Andrea Reynolds... consultant, author, speaker, activist

"Be kind to strangers... they could be angels in disguise." Or it could be me testing you for my book, column, keynotes, etc.

Book me to stir up your next event or meeting.

I've been known to enlighten, entertain, provoke and disturb audiences.
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Andrea Reynolds,
Investigative Journalist (Former media guest, periodical writer, freelance broadcaster/radio host, public relations consultant, and speaker agent.)

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My first of several goals is to raise $50,000 by December 31, 2010 to pay off the balance of debts I incurred when I was forbidden (harassed and threatened) to write, consult, publish books, teach, appear in the media, own a web site, or earn a living by the association board of directors and property manager for the condo unit I owned. (When I moved in I was starting over and debt-free.)

Essentially, the neighbors I voted for to act in my best interests denied me multiple rights and freedoms guaranteed by Canada's constitution. (My story will be detailed in my book, The Kindness Experiment.)

Once I have rebuilt a nest egg for my golden years, I will then build a nonprofit foundation to assist other writers who also have been denied the right to speak, write or publish.

One step at a time.

I welcome your support in these ways.

1. Invite me to speak to your group, conference, meeting, or class on any of my lecture/seminar topics.

2. Retain me to write a persuasive letter that will recover reputation, money or property that is rightfully yours that was removed, denied, stolen or swindled from you.

3. Retain me as your Undercover Client-Patient-Guest-Customer to tell you what your patients, clients, guests, association members won't tell you but wish they could. (Appropriate for physicians, lawyers, dentists, chiropractors, veterinarians, realtors, landlords, etc.)

4. Offer me a paying assignment to write a column for your magazine on how not to work against your own best interests.

5. Ask me to write a regular (paid) column for your newspaper on how not to work against your own best interests.

6. Invite me to host a call-in radio advice show on how not to work against your own best interests.

7. Pay me what you still owe me (plus interest) when/before you receive my invoice.

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I've been quoted in these publications for my "advice empire" consulting work, books, and ideas:

Time
Entrepreneur
USA Today
Financial Post
National Post
Globe and Mail
Toronto Star
Toronto Sun
Hamilton Spectator
Canadian Business
Canadian Living
Rocky Mountain Times
Las Vegas Review
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Jamestown Post-Journal
Erie Times
Korea Times
Dagbladet Børsen
Skyword
Successful Owner-Manager
Sales & Marketing Management Magazine
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I'm still doing research for my next book, The Kindness Experiment, which is a rare opportunity to show yourself publicly as a Good Samaritan or HERO.

I've been testing people for 13 years in various situations. Sadly, many choose to be villains even after receiving a second chance to redeem themselves.

Will you choose kindness over