Heather Simmonds

Background

About Heather Simmonds

I am a strategic storyteller and fundraiser. What does that mean? Data + story = impact. I help create change to inspire more meaningful action. Change in stories. Change in people's hearts and minds. Change in brands. Change in companies. Change that makes the world a better place for those in the margins. I have had the privilege of building a proven track record of growing small business and enterprise-level global non-profit, public sector, and for-profit organizations year-over-year by defining and consistently delivering clear brand strategy and compelling integrated communications fund-raising campaigns that focus internal and bleed external. Why internal to external? That kind of strategy is what creates transformational workplace culture and memorable user experiences that retain the best staff, clients, and donors. I know because I am proud to have worked with them and for them in Canada, the US, and around the world. Ultimately, I am driven by empathy and my belief that we can always do more together than we can apart. Top Strengths: Input. Strategic. Learner. Developer. Achiever. Brand Strategy. Research. Communications Strategy. Marketing Strategy. Content Strategy. Fundraising Strategy. Integrated Marketing Campaigns. Digital-First Marketing. SEO. Crisis Communications Planning. Crisis Communications Management. Public Relations. Grant Writing. Creative Writing. Design Management. Leadership."[Stories are all we have.] Stories, we all have stories. Nature does not tell stories, we do. We find ourselves in them, make ourselves in them, choose ourselves in them. If we are the stories we tell ourselves, we had better choose them well." Dr. James Orbinski, An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-First Century.