Trendspire Canada Inc.

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Trendspire Canada Inc. provides organizational strategies and solutions to establish and sustain conversations with clients, customers and stakeholders.

Stakeholder Engagement Consulting

Helping companies/organizations thrive in environments that include stakeholder engagement activities

Our Innovative Support Strategies include:

Defining stakeholder engagement terms, identifying relevance for your company
Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Statement for your company
Identifying strategies that will help attain long-term corporate goals
Providing a customized critical path to implement stakeholder engagement strategies
Creating a budget for stakeholder engagement activities
Income producing sustainable stakeholder development/engagement strategies
Executing stakeholder engagement strategies/activities
Determining a return on investment(ROI) for stakeholder engagement strategies
Implementing stakeholder engagement strategies
Training staff in processes that support stakeholder engagement interactions
Determining when stakeholder engagement is beneficial or necessary
Assessment of human resource, organization (and intangible) capacities
Create issues that inspire public consultation
Identify channels for stakeholder and civic engagement
Knowledge transfer/online learning strategies
Recommend sustainability and partnership development strategies
Engagement marketing
Customer/Client relationship management (CRM)
Stakeholder and potential partner readiness
Communities of social learning
Create a culture of trust based on character and competency
Productive workflows including stakeholder engagement strategies
Comparison of collaborative technology products
Recommendation of communication approaches

Skilled and results oriented problem solving teams (or designated expert) are ready to respond and provide solutions to all enquiries and requirements.
Given any challenge, our team will provide affordable options

Trendspire Mission and Goals

Trendspire Canada, Inc. is committed to make a vital and positive impact on Canada’s social landscape. We assist government, corporate and non-profit organizations build meaningful relationships with their clients and stakeholders.

Company Goals:

1. Trendspire Canada, Inc. recommends tools and strategies to assist in harnessing values and vision for individuals, groups and communities.
2. Trendspire Canada, Inc. develops and recommends information communication technologies in order to open channels and provide access to resources and information.
3. Trendspire Canada, Inc. focuses on tools that enable consultation, collaboration, and innovation in order to build and strengthen relationships.
4. Trendspire seeks to be a leader in generating innovative and sustainable concepts for future profit and productivity.
5. Trendspire seeks to foster resiliency by supporting enabling strategies to create learning opportunities, through leadership, mentoring and coaching.

Business Philosophy:

Trendspire’s philosophy focuses on creating strategic opportunities for clients and communities. Through organizational assessments, an effort is made to identify intangible assets and to build upon what may already exist. Competent research uncovers trends in demography and economic tendencies, which allows freedom to think outside the box. Then, in a socially responsible manner, strategies are developed in consideration of sustainability, all with concern for return on investment (ROI). Trendspire Canada, Inc. strives to provide service excellence; demonstrated through over twenty five years of hard work, passion and dedication to community and technological development.

Recent Contracts

• LeaderNet® - A Virtual Event and Social Learning Community

• Integrated Collaboration Strategies and Tools - Rural Communities of Alberta (ARPA)

• Pan-Canadian Voluntary Sector Enterprise Portal - Industry Canada

• Communications Hub for Alberta Community Leaders - ACE Communities

• Community Engagement/Communications Consultant - HNHB LHIN

• Technical Activator - Active Seniors Online Community, Trendspire

• Resource Repository for Office of the Voluntary Sector - Health Canada

• Technical Activator - Centre for Community Leadership, Niagara College

• Partner Provider Matching - ConnectNiagara Initiative

• Community Development Training (10 Sessions) - City of Burlington (Staff)

• Regional Labour Study - Community Development Halton

• Creative support and technical services - Sustainable Niagara Inc.

• Connect Niagara Business - Infrastructure assisting small business

• Youth Creative Works Challenge - showcasing creative works

• On-line research/public consultation - Ontario Ministry of Education

• Leadership and Training for the Lifestyle Information Network (LIN)

• Products for e-commerce, data collection and information distribution

• Community Life Online Dial-up BBS - Social Networking Platform

• Co-writer of ‘Creating Community’, a Textbook used in Post-Secondary Intitutions

Dianne Clark (Renton)

President and CEO

Dianne is a passionate community relationship developer and innovative business pioneer. Her familiarity and creative use of knowledge-based resources cultivates new markets, fostering growth while building sustainable outcomes using a coordinated stakeholder engagement approach. Her track record includes several high profile >$M Canadian projects for clients such as Industry Canada, HNHB Local Health Integration Network, Health Canada, Association of Canadian Community Colleges, Ontario Ministry of Education, Alberta Recreation and Parks Association, Brock University, and Niagara College. Her transformational leadership style, knowledge of technology, partnership strategies, business and motivational practices provide synergies that inspire multi-generational and collaborative teams.

