 Administration |
Management, policy and report
writing/program development
- Managed filing systems, ordered supplies and operated all
office equipment
- Computer literate: MS Word, Excel, QuatroPro, Instant Artist,
Corel Presentations, WordPerfect, Quicken, Simply Accounting, PowerPoint, HTML, FrontPage
Editor, and a number of Imaging software programs
- Provided information and referral services to clients
- Researched and developed educational museum kits for use in
schools
- Designed database retrieval system; researching available
services
- Drafted proposal for Community house for Social Housing
project
- Drafted by-laws and organizational policies for Big
Brothers/Big Sisters
- Researched organizational status and prepared recommendations
- Chaired committee which drafted new Municipal Alcohol Policy
- As News Director, coordinated newsroom staff and formulated
operations manual
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| Communications |
Facilitation, research and development,
presentations
- Reported, wrote, edited and announced newscasts in various
on-air shifts during radio-journalism career and hosted live 'phone-in' program
- Conducted board development workshops for local agencies
- Facilitated community groups regarding health and social
issues
- Initiated and wrote networking newsletter for local health and
service agencies
- Designed web sites for the Town of Arnprior and
Arnprior & District Archives
- Wrote, acted and directed for community amateur theatre group
as well as for several improvisational theatre productions ( Murder on the Madawaska
)
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| Finance |
Co-ordination, funding proposals and
strategies
- Maintained payroll, personnel and accounting records
(Quicken5)
- Prepared budgets and financial review reports
- Administered 'Nevada' lottery
- Served as treasurer on several community boards and
commissions
- Prepared year-end reports for government and other funding
sources and Revenue Canada Charitable Information Returns
- Developed successful Millennium Grant Proposals
- Established community partnerships for financial and
promotional support
- Developed successful fund raising campaigns
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| Management Style |
I describe my management style as
'Imaginative-Structuralist'. I know that structures and rules are necessary and provide
clarity. A committee or working group without terms of reference can easily turn into
a talk-fest that goes nowhere.
But rules
are, by definition, limiting. Structures may help you avoid trouble but once you are
faced with a problem, following rules alone won't solve the problem. For that, you
must use your imagination. Anyone can follow rules; to lead is to have vision and
that takes imagination.
| Clarity of purpose and role is necessary in any
endeavour. But clear lines should not restrict so much that you cannot see 'out
of the box' and beyond your present situation. |
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