It was my lucky day when Nicola agreed to work with me again, this time in communications at Roots of Empathy. I knew she would elevate our work to the next level, and she did. Over and over again. Nicola thinks big, and delivers the detail. Vision and execution. She's the first to say, "What about this?" And then she does it. She created content, connected and built relationships, and used new and existing technologies to build awareness of our programs and their impact. If she hadn't used a technology or platform before, she learned how to do it. She used her journalist's instincts to produce and edit video and create clear and captivating graphics. Nicola also created an inspired, warm voice for Roots of Empathy's social media that won fans across all platforms and led to substantial organic growth of our communities. Nicola is an exceptional writer, too. In addition to social media, she wrote for our website, promotional materials, book chapters and proposals, annual reports, and lots more. And then there's Nicola as a person - transparent, honest, and so much fun to work with. I've said this before and I will say it a second time - I'd work with her again in a second.

Nicola and I worked together at TVOParents for five years and I'm very grateful for having had her by my side, literally. Nicola was our homepage editor and a content producer. She had incredible passion for her work. She saw the big picture while caring deeply about the details. She constantly asked, "What will this be like for the user?" I relied on her editorial scrutiny of the blogs and other content I posted. She was adept at creating content - she had great ideas and strong journalistic instincts - and was equally adept at the technical aspects of website development and maintenance. We called her our "textpert". If she didn't have the answer to something, she found it. Always. She's persistent, diligent, a check and double-check kind of person. She regularly presented us with new programs and apps we could use to improve our site. Nicola and I worked together on a pitch to develop an app for teachers and she was invaluable in knowing what we needed and how to do it. Nicola worked night and day, and that's not an exaggeration, to build our social media community, including finding and engaging in Twitter chats and forums and scouring the internet for relevant, useful, interesting information to share with our parenting/educator community. She did all of that with humanity, honesty, transparency and humour. Nicola is a warm, funny, caring colleague who I looked forward to seeing everyday. I would work with her again in a second.

It was my lucky day when Nicola agreed to work with me again, this time in communications at Roots of Empathy. I knew she would elevate our work to the next level, and she did. Over and over again. Nicola thinks big, and delivers the detail. Vision and execution. She's the first to say, "What about this?" And then she does it. She created content, connected and built relationships, and used new and existing technologies to build awareness of our programs and their impact. If she hadn't used a technology or platform before, she learned how to do it. She used her journalist's instincts to produce and edit video and create clear and captivating graphics. Nicola also created an inspired, warm voice for Roots of Empathy's social media that won fans across all platforms and led to substantial organic growth of our communities. Nicola is an exceptional writer, too. In addition to social media, she wrote for our website, promotional materials, book chapters and proposals, annual reports, and lots more. And then there's Nicola as a person - transparent, honest, and so much fun to work with. I've said this before and I will say it a second time - I'd work with her again in a second.

Nicola and I worked together at TVOParents for five years and I'm very grateful for having had her by my side, literally. Nicola was our homepage editor and a content producer. She had incredible passion for her work. She saw the big picture while caring deeply about the details. She constantly asked, "What will this be like for the user?" I relied on her editorial scrutiny of the blogs and other content I posted. She was adept at creating content - she had great ideas and strong journalistic instincts - and was equally adept at the technical aspects of website development and maintenance. We called her our "textpert". If she didn't have the answer to something, she found it. Always. She's persistent, diligent, a check and double-check kind of person. She regularly presented us with new programs and apps we could use to improve our site. Nicola and I worked together on a pitch to develop an app for teachers and she was invaluable in knowing what we needed and how to do it. Nicola worked night and day, and that's not an exaggeration, to build our social media community, including finding and engaging in Twitter chats and forums and scouring the internet for relevant, useful, interesting information to share with our parenting/educator community. She did all of that with humanity, honesty, transparency and humour. Nicola is a warm, funny, caring colleague who I looked forward to seeing everyday. I would work with her again in a second.

It was my lucky day when Nicola agreed to work with me again, this time in communications at Roots of Empathy. I knew she would elevate our work to the next level, and she did. Over and over again. Nicola thinks big, and delivers the detail. Vision and execution. She's the first to say, "What about this?" And then she does it. She created content, connected and built relationships, and used new and existing technologies to build awareness of our programs and their impact. If she hadn't used a technology or platform before, she learned how to do it. She used her journalist's instincts to produce and edit video and create clear and captivating graphics. Nicola also created an inspired, warm voice for Roots of Empathy's social media that won fans across all platforms and led to substantial organic growth of our communities. Nicola is an exceptional writer, too. In addition to social media, she wrote for our website, promotional materials, book chapters and proposals, annual reports, and lots more. And then there's Nicola as a person - transparent, honest, and so much fun to work with. I've said this before and I will say it a second time - I'd work with her again in a second.

Nicola and I worked together at TVOParents for five years and I'm very grateful for having had her by my side, literally. Nicola was our homepage editor and a content producer. She had incredible passion for her work. She saw the big picture while caring deeply about the details. She constantly asked, "What will this be like for the user?" I relied on her editorial scrutiny of the blogs and other content I posted. She was adept at creating content - she had great ideas and strong journalistic instincts - and was equally adept at the technical aspects of website development and maintenance. We called her our "textpert". If she didn't have the answer to something, she found it. Always. She's persistent, diligent, a check and double-check kind of person. She regularly presented us with new programs and apps we could use to improve our site. Nicola and I worked together on a pitch to develop an app for teachers and she was invaluable in knowing what we needed and how to do it. Nicola worked night and day, and that's not an exaggeration, to build our social media community, including finding and engaging in Twitter chats and forums and scouring the internet for relevant, useful, interesting information to share with our parenting/educator community. She did all of that with humanity, honesty, transparency and humour. Nicola is a warm, funny, caring colleague who I looked forward to seeing everyday. I would work with her again in a second.