”~Dianne Clark Inspires Dynamic and Productive Teams”

• Nominated RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur of the Year
• Nominated Niagara Entrepreneur of the Year
• Nominated Niagara’s Business Woman of the Year
• Technical activator - Centre for Community Leadership Web Site
• Former Niagara Voices Panelist - St. Catharines Standard
• Professor of Leadership, Strategic Planning, and Community Development
• Training in the area of Community Development - City of Burlington
• Co-author of ‘Creating Community’ A Resource Manual

Data Sheet

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Trendspire Leadership Network

LeaderNet^® fosters the development of innovative leadership, while preparing companies to thrive in our digital economy given support of social and digital resources.

The Trendspire Leadership Network is an innovative social learning community allowing leaders to share their Digital Leadership expertise/experiences. LeaderNet^® is currently offering certification in leading Virtual Events. Engage, involve and educate your network/membership by using interactive meetings while we provide support every step of the way. Bring your enthusiasm and we’ll do the rest!

In the News

• Federal Government Portal Project: A $1.4 M Project of a Pan-Canadian Resource increasing capacity of Voluntary Organizations through community development and collaboration. National Voluntary Sector Portal Article
• In 1995, the Niagara Falls Review published a story on our Electronic Bulletin Board (BBS). Niagara Falls Review Article

Testimonials

• Trendspire provided over $300,000 of in-kind services to the Active, Creative, Engaged Communities between 2008 and 2011… Acknowledgement
• Dianne assisted the founding of Sustainable Niagara Inc, a voluntary organization advocating sustainability and offers a database of over 1000 web resources. Sustainable Resources Portal Sample
• Dianne inspired and created ConnectNiagara Business which operated for two years with meetings and online resources.ConnectNiagara Business Press
• Four letters of support from political leaders indicating an understanding and support for our valuable online resource, ConnectNiagara, a community resource offering benefits for all sectors. Concept | Letters of Political Support

Client List

We've enjoyed providing sustainable stakeholder engagement products and processes since 1995. We encourage you to consult any of our Clients for testimonials of our services.

Montana Snell

Consultant | Online Stakeholder Engagement

Montana began her business career pathway at Niagara College, graduating with an applied Business Administration Diploma. During that time she began working with international Guests, providing detailed tours and seminars at a local winery. With an urge for a higher education and experience, she took off to Australia where she graduated with her Bachelors of Business. This international experience provided extraordinary skills, knowledge and motivation. After a short return, Montana proceeded to South Korea to teach English; teaching and leading large groups of both students and teachers. A passion and skill set for leading and teaching continued to flourish. During her stay she completed a TEFL certification which has provided many techniques that are transferred into all arenas of present coaching and teaching. Following her travels, she worked for a successful non-profit research centre, that synergized government, post-secondary and extra-Provincial resources, while using effective collaboration strategies. Montana then paired up with her current mentor and partner to help ARPA create an online learning centre. She also acted as the Knowledge Transfer Coordinator, coaching and hosting others in an online platform. During this time she assisted Dianne Clark with the creation and execution of LeaderNet, an entrepreneurial business that provides virtual event coaching and support.

Project Highlights
• Partnered creation of Trendspire Leadership Network:
Services, Processes, Marketing, Accounts,Communication
• Collaborative creation of Trendspire Leadership Network Website
• (LeaderNet) Website and CRM Management and Support
• Process Design and Implementation: ACE eLearning Centre
• Process creation of a new CRM for ACE Communities

Education
• Bachelor of Business – Marketing
Griffith University, Australia
• Business Administration – Marketing
Niagara College of Applied Arts and Technology, Canada
• Adobe Connect Professional Certified
• TEFL Certified

Full Credentials | Contact

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Lorna Costantini

Knowledge Broker and Educational Consultant

PROFILE
Skilled in community development, team building, staff training, media production and web publishing. Workshop presenter. Competent public speaker, qualified teacher, confident writer and frequent blogger. Political experience. Community volunteer.

EXPERIENCE

WEBCASTER Edtechtalk
SHOW HOST Classroom 2.0 Live
FACILITATOR Niagara Catholic District School Board Parent Reaching Out Project
CONSULTANT Ontario Ministry of Education Ontario Since 2001
Ontario Certified Teacher

Privacy Policy

Your Privacy

At Trendspire Canada, Inc., we believe our online visitors have a right to know our practices regarding the information we may collect when you visit our Web site and what type of information is collected. The guidelines contained herein apply only to your visit to the Web site operated by or for Trendspire Canada, Inc. Sites which are linked to/from this site may have different policies; therefore, please review the privacy policy notices on those sites for details.

