Professional Development Workshops

• Bonavista Institute of Cultural Tourism (BICT), Program Delivery.
  Client: Bonavista Institute of Cultural Tourism, Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador.
  Partner in delivery for two courses: Building Place and Profitable Partnerships (Ongoing: 2008-Present).

• STEP (Strategic Tourism Expansion Program) and AMR (Accelerated Market Readiness) Certification Workshop Delivery.
  Client: Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) -Tourism Atlantic.
  Programs aimed at development sustainable tourism destinations (communities) and providing market readiness excellence for Atlantic Canada Businesses (2011).

• V.I.S.I.T. (Vision in Steering Intelligent Tourism) Professional Development Program Delivery. Client: ACOA-Tourism Atlantic. Aimed at all Atlantic Canada ACOA senior and account managers to train them in the 2009 ACOA Tourism Growth Strategy, importance of experiential tourism and tourism and tools and solutions for moving tourism forward as a major economic development sector (2009-2010).

Tourism Strategy Workshops

• Speed-Networking & Partnerships, NB Cultural Coast, Southeast NB (2011, 2010)
• Destination Cape Breton Strategic Directions and Priorities. Client: Destination Cape Breton (2010).
• Prince Edward Island Tourism Advisory Council (TAC): Strategic Plan – the Next Five Years. Client: Tourism Advisory Council of Prince Edward Island (2010).
• ACOA Tourism Strategy Roll-Out. Tourism Team Facilitated Session to map out a plan for rolling out the ACOA Tourism Strategy to industry on PEI (2010)
• Atlantic Canada Tourism Partnership, Strategic Plan – the next Three Years. Client: the Atlantic Canada Tourism Partnership (ACTP), a Pan-Atlantic consortium (2008).
• Prince Edward Island (PEI) Tourism Forum - Provincial Strategy (2003)
• Atlantic Canada Cruise Association (ACCA), Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (2003), Quebec City (2001)
• Enterprise Charlotte, St. Andrews, New Brunswick (2003, 2002).
• Cruise Saint John, Saint John Port Authority, Saint John, New Brunswick (2003)
• Meetings Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI (2003)
• Parks Canada & Cavendish Area Tourism Association (CATA) (2002)
• Tourism Industry Association of PEI, Charlottetown, PEI (2002)
• Renaissance Sackville, Sackville, New Brunswick (2002)
• Enterprise Charlotte, St. Andrews New Brunswick (2002).

Community-Based Sustainable Tourism Planning Workshops

• Muskoka Tourism, ON (2009).
• Island East, Points East Coastal Drive, PEI (2009)
• Tourism Summerside, PEI (2008)
• Miramichi Landings, New Brunswick (2008)
• Lessons Learned from Bouctouche, New Brunswick (2000-2006)
• Ingonish Area, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia (2007, 2005)
• Digby, Nova Scotia (2005)
• Twillingate, Newfoundland (2005)
• St. John River Valley, 15 communities, New Brunswick (2004, 2001)
• Tourism Summerside, Summerside, PEI (2001-2005)
• Province of PEI and Tourism Industry Association of PEI (2003)
• Cavendish, PEI (2001-2003)
• Parrsboro, Nova Scotia (2003)
• Gros Morne National Park, Gros Morne, Newfoundland (2003)
• Irish Loop Tourism Association, Ferryland, Newfoundland (2003)
• Town of Bonavista, Bonavista, Newfoundland (2003)
• Enterprise Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick (2003)
• Guysborough County Regional Development Authority, Nova Scotia (2002)
• Miramichi River Valley, numerous communities, New Brunswick (2002)

Other Workshop Topics Delivered

• Theming, Branding and Positioning
• The In's and Out's of Seasonality
• Advantages of a Visitor Levy
• The Why's and Where For’s of Packaging
• Ecotourism Development for Managers

References

Gladly available upon request.