Natalie Brown
Director of Programs at Park People / Amis des parcs- Claim this Profile
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Rosalee G.
After working with her for almost two years, I can tell you that Natalie is an alchemist. She turns everything she touches into gold. She’s a quick study, strategic thinker, customer service oriented, and manages her time well. What’s unique about Natalie is that she’s a strong listener, collaborator, and connector. She considers the time, expertise, and skills of the people around her, and figures out how to involve them as early as possible to benefit both the project (in the short-term) and the organization (over the long-term). It takes patience and perseverance to do this properly while also being able switch gears many times a day to support multiple projects and tasks. Natalie also volunteers to do more to ease her team’s workload and still meets her deadlines. You can trust her to own whatever you give her. She’s also really good at asking for and accepting feedback. She’s an absolute joy to work with. She’ll teach you something new every day. If I was a CEO, I’d want her in my corner.
Huma Pabani
Natalie is bright, hardworking and incredibly organized. A talented writer and researcher, she understands the needs of her audience and writes to suit them. Particularly skilled in evaluation, Natalie helped us create and execute communications plans that could be evaluated using sound statistics. As our intranet project coordinator Natalie was key to the design and implementation of our new intranet portal, researching best practices, leading and managing content migration and user training.
Rosalee G.
After working with her for almost two years, I can tell you that Natalie is an alchemist. She turns everything she touches into gold. She’s a quick study, strategic thinker, customer service oriented, and manages her time well. What’s unique about Natalie is that she’s a strong listener, collaborator, and connector. She considers the time, expertise, and skills of the people around her, and figures out how to involve them as early as possible to benefit both the project (in the short-term) and the organization (over the long-term). It takes patience and perseverance to do this properly while also being able switch gears many times a day to support multiple projects and tasks. Natalie also volunteers to do more to ease her team’s workload and still meets her deadlines. You can trust her to own whatever you give her. She’s also really good at asking for and accepting feedback. She’s an absolute joy to work with. She’ll teach you something new every day. If I was a CEO, I’d want her in my corner.
Huma Pabani
Natalie is bright, hardworking and incredibly organized. A talented writer and researcher, she understands the needs of her audience and writes to suit them. Particularly skilled in evaluation, Natalie helped us create and execute communications plans that could be evaluated using sound statistics. As our intranet project coordinator Natalie was key to the design and implementation of our new intranet portal, researching best practices, leading and managing content migration and user training.
Rosalee G.
After working with her for almost two years, I can tell you that Natalie is an alchemist. She turns everything she touches into gold. She’s a quick study, strategic thinker, customer service oriented, and manages her time well. What’s unique about Natalie is that she’s a strong listener, collaborator, and connector. She considers the time, expertise, and skills of the people around her, and figures out how to involve them as early as possible to benefit both the project (in the short-term) and the organization (over the long-term). It takes patience and perseverance to do this properly while also being able switch gears many times a day to support multiple projects and tasks. Natalie also volunteers to do more to ease her team’s workload and still meets her deadlines. You can trust her to own whatever you give her. She’s also really good at asking for and accepting feedback. She’s an absolute joy to work with. She’ll teach you something new every day. If I was a CEO, I’d want her in my corner.
Huma Pabani
Natalie is bright, hardworking and incredibly organized. A talented writer and researcher, she understands the needs of her audience and writes to suit them. Particularly skilled in evaluation, Natalie helped us create and execute communications plans that could be evaluated using sound statistics. As our intranet project coordinator Natalie was key to the design and implementation of our new intranet portal, researching best practices, leading and managing content migration and user training.
Rosalee G.
