About Andrea Reynolds
It was at
Kent State University, 40 years ago, that I
discovered I had a knack for Communication, Advertising,
Marketing and Promotion...CAMP. (You'll find that I have a
propensity for acronyms.) Initially I had attended a
Liberal Arts college in Ohio, then transferred to Kent to
major in Home Economics (now called
Family and Consumer Science). But after 4 years of
university I realized that not only had I been studying
with only smart women but now my career would be mostly
with women. As a still-single woman I decided I wanted to
be around smart men too. So I chose not to graduate with my
class, 1971, but stay on and take business classes for
another year.
My
marketing management professor, Dr.
Mulvihill, announced at the
beginning of his class that he hadn't given any A's to his
students in 10 years. I decided that as the
only woman in the class of 100 men - I loved those odds -
that I would get an A. I had to work doubly hard to meet
the challenge and I did it.
I earned the A by really knowing the
material. If he asked the
question and nobody else knew the answer, I did. I enjoyed
reading the material and still love reading a business book
over any other kind of book. Who knew that a girl who once
wanted to design clothes would one day be sought out for
her marketing advice by Fortune and Financial Post 100
companies and have clients in several countries?
For every client who retains me I make that kind of
effort.
I want to win...but win for my client. I work hard - smart,
really - to make my client visible for the right reasons,
turn the challenge into a victory, and turn a crisis into
the best possible outcome for all, no matter what and how
long it takes.
In high school I was a quiet, unpopular, and mediocre
student. Looking back it was probably because I wasn't very
interested in the subjects I was required to take. I never
raised my hand, never knew the answer, and became flustered
if I was called on. Back then, I blushed very visibly. But
when I had to take two Speech and Communications classes in
college in order to graduate, I discovered
I had a gift for public speaking and could make audiences
laugh... intentionally. Years later multi-national
corporations like Coca-Cola hired me to
work privately with their CEOs to help them master the
art of presentation skills. Not bad for someone who was
once terrified to speak, even at the dinner table.
More to follow when I can think of something else to brag
about.
About Andrea Reynolds
Things you might not have known about
Andrea
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Andrea Reynolds
was - and still is - a pioneer in the field of
advice
empire-building.
She has mentored and promoted hundreds of consultants,
experts, best-selling authors, practitioners,
spokespeople, and specialists since 1979. She has been
retained by
clients
as far away as London, Cairo, Dublin, Sydney and Singapore;
and by Fortune 100 and Financial Post 100 companies.
Andrea's
objective has been to increase her clients' credibility,
visibility, and level of prestige, so that target markets
seek them out and they need never knock on doors. To
maintain her own visibility she often becomes her own
client. Andrea markets her expertise by using the same
methods she teaches to her clients.
She
has
hosted talk radio
and
appeared as a guest expert
on countless radio shows including CBC's Morningside with
Peter Gzowski, and "Basic Black" with Arthur Black. She has
appeared on "Frost Over Canada" hosted by British
interviewer Sir David Frost and appeared multiple times on
"Breakfast Television", "Shirley", the Dini Petty Show, and
4 programs on the Life Network.
She
has
authored numerous books, manuals, reports, and
booklets
and
published 5 newsletters,
written for national magazines and
newspapers,
led seminars,
and
addressed many professional and business
associations.
An outspoken
critic,
Andrea has been quoted in many periodicals:
Time, USA Today. Globe and Mail, National Post, The Korea
Times, The Financial Post, Canadian Business, Canadian
Living,
and
Sales and Marketing Management.
She has critiqued candidates for Canadian Prime Minister
and Premier of Ontario for Canadian Press wire
service,
The Toronto Star, The Toronto Sun
and
The Globe and Mail.
Her first book received a tongue-in-cheek Connie Award
from
Canadian Business Magazine
"for outstanding contribution to Canadian
Capitalism."
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