HIGHLIGHTS
COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Published newspaper reporter and photographer with strong organizational and interviewing skills.
- Researched subjects using libraries, publications, Internet, and face to face interviews.
- Wrote concise copy and designed effective marketing materials.
- Experience with both Macintosh and PC versions of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook Express, Photoshop, WordPerfect, Apple Works, Eudora, and BBEdit.
- Edited and proofread manuscripts and articles slated for publication, checking for typos, layout misalignment, spelling mistakes, accurate grammar, and punctuation.
- Delivered speeches and seminars to groups of 4 to 40 people.
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HIGHLIGHTS
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
- Bachelor of Arts, Honours English Language & Literature degree, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, 1992.
- French Immersion, Association de Langue Française d'Avignon, Avignon, France, 1994.
- Writing for Magazines and Writing Short Stories, George Brown College, Toronto, ON, 1995.
- Food Safe Level 1, certified 1997.
- Fiction Workshop, The Victoria School of Writing, Victoria, BC, 1999.
- Improv-Comedy Workshop, Seat of your Pants School of Improv, Victoria, BC, 2000.
- WHIMS certified, 2000.
- Writing the Big Picture, Camosun College, Victoria, BC, 2001.
- Independent Employment, Jim Reger Group, Victoria, BC, 2001.
- S.E.A Program, Business Victoria, Victoria, BC, 2001-02.
- Reiki Level I, 2002.
- 1st Aid/CPR certified, St. John Ambulance, 2004.
- Introduction to Massage, The Westcoast College of Massage Therapy, Victoria, BC, 2004.
- Photography at Painters Lodge, Campbell River, BC, 2006.
- Member of Toastmasters Nite Shifters Club since March 2006.
- Currently enrolled in the New York Institute of Photography's Digital Photography online/correspondence course.
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