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- Career position?
- I am the creator of this Association which is not unlike many that have cropped up but my goals include a more interactive and, indeed, active association within the Caribbean and internationally. This is especially taking into consideration the new economic issues that visit us in the region through trade liberalization and globalization which are indeed fueled by the internet and other communication tools.
- Organization and role
- President - Association of Caribbean Media Professionals
- What do you hope to gain from joinning our association?
- I have enormous goals and a vision regarding forming this association. On the one hand, we are so many in disparate fields of communications - photography, blogging, journalists, corporate communications specialists, marketing executives and advertising & account executives. Just imagine should we meet at a seminar, or webinar, just how much networking and information sharing and education of one body we can do over time. In addition, it is about time that we get the respect we deserve as critical members of the organizational structure; people who are part of a team which involves image building and fueling the bottom line through our expert knowledge. Our future looms large!
- About Me:
- This is a functional CV. Does not contain all info.
Kim Young
44 Prior Park Gardens
St James
BARBADOS
Tel: 246-425-0554
246-244-8772
kimjyoung@caribsurf.com
Summary: A resourceful, mature, goal-oriented team player with experience in media and public communication in corporate and NGO environments. Known for innovation, creativity and enthusiasm, teaching/research skills, willingness to learn and lead with consistency and achieve corporate objectives with limited resources.
Strong leadership skills and esprit de corp
Interest in all regional, international and global social, political and economic current affairs.
Committed to achieving corporate goals through team building, information sharing and institutional strengthening.
Knowledge encompasses
Public Speaking/Public communication/ppt. presentations
Public education development
Conference/seminar/workshop production
Broadcast and communications policy/management
Journalism
trade policy communiqués
Strategic Marketing
Public Relations (all areas)
Human Resources Management
Training and Development
Trade Show and Exhibits planning
Lecturing/tutoring
Developing speakers’ bureau
Electronic newsletter and annual report compilation
Website monitoring and content
Proposal writing
TV Production (themes and content)
Media and Community relations
Business to Business developmental relationship building.
EXPERIENCE
CEO & President - INSIGNIA CARIBBEAN INC. Freelance writer - www.oceanstylemagazine.com and www.globalaffairs.es , the latter is an international relations academic magazine out of Spain which is an internationally respected journal/magazine. E-Publisher, editor, mass communications expert.
Promotions and Communications Officer for Caribbean Export Development Agency. Duties: Strategic planning for the Agency’s overall communications policy and design and execution for 15 CARIFORUM states with a view to improving the visibility and image-building of the Agency to all stakeholders and the general public at large; Promotion of individual activities (trade related and trade policy related) within CARIFORUM and CARICOM, emphasis on OECS as well; Marketing of the authentic Caribbean seal regarding Caribbean goods and services; interaction with major stakeholders like IICA, CARICAD, UNCTAD and others: promotion of the Agency and its mandate/mission/vision and values at trade fairs and trade missions; interaction with all regional bodies and actors/stakeholders; organization and execution of press conferences, press briefings and press launches and chairing the same; writing content and posting same to Caribbean Export’s website; compiling and producing CE News, the Agency’s trade magazine; preparation of the annual report; promotion and event planning of the Caribbean Gift and Craft Show in the region; training staff in public relations, ppt. presentations and weekly meetings on information-sharing within units on Agency’s strategic projects; Development of external and internal communications action plan; Regional promotion of DFID’s (Department for International Development – UK) Business Linkages Challenge Fund; liaising with donor agencies (2000-2002).
Special Assistant to the Editor in Chief – Daily Nation, SA to Harold Hoyte, Publisher and CEO of the Nation Newspaper. Duties were largely administrative, editorial with direct responsibility to head of Nation. Also a long standing reporter on regional issues.(1995-1997)
Public Relations Manager – Barbados Hotel & Tourism Association. Duties and responsibilities included development of internal and external communications policy for major stakeholders; image building and institutional strengthening; planning press conferences, press briefings, press release writing, compiling clippings file; selling Barbados to visiting travel agents; promotion of Night of the Nineties (1990 contract)
Journalist/Editor –Barbados Daily Nation Newspaper. Duties involved sub-editing, editing, feature story writing on all areas from business to human interest stories and politics and tourism and delegation of assignments to junior journalists. (1982-1992 with break to fulfill contractual obligation at Barbados Hotel Association) (1986-1992)
Public Relations Manager – Ministry of International Business on behalf of the Council for Science and Technology. Sole coordinator of "SciTechExpo ’98", a highly successful science and technology exhibition hosted at Sherbourne Centre. Duties also included all public relations, media management of the event, education awareness of science and technological developments in Barbados. Participants included all secondary schools in Barbados.
EDUCATION
Master of Arts Degree in Mass Communications from the Centre for Mass Communications Research, Leicester University, Leicester, England. (Dissertation in political communication).
Post graduate diploma in Management from Center for Management development, University of the West Indies, Barbados
Course included:
Transcripts available upon request.
Other courses:
Intensive OAS/WTO/CIS course in trade policy and the FTAA/Doha Agenda – UWI (2004)
• Dale Carnegie Course in Effective Speaking & Human Relations (1986)
Diploma in Journalism – School of continuing Studies, Barbados. (1981)
Diploma in Journalism - outstanding student from the Nation Newspaper, Barbados. (1981)
Interests – art, jazz, family, reading, travel. Special interest - public education, advocacy and public awareness activities regarding autism and all related spectra.
References
Vaughn Renwick, former Executive Director of CEDA (Caribbean Export Development agency), now CEO of WIRSPA – 228-8033
Vaughn.Renwick@wirspa.com
Professor Jane Cross, Professor of Law, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
JaneEllencross@aol.com
crossj@nsu.law.nova.edu
954-262-6014
Prof. Hilary Beckles, Principal and Pro Vice Chancellor, University of the West Indies
hbeckles@uwichill.edu.bb
246-417-4032
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Since 2007 we now produce an Annual Full Colour Magazine for enquires and advertising contact MTIMA at
dspokenword@yahoo.com or call 796 - 6920
Main Points of Interest:
To revive the lost oral traditions of our Ancestors;
To sensitize the community of the need to continue this tradition;
To provide a medium for the expressions of talented poets;
To provide a medium for educative and informative reading.
Poets can forward their poems to dspokenword@yahoo.com
Some of our published poets include:
Anthony “Nth digri” Bansfield, Canada
Ashanti, Trinidad
Brent “Screw Face” John, Trinidad
Cheryl Griffith, Trinidad
Hayley Millington, Canada
Ibrahim “Rahim” Gorib, Trinidad
Isha Wells, Trinidad
Kavita Ganness, Trinidad
Mtima Solwazi, Trinidad
Safiya Baksh-Hosein, Trinidad
Salim Razzaq, Trinidad
Sallick, Trinidad
Sandra “Singing Sandra” Des Vignes-Millington, Trinidad & Tobago
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Kim