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“It’s a toss up who looks better…me or my dancing friend, “Morris” the Moose pictured above. Anyway, we both have brown hair and he dances better than I do and the two of us hail from a great place…Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.” |
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“Born and raised in Moose Jaw Saskatchewan. (Looks great on a resume!) That’s where I grew up in this wonderful farming community. I began my career as a copywriter at Radio Station CHAB, right in the heart of “The friendly City” of Moose Jaw. My tenure at CHAB was a wonderful training ground. I met plenty of neat radio and T.V. personalities. At the age of 18 this was my first job and it afforded me a taste of the power that is radio. It’s a medium where you still visualize using your imagination and that’s very powerful indeed.”
Alberta Bound…
"Armed with a couple of years of radio copywriting experience I yearned for the “big time,” that Calgary, offered. Alberta was such a contrast from the flat prairies. I marveled at the sight of the snow capped “Rockies.” I joined CFCN-TV as a copywriter eager to learn the mechanics of writing television commercials. The first week in Calgary I went shopping for a white cowboy hat and whooped it up at the Stampede."
Head East Young Woman…
“It was still the swinging 60’s. I wore mini skirts and bell bottom jeans and loved rock and folk music. A move to Ontario loomed on the horizon, I jumped at the chance for new experiences. It was great to land a copywriting position with CHAM Radio in Hamilton, (A Rogers owned sister station of CHFI at the time.) I considered myself fortunate to work with some very talented broadcasters. Many of whom have since moved on to claim a major slice of the Toronto broadcasting scene. Hamilton, “the Steel City” treated me well.”
At Long Last - Living in Toronto…
“The 70’s approached and Toronto’s bright lights beckoned and I followed. It was my good fortune to join the staff of several small Toronto-based ad agencies. Suddenly, I was introduced to the world of public relations and that of writing press releases to generate publicity. I got caught up with Toronto, it was humming and so alive, and I loved it. At this stage I realized how little I knew and how big the ad world had become.”
The Wrap-Up…
“To make a long Bio short, many years and many careers later, I am still involved in the marketing/public relations field. Living to write and writing to live.”
Getting To the Entrepreneurial Point…
“Yes…I am that same woman. Although no longer wearing minis (ugh, those varicose veins would show ever so colourfully), and yes, bell bottoms have resurfaced. Strangely, I notice that I am just a slight tad more mature (perhaps wiser…who am I kidding?”)
“In the 90’s becoming an entrepreneur seemed a natural progression. Operating M.E.K. Specialty Services Inc. for a number of years has been my passion. I am now based in Mississauga, Ontario. It’s a thriving city and merely a hop and skip from Toronto. Meeting fascinating business owners and solo entrepreneurs, assisting them with marketing strategies and in gaining media exposure has kept me happy and focused. To understand an entrepreneur you have to become one."
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