I am a writer, designer, community-builder, and organizational development director who lives and works on the unceded ancestral lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.
I have spent roughly twenty years directing communications and organizational development for nonprofits, professional associations, nerd bars, and arts organizations. I have served as an advisor to influential cultural organizations like the BC Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts for programs related to strategic planning and national funding initiatives.
My private practice now splits into two separate streams:
And I build lots of websites for writers, small business, and nonprofits.
One project that I am particularly proud of is the Real Vancouver Writers' Series, a registered nonprofit society that supported emerging and established writers by organizing and promoting public readings and all sorts of cool collaborations from 2010 until late 2025. The writers, booksellers, volunteers, and Board of Directors of Real Vancouver made a significant contribution to the culture and the literary community of Vancouver and Canada. It was a real honour to work with those folks. To find out more, go here.
An integrated West Coast studio for technology, organizational development, and project strategy. We help nonprofit organizations, businesses, and individuals understand where they are, clarify where they want to be, and chart a confident course toward a sustainable and prosperous future. Home of Controlled Intelligence and the Meridian Framework.
Book and career advisory for authors. I offer book industry orientation, manuscript review, creative accountability, and potential access to some of the best editors, designers, agents, and publishers in the business.
Professional editorial work across all aspects of manuscript development and revision is also available through trusted, professional associates.
Building online homes and practical marketing strategies for writers and other creative people and businesses. While I have built many sites in WordPress I am more likely to build everything in custom code now. If you're a writer who's looking for a new site, HMU.
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