The Awesome Music Project is a charity whose purpose is to positively impact people's health, wellness and mental well-being through music, stories and science. Our projects and programs are designed to create a world where people trust and integrate music into their lives to realize their abilities, learn, work, contribute to their community and thrive.

DESIGN+CREATE Inc. is a female-led boutique consulting firm that serves public, private not-for-profits and charities in Ontario and the Maritime provinces leading transformation through strategic project and portfolio management services, learning design and adult education consulting and innovation consulting and exceptional grant writing.Secured $2.7M in Federal and Provincial grants for clients, addressing psychological safety, mental health, DEI, and trauma-informed approaches to violence prevention through training and technology solutions.Successfully implemented a technology-based DEI program with INFC's Anti-Racism, Equity, and Inclusion (AREI) branch, fostering a positive organizational culture and guiding future strategies.Provided clients with strategic business consulting, setting and implementing community-based interventions and programs to drive growth and secure funding.Organized multiple knowledge-sharing virtual conferences promoting research, leading practices and experiences of equity-seeking groups, engaging participants and researchers from across CanadaManaged various projects for charities, not-for-profit and private organizations promoting mental health, psychologically safe leadership, community-based interventions to enhance outcomes for women; domestic violence prevention; and diversity, inclusion and belonging.Key topic areas include community-based interventions to enhance outcomes for women; domestic violence prevention; mental health; leadership; equity, inclusion and belonging; and sustainability. Kim is the driving force behind the company's mission to answer interesting questions and create unforgettable stories. Clients include The Awesome Music Project, Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness (Abuse Hurts), KeBe Consulting, Adams Consulting (now Ember Experience), Dr. Dayna Lee Baggley and Associates, and Equinox Energy.

Executive team member responsible for operations and customer success in a consulting company focused on delivering mental health and wellness solutions to public and private organizations across Canada. Developed and successfully implemented a corporate strategy with accountability for creating momentum in the market, enhancing operations through technology-based solutions (CRM, PM), and creating a value-aligned corporate culture. Developed a robust brand strategy and voice, improving website usability and customer acquisition, leading to 40%+ growth in the customer database.Successfully instituted financial reporting systems to track organizational performance against operational plans.Mentored and guided staff ensuring they achieved training and consulting targets.

Executive team member accountable for Corporate Strategy, Stakeholder Engagement, Research, Client Acquisition, Regional Training and Innovation. Built a highly collaborative, diverse team that executed stakeholder engagement and established and implemented the corporate strategy, business planning efforts, and client acquisition strategies with cross-functional teams, achieving goals and objectives. Utilized excellent communication and interpersonal skills to develop and execute effective corporate strategies aligned with the political landscape and regulatory environment. Spearheaded PSHSA's Mental Health portfolio, repeatedly securing 10% of the organization's funding to expand resources to include resilience training, and develop OSIR and other programs. Developed and put into action a stakeholder relationships strategy including Ministry, industry and trade associations, researchers and employers, integrating diverse stakeholder needs, ensuring alignment with the corporate strategy, resulting in increased engagement, advocacy and participation.Established and implemented client acquisition growth strategies resulting in a 15% increase in training sessions and a 19% year-over-year increase in training revenue in 2019. Implemented an adjusted regional training calendar during COVID utilizing distance learning, exceeding the revenue target by 11%, Secured 1-1.5M annually in additional revenue through RFPs to support the custom design and build instructional design, elearning and consulting business lines.Drove multi-disciplinary efforts to respond to COVID-19 impacts, including delivering two virtual conferences attracting over 2,500 national participants and achieving an overall satisfaction rating of 95%; and creating a COVID resource site with 75 workplace-specific guidelines and resources attracting over 122,000 visitors resulting in over 377,000 downloads.

