Clarity cures frustration and we believe everyone deserves to have it. At Leading With Nice, our strength is in helping you and your team clearly communicate your message and achieve your goals. We use a variety of tools and techniques to help you discover the right language to clarify your message. This results in clarity around your goals so internal stakeholders understand without confusion and can execute towards them with greater efficiency. Your customers and donors… Show more Clarity cures frustration and we believe everyone deserves to have it. At Leading With Nice, our strength is in helping you and your team clearly communicate your message and achieve your goals. We use a variety of tools and techniques to help you discover the right language to clarify your message. This results in clarity around your goals so internal stakeholders understand without confusion and can execute towards them with greater efficiency. Your customers and donors benefit from a shorter journey towards taking the action you want them to. They are also able to identify your company or organization as one they want to be in relationship with much quicker thanks to the lack of confusion.Together we'll develop a scorecard to track measurable returns on your investment. By developing clear metrics, you'll be able to see how your investment in Leading With Nice has resulted in the results that matter to you. Show less

Understanding culture and collaboration is more important than ever. In this course, students explore the dynamics of their role in creating workplace culture. They're equipped with tools and resources to both recognize their's and other's impact on culture and what they can do to strengthen and improve it. Students also have the opportunity to add to their collaboration skills toolkit through experiential learning assignments. They'll be challenged to use a variety of mediums to… Show more Understanding culture and collaboration is more important than ever. In this course, students explore the dynamics of their role in creating workplace culture. They're equipped with tools and resources to both recognize their's and other's impact on culture and what they can do to strengthen and improve it. Students also have the opportunity to add to their collaboration skills toolkit through experiential learning assignments. They'll be challenged to use a variety of mediums to collectively drive towards a goal where their success is in part dictated by how well their entire team performed. Classes are a mixture of lecture, discussion, experiential learning, video and presentations. In each class students can expect to laugh, challenge their thinking, add to the conversation and leave with at least one new strategy to help them in the workplace. Show less

Together with a business partner, manage business operations for investment properties and work with stakeholders for true win-win solutions to problems.

With an entreprenuerial sprit in my role as the Communications Director I lead a team of three direct reports and several volunteers towards the ultimate goal of sharing The Peoples Church's culture in way that it is easily understood. In collaboration with other directors and members of our executive team, I help produce strong brand narratives through the use of video, print, online and social.I am helping lead the charge in developing a robust online account management for… Show more With an entreprenuerial sprit in my role as the Communications Director I lead a team of three direct reports and several volunteers towards the ultimate goal of sharing The Peoples Church's culture in way that it is easily understood. In collaboration with other directors and members of our executive team, I help produce strong brand narratives through the use of video, print, online and social.I am helping lead the charge in developing a robust online account management for our members to make giving and participating in the church community easy. I make use of our widespread data collection efforts to bring facts and figures into unique dashboards for leaders in our organization in order to help facilitate their decision making through the use of accurate and reliable metrics.By intentionally building into my direct reports and my peers, I seek to inspire and encourage them in their efforts to grow their leadership potential. I establish and track important metrics in order to make data driven decisions about our communications strategy. Show less

Specializing in producing clean copy with quick turnaround on tight deadlines, I have been described by editors as “Mr. Human Interest Story,” because of my delight in writing profiles. My areas of expertise include automotive, technology and profiles.I have been published in the Toronto Star, Toronto Sun, National Post, Zoomer, the Winnipeg Sun, Canadian Home Workshop and DRIVEN among others.

Based on over ten years of research and interviews with business, educational and thought leaders, Leading With Nice pulls together scientific and anecdotal evidence that shows why leading with nice is a successful strategy to inspire others and get results. Information on Leading With Nice can be found at http://leadingwithnice.com.

Integral in helping the CCSAI grow from a $900,000/year, three employee to a $6 million/year, 150+ employee organization.•As a senior manager on staff, I have been given a mandate and the independence to lead a team of five full-time direct reports, 15 part-time reports and a stable of freelancers to meet the organization’s communication and marketing goals and objectives.•Created an online and offline campaign that resulted in a 71% approval rating and 21% voter turnout in… Show more Integral in helping the CCSAI grow from a $900,000/year, three employee to a $6 million/year, 150+ employee organization.•As a senior manager on staff, I have been given a mandate and the independence to lead a team of five full-time direct reports, 15 part-time reports and a stable of freelancers to meet the organization’s communication and marketing goals and objectives.•Created an online and offline campaign that resulted in a 71% approval rating and 21% voter turnout in support of a referendum to introduce a new $75/semester fee that would result in the construction of an Athletic and Wellness Centre on campus. Usual voter turnout on campus is 5%.•Develop and be the steward of the voice for the CCSAI through writing, photography and design•Collect then examine web and service usage data and use it to improve communications about events and services•Work with external groups, organizations and members of our board of directors to successfully run advocacy campaigns on and off campus•Often I am tasked with developing programs and events, managing the communications and managing the logistics and program or event itself•Use Adobe Creative Suite and MS Office to work with our graphic design team to create kick-butt Power Point presentations (yes, they are actually awesome)•Research and evaluate emerging trends in client behaviour and adapt our strategy in order to best reach our key stakeholders Show less