After working with her for almost two years, I can tell you that Natalie is an alchemist. She turns everything she touches into gold. She’s a quick study, strategic thinker, customer service oriented, and manages her time well. What’s unique about Natalie is that she’s a strong listener, collaborator, and connector. She considers the time, expertise, and skills of the people around her, and figures out how to involve them as early as possible to benefit both the project (in the short-term) and the organization (over the long-term). It takes patience and perseverance to do this properly while also being able switch gears many times a day to support multiple projects and tasks. Natalie also volunteers to do more to ease her team’s workload and still meets her deadlines. You can trust her to own whatever you give her. She’s also really good at asking for and accepting feedback. She’s an absolute joy to work with. She’ll teach you something new every day. If I was a CEO, I’d want her in my corner.
Huma Pabani
Natalie is bright, hardworking and incredibly organized. A talented writer and researcher, she understands the needs of her audience and writes to suit them. Particularly skilled in evaluation, Natalie helped us create and execute communications plans that could be evaluated using sound statistics. As our intranet project coordinator Natalie was key to the design and implementation of our new intranet portal, researching best practices, leading and managing content migration and user training.
Experience
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Park People / Ami·es des parcs
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Canada
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Environmental Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director of Programs
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May 2020 - Present
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Program Manager, Cities
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Mar 2018 - May 2020
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National Network Manager
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Jul 2016 - Mar 2018
Park People is an independent charity that builds strong communities by animating and improving parks, placing them at the heart of life in cities. I lead Park People’s national program, working with partners to deliver new and expanded city parks programs across Canada, and helping to weave together a network of city parks enthusiasts from coast to coast to coast.
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Toronto Community Housing
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Government Administration
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700 & Above Employee
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Business Planner
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Jul 2013 - Jul 2016
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Internal Communications Consultant
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Dec 2012 - Jul 2013
Internal communications lead for the organization. Managed employee intranet and coordinated employee communications initiatives, including large-scale meetings, consultations, and project rollouts.
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Communications Assistant, Media and Issues
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Jun 2012 - Dec 2012
• manages a social intranet serving 1,500 employees.• provides writing and research support to Toronto Community Housing's strategic planning unit.• writes and edits articles for our intranet, website and tenant newsletter.
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Communications Intern
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Mar 2011 - May 2012
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York University
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Canada
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Arts and Professional Studies
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Sep 2009 - May 2010
• Designed and led tutorial sessions for undergraduate students studying media politics and policy. • Served as guest lecturer for 200-student class• graded assignments and provided individual teaching support and coaching to students. • Designed and led tutorial sessions for undergraduate students studying media politics and policy. • Served as guest lecturer for 200-student class• graded assignments and provided individual teaching support and coaching to students.
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Association for Progressive Communications
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South Africa
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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Research Assistant
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May 2008 - Apr 2009
• Researched and co-wrote a chapter of a multi-country research report on media piracy in emerging economies. Download the report here: http://piracy.ssrc.org/ • Designed and executed a qualitative research program examining the piracy data used in international intellectual property agreements
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Project Assistant, National ICT Policy Advocacy
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Sep 2007 - Sep 2008
• Managed operations for an international NGO’s head office in Johannesburg• Coordinated planning and logistics for conferences and NGO interventions in international policy summits and government consultations• Co-wrote and edited grant proposals including a successful proposal for an €1.8 million grant from the Dutch government for APC's 'Strengthening Women's Strategic Use of Information and Communication Technologies to Combat Violence Against Women and Girls' project.
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International Institute for Sustainable Development
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Think Tanks
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100 - 200 Employee
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Intern, Emerging Leaders in Governance and Communication
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2007 - 2008
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Web Development Assistant
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Sep 2005 - Sep 2006
Built database of product information and images for an online sales platform.Wrote marketing copy and edited display images using Adobe Photoshop for a range of sustainable products. Built database of product information and images for an online sales platform.Wrote marketing copy and edited display images using Adobe Photoshop for a range of sustainable products.
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Education
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2008 - 2010
York University
M.A, Communication and Culture; Politics and Policy -
2003 - 2007
Simon Fraser University
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Middle Eastern History -
2006 - 2006
Sciences Po
Political Science, French
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