Lori's responsibilities will include collaborating with leadership, staff, and agents to create personalized career development plans, designing training initiatives, recruiting new agents, and utilizing external resources to support the company's growth.

loriandmelissa.comLeading you Home

INTERIOR DECORATINGFrom paint consultations to selecting the right artwork, furniture and lighting for one room or your entire home!STYLE TO SELLDepersonalizing and Staging your space is critical in attracting prospective buyers. Depending on your needs, we’ll either use your existing furniture and accessories or rent the right pieces to showcase the space to appeal to new home buyers. Simple tasks such as decluttering and arranging furniture so buyers feel there is a flow to the space while setting the tone with proper lighting, music and scent can do wonders to get that 'SOLD' sign on your front lawn drawing in the best possible price for your property.​STYLED FOR LIVINGPersonalizing your new space can bring a new level of comfort to your life. We’ll scour local stores, work with local artist and artisans, find hidden antique shops and trendy online retail shops...all to find the perfect items to customize your space. Making your house a home. This includes outdoor patios and porches as well!

I help people get the most out of the sale of their current property by staging it to appeal to as many prospective buyers possible. I also help people find and invest the proceeds of their sale into the perfect space to launch the next chapter of their lives.I manage the details so you can manage your life. Call me at 233-LORI (5674) to schedule a time to sit down and develop a tailored plan to tackle this together.

Opportunities NB is a "one-stop" shop delivering seamless, integrated and responsive services to support economic growth and business development.

Invest NB is your single point of contact for exploring opportunities to expand or locate your operations in New Brunswick, Canada. Your personal Investment Officer will provide turnkey services including recruitment and training consultation and assistance; sourcing of realtors; developers; contractors; shippers; and utilities; as well as a tailor-made financial incentive package, while acting as your liaison with local communities, and more.In my role as Research Analyst, I develop, evaluate and analyze customized business case proposals for prospective national and international knowledge and manufacturing sector companies in an effort to attract them to set up operations in the province. Prepare responses to requests for specific information from foreign companies, site consultants, consulates, embassies and leads coming to the attention of the investment staff. Industry information needs range from regional economic profiles to industry specific taxes, labour costs, mandated employee benefits, local R&D, value propositions and industry profiles.I also liaise with other government departments, regional enterprise agencies, private corporations, etc. to remain informed of any new developments and changes in policies, regulations, and economics of targeted industries.I gather information on the quality and quantity of New Brunswick’s labour pools to guide and to advise strategy development that match the requirements of particular companies. This involved researching employment, unemployment, student populations, income assistance, immigration and retired groups of the population.

Managed Ambassador Program, including development of the program budget, strategic plan, annual report card and investment leads from ambassadors. Proactively recruited and maintained planned network of beneficial and working relationships with Ambassadors. This group is comprised of senior level executives living in-province and abroad, in a wide range of industries, who have volunteered through this program to support the department’s immediate and future needs and objectives.Created and adapted the overall Ambassador program strategy to meet departmental goals in an ever changing business environment while remaining flexible, ensuring both departmental and Ambassador needs/goals are met.Encouraged new ideas from Ambassadors by generating round table discussions/brainstorming sessions to explore new ideas for business growth, partnership opportunities, sector opportunities, mentorship programs, promotional opportunities, new ways of communications, etc.Accessed the network regularly to gather information, identify strategic opportunities and seek input on current investment strategies.Planned and coordinated investment meetings and events involving ambassadors with Minister and investment staff. Advised Ambassadors on changes to government policy, business environment, investment strategies, and the like.Prepared and monitored branch budget, analyze variances and take appropriate steps to maintain operations within budgetary limits.Negotiated contracts related to Ambassador program activities. Liaised with business development, export and investment officers and managers to communicate program status, ambassador requests and leads. Facilitated Ambassador communications with investment staff and Minister’s/Premier’s office. Coordinated Ambassador enrollment process with support staff, including the development of Ambassador certificates and delivery of communications from the Premier’s/Minister’s office.

