Tuesday, November 24, 2009 from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM (ET)
IABC Ottawa is pleased to host Linda Smith, communications consultant to Maple Leaf Foods on Tuesday, November 24th to discuss The Importance of Values Through Crisis.

Linda Smith
Communications Consultant
Linda Smith has worked in public relations in Canada for the last 30 years consulting to some of Canada’s best known companies. She was instrumental in driving the growth of Hill and Knowlton in its inception in Canada and then founded and led Fleishman-Hillard in Canada. Recently she has gone out on her own to provide communications consulting advice to a variety of clients including Maple Leaf Foods, her client of over a decade.
During her 15 years as operational lead of Fleishman-Hillard Canada she oversaw the growth of the agency from start up to 150 consultants under a variety of brands including Fleishman-Hillard Canada, High Road, iStudio and Avant.
Linda has extensive expertise in corporate affairs, issues management and crisis communications including strategic counsel, planning, crisis simulation training, media training and media relations. She has developed global crisis management programs for a variety of companies and was a company spokesperson and communications team member working for Maple Leaf Foods during the listeriosis outbreak.
Her early career was with Broadcast News/Canadian Press in Toronto covering provincial and national affairs. Linda is from Montreal and attended Ryerson Polytechnical University in the journalism program.
Event Details:
Tuesday, November 24th
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Empire Grill, 47 Clarence Street
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