Brian Gross - Skills
- MA, BA, and certificates in addictions, facilitation and instruction.
- Seasoned parliamentarian and committee chair.
- Interactive workshop developer, leader and train-the-trainer.
- Public speaker, mediator, facilitator, program evaluator, and press contact.
- Staff and board development through retreats and professional opportunities.
- Perfectly-timed, consistently-published press releases, and development of on-going win-win relationships with local, provincial and national media outlets and reporters.
- Grant writing, membership development, corporate sponsor funding packages.
- Fundraiser and artistic event production, coordination and curation.
- Well-versed in the uses and perils of social media and social networking.
- Certified Specialist in Microsoft Office:
- Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Outlook
- Access
- Graphic design, desktop publishing, website and interactive media design, development and maintenance using Adobe Creative Suite Master Collection:
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- Dreamweaver
- Contribute
- Flash
- InDesign
- Fireworks
- Soundbooth
- Premiere
- Acrobat Pro
- Expert operation and troubleshooting of computer, video and audio systems.
- Piano, guitar, singing, playwriting, performing.
- Fluent English; conversational French, Spanish, Indonesian & American Sign Language.