Envisioned and coordinated Investment/Export/Business Development Outreach Activities for Premier/Minister Forecasted 12 months of exposure for the Premier and department Minister in specified target markets to promote business investment in New Brunswick.Evaluated the best use of Ministerial time out of the province.Capitalized on multiple speaking opportunities and arrange business meetings out of province/country for Premier/Minister in each of our specified target markets including, central Canada, northeast United States (Boston, New York, Mid-Atlantic States), Gulf Coast states, California, Germany, Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden), Europe and India.Maintained on-going positive relationships with national and international associations (according to our sector targets), universities, site selectors, the Canadian consulates and the international business community.Capitalized on opportunities for Minister to leverage events being organized by other departments to present New Brunswick as a prime business location. This requires ongoing communication with Intergovernmental Affairs, the Department of Energy, the Population Growth Secretariat and others.Created agendas, itineraries, briefing books (including biographies for persons of interest, company background notes, financial information, etc).Briefed the Premier/Minister prior to each mission to insure he is properly informed.Developed speaking points for communications team to contribute to the Premier’s/Minister’s speech.Developed power point presentations for the Premier/Minister when appropriate to the target audience.

Increased profit margins from 66.54% in 2003 to 80.33% in 2004 which resulted in an increase in revenue of $290,239 through cost saving initiatives and a competitive pricing structure.Managed the ‘List Direct’ product including relationships with Cornerstone, Microzip and Dirxion to ensure the quality and quantity of direct mail lists.Provided ongoing sales support.Performed an analysis of the DLS (internal) system and developed the ‘Enhanced List Services Product Plan’, output requirements document and product enhancement recommendations and presented the challenges facing the product to executive, marketing management, IT and sales management.Drove the ‘List Direct’ data clean up and enhancement and identified the need to outsource the data clean up and enhancement and analyzed options to proceed.Submitted budget requirements and managed expenditures.Successfully coordinated the development, compilation and manufacturing of the ‘Reverse Directory on CD Rom’.Created direct mail pieces and managed call campaigns to target past/new customers.Created new branding for the List Direct product (patent research, applying patent, reserving web addresses, updating collateral, etc).Identified and mapped out pricing structure, advertising and billing processes and formulated remedies for all issues and identified go forward requirements to meet the needs of SuperPages, Telus and the federal government in BC providing go forward options.Navigated meetings with 50 federal government employees from each department in BC to determine issues and address concerns recovering $600,000 owed for 2003 and 2004.Attended privacy seminars to ensure ‘List Direct’s’ continued compliance with the ever changing ‘Privacy Act’, and examined the possibilities of adding historical data to our files.Assisted executive in the compilation of information for the Matthew Englander Affidavit (Lawsuit against Telus).

dreamWeavers.com specialized in Wedding Planning and eCommerce.Negotiated and established accounts for the eCommerce initiative including national and regional retailers across Canada and transitioned LaVoda.com’s customers to the new site.Researched potential vendors for the Gift & Honeymoon Registry/Wedding Store.Liaised with the IT team to ensure deadlines were met.Marketed and promoted the Wedding Store, Gift Registry, and Honeymoon Registry.Strategized business development of entire site.

LaVoda.com was a start-up dot com company specializing as Canada’s First On-Line Wedding Gift Registry. dreamWeavers.com purchased LaVoda.com in August 2000.Developed business strategies to launch the on-line gift registry.Developed and implemented business and marketing plans and communication strategies.Contacted and performed presentations to potential investors, alliances and national /regional retailers and services across Canada.Negotiated contracts with national and regional retailers.Took the company public through Blackpool Exploration Ltd.Hired LaVoda.com’s executive team and IT professionals to custom design the web site. Wrote all content for the site.Researched, negotiated and directed expansion opportunities for LaVoda.com.Conducted market research and focus groups.Created promotional materials including contests, flyers, and magazine advertisements.Negotiated the sale of LaVoda.com Inc. to dreamWeavers Internet Inc.