While Trendspire Canada, Inc. does not generally require that you provide us with personally identifiable information in order to visit and use the Trendspire Canada, Inc. site, please note that in order to participate in some activities, it will be necessary for you to provide this information. If you choose not to provide it for those activities, you may not be able to participate in them.

Collection of Information
For each visitor to the Trendspire Canada, Inc. Web site, the Trendspire Canada, Inc. Web server automatically recognizes, collects and/or stores information such as the visitor’s IP address/Domain name combination and any referring sites. Trendspire Canada, Inc. may use several technologies to accomplish this. An example of such a technology is cookies.

When you visit the Trendspire Canada, Inc. Web site or advertisements appearing thereon, or use one or more of the Trendspire Canada, Inc. Web site services, we may use an industry-wide technology called “cookies” which stores certain information on your computer and which will allow us to customize your experience to better match your interests and preferences or to simply facilitate your signing in to use the services. Most browsers will allow you to erase cookies from your computer hard drive, block acceptance of cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. However, if you block or erase cookies, we may not be able to restore any preferences or customization settings you previously specified and our ability to personalize your online experience will be limited. Please refer to your browser instructions or “help” screen to learn more about these functions.

Trendspire Canada, Inc. may ask you to provide “personal information”, meaning individually identifiable information such as your email address, name, mailing address, telephone number, social security number, credit card number, or persistent identifier (such as a customer number held in a cookie) which is associated with individually identifiable information, to enable you to participate in contests, to fill out a registration using this site. Trendspire Canada, Inc. may combine the information you provide on our Web site with information we may collect offline from you or from third parties so that we can more effectively tailor our site, services and offerings to you.

Trendspire Canada, Inc. will not share the personal information you provide on the Trendspire Canada, Inc. Web site with any other parties, except (a) to other affiliated Trendspire Canada, Inc. companies who may want to contact you about products, services or other offerings that may be of interest to you (b) with your consent (see paragraph below), (c) as may be required by law or court order, (d) to persons or companies with whom Trendspire Canada, Inc. engages to carry out or provide support for the operations of the site or our business, or (e) under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety or property of our users, the public or Trendspire Canada, Inc..

Unless you instruct us otherwise, Trendspire Canada, Inc. may contact you to provide information about products, services, promotions, contests, or other activities or offerings that may be of interest to you. You can instruct us whether or not you wish to be contacted by emailing us your request.

With your consent, Trendspire Canada, Inc. may share your personal information with third parties outside of the Trendspire Canada, Inc. group of companies who may want to contact you about products, services or other offerings that may be of interest to you. Each of these companies may have their own privacy policies. Trendspire Canada, Inc. will seek to obtain your consent at the place where the information is collected either by an “opt-out” or “opt-in” method, or by other means (such as an email request). If you consent to receiving communications from any of these third parties, you will need to communicate with them directly if you later decide that you no longer wish to receive their communications. If you wish to withdraw your consent from any further sharing of your personal information with third parties, you may do so by emailing us your request.

Use and Disclosure of Anonymous Aggregated Information
Trendspire Canada, Inc. may also collect, aggregate and maintain anonymous information about the visitors to our Web site, such as visitors hobbies, interests, and the like. This data can then be used to tailor Trendspire Canada, Inc. ‘s Web site content and advertising to deliver a better experience for our visitors. Trendspire Canada, Inc. may also share such aggregate information about our visitors with advertisers, business partners, sponsors, and other third parties; for example, to inform them about the percentage of male/female visitors or percentage of visitors within a particular age range.

Security
Trendspire Canada, Inc. takes great care in maintaining the security of your personal information and in preventing unauthorized access to it through the use of appropriate technology and internal procedures. However, Trendspire Canada, Inc. does not guarantee that unauthorized access will never occur and Trendspire Canada, Inc. will not be responsible for any losses or damages suffered as a result of such unauthorized access.

Consent to Processing
By providing any personal information to the Trendspire Canada, Inc. site, all users, including without limitation of locale, fully understand and unambiguously consent to the collection and processing of such information in Canada.

Policy Governs Use; Changes to Privacy Policy
The terms of this policy will govern the use and any information collected while it is in place. Trendspire Canada, Inc. reserves the right to change this policy at any time, so please re-visit this page as often as you deem appropriate.

Questions
If you have any questions or comments about our personal information practices or about this Privacy Statement, please feel free to send us an email or write us at:

Trendspire Canada, Inc.
18 Harbour Street
Toronto, ON
M5J 2Z6 Canada

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