individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): • researched and developed modular, customizable programming to meet specific needs of elementary schools, university students, and businesses; • presented programming to various user groups focusing on their specific needs or problems; • facilitated brainstorming and group discussions to surface and address educational or vocational concerns involving individuals with ASD within school, business or community contexts.I developed and delivered informational presentations to educate people about working, educating or living with individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Advised and coached founders to create and implement a strategic business development plan:• Spearheaded the initial product review including market analysis, leading to the redevelopment of core software into a whole product solution to meet the needs of targeted clients;• Researched and developed a marketing plan for the new product to attract a strategic alliance partner to acquire access to technically specialized international sales teams and a channel to integrate the software into existing user interfaces. • Created presentation and marketing materials used to attract new clients leading to beta testing and preliminary sales talks with a large oil company.• Advised and coached founders in presentation and boardroom communication skills to leverage sales and marketing meetings with prospective clients and alliance partners.

Calgary, Canada Area

Self Employment Contracts with various client companiesDelivered actionable learning outcomes to clients and organizations to increase retention and application of learning : • Researched, developed and improved educational program and course curriculum to ensure learning objectives were achieved, and that the learning was memorable, relevant and applied to increase work effectiveness Facilitated innovative, experiential classroom training to anchor learning retention including: • Goal setting, communication skills, conflict resolution, reframing limiting beliefs, managing self-sabotage, business coaching, developing effective strategies for enrolling others into projects, corporate driver safety training, and effective presentation and facilitation skills (train the trainer). Supported small business owners in developing income streams and promoting marketing channels: • Created and delivered a coaching program, mentored clients to develop their coaching skills, trained clients to incorporate a coaching component into their existing business to increase revenue or generate marketing leads within their existing businesses.Trained and mentored C-Suite Executives in experiential course presentations for national training conference to ensure field application of trained skills: • Evaluated and reworked presentation materials to reflect interactive learning techniques; introduced accountability matrices to ensure that course content was applied, introduced participant feedback mechanisms to capture performance data and ensure that training was applicable and appropriate to expected learning outcomes, developed presentation skills and coached executives in delivery techniques to improve their effectiveness and increase confidence while facilitating learning.

Calgary, Canada Area

MKS LEARNING CENTRE, Calgary, AB (Entrepreneurial Training Program) 1999 - 2002Program CoordinatorProvided coordination and leadership in an entrepreneurial training program:Supported 300+ entrepreneurs in navigating startup process to market readiness: • Mentored, coached and trained new entrepreneurs in communication skills, self-management, stress management, positioning strategies, marketing and organizational skills to support their skill development; • Assessed home offices and business record keeping to ensure home based businesses were complying with tax reporting and were set up to support success. • Brainstormed and problem solved emerging issues with founders to enable a successful launch into market place.Ensured smooth operation of government funded entrepreneurship program to deliver training to 300+ businesses in Calgary while enabling participants to meet program objective of supporting under employed Albertans to become self employed : • Utilized effective marketing to ensure that all spaces were filled for 9 cohorts per year to meet requirements for programming; • Managed introductory sessions and ensured that all potential participants submitted appropriate business plans to enable participant selection process that complied with government regulations; • Scheduled all classes for each cohort to ensure that courses ran smoothly and that timing and pacing for each cohort integrated into the program windows.• Managed all communication with participants and government funding agencies completing all necessary forms and paperwork, • Hired, trained and supervised all presenters, updated training materials as required to uphold high training and materials to participants.• Ensured that participants completed all course requirements and post course follow up to comply with government regulations.

Master'S Degree, Continuing Education (Workplace Learning Specialization)

Bachelor'S Degree, Psychology - Business Minor