Executive team member accountable for innovation and commercialization, including identifying opportunities through research partnerships or market-led opportunities. Produced high-quality thought leadership content for the CEO, providing insights into emerging challenges and presenting new approaches to prevention and technology enablement, making sure the company was staying ahead of the curve.Analyzed trends to identify emerging opportunities or market disruptors that may impact the organization, proactively advising the executive team on risks, resources, products, and programs to transform service delivery, support organization viability, and enhance market leadership position.Conducted early-stage product identification and validation, collected & synthesized consumer input (market requirements), and evaluated product viability, eventually introducing viable products to the market.Created and implemented the Social Entrepreneurial Commercialization Model, a collaboration framework to support knowledge transfer and research commercialization.Established and maintained the Research and Commercialization business line, which resulted in over 120 research partnerships inside the health and safety system as well as universities, colleges, not-for-profit and private enterprises, resulting in 29 funded projects totalling over 2.7 million for our research partners and over $190,000 for PSHSA and resulted in the development of 15 new training programs and other products.Headed mental health and wellness portfolio, explicitly targeting PTSD prevention and management by codesigning a prevention framework, developing firstrespondersfirst.ca, an award-winning resource website that received over 18,500 unique views in the first month, as well as engaging in initiatives to promote and education, including public speaking and representing the organization on various Ministry, WSIB and first responder-specific working groups.

Senior leadership team member responsible for instructional design, product development teams, setting the organization's research and product strategy and driving results to increase access to health and safety information and resources, reducing employers' costs using innovative delivery approaches. Established research as a critical strategic portfolio, responsible for setting the organizations' research program strategy, identifying funding opportunities, engaging researchers and participants and driving commercialization opportunities.Directed all aspects of product development from design and development through to delivery, managing the entire product lifecycle, conducting needs assessment, developing evaluation models, establishing go-to-market strategy and creating processes to improve efficiencies and support new product launchSupported post-transaction merger activities, including product and program portfolio analysis, trends and financial impact to propose and implement a streamlined, market-aligned program. Worked with CEO and Senior Leadership team to develop new organizational structure models and implement change management practices and communications.Coached, guided and mentored instructional designers and product development team members on effective needs assessment, internal and external consulting, and learning program design, development and evaluation program.Established a visionary internship program which grew leaders within the organization, enabling the successful transition of 25% of interns into full-time roles and then leadership positions within (or outside) the organization within five to eight years of completing their internship through coaching and ongoing development support.

Management team member responsible for defining and driving the organization's innovation and KMb strategy and capabilities. Led a team of 12 staff with various specialties, including product strategy, product development, instructional design, and innovation, delivering and launching over 100 products or services annually.Developed and implemented the organizational innovation practice, training 300 staff on principles and practices for innovation at all organizational levels and working cross-functionally to implement the innovation practice in service delivery and organizational excellence practices. Designed organizational structure for the newly formed Innovation and Knowledge Solutions division incorporating marketing, graphic design, conference, and product development/instructional design teams. Defined market differentiation for critical product lines to provide leverage points in a competitive market landscape and developed go-to-market strategies through well-positioned print and web-based marketing materials, highlighting the uniqueness of our products and enabling retained revenue of 10M annually through a merger involving three organizations. Experienced change leader who actively led innovation and program teams through a merger in a transfer payment agency environment from pre-announcement to successful completion. This included integrating diverse teams and processes, evaluating existing procedures and practices, establishing new practices, clearly communicating organizational goals and utilizing strong interpersonal skills to support team members through the transition. Managed annual training and program development budget of $600,000.Prepared Board and Ministry briefing notes on various organizational activities.Achieved ISO certification for product, program and training development by developing and implementing quality standards, reviewing procedures annually, maintained documentation and participating in audits.

Management team member responsible for a team of six instructional designers who created award-winning training programs and products. Responsible for ongoing environmental scanning in order to stay abreast of industry standards (training, business, and technology) and opportunities in order to provide appropriate recommendations to management.Managed research partnerships and engaged stakeholders in research opportunities and knowledge translation activities. Managed product development and product lifecycle processes.Established a custom product development business line that diversified revenue for the organization and provided new offerings for clients classified as "self-sufficient."Participated in the development and launch of Preventus, a for-profit subsidiary that offered fee-for-service consulting and product development.Member of the leadership team responsible for attaining our Excellence Canada designation related to core business lines by establishing processes and procedures, evaluating practices to assess alignment, and implementing change as required.

Responsible for the management of key product and program development projects, including needs analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation.Applied project management principles to all projects to complete them on time and on budget. Developed templates, styles, and work processes to ensure consistent branding, consistent product look and feel, and effective workflow. Supported development of Ontario's first eLearning-based Certification course and establishing the company brand presence and marketing materials, resulting in annual revenue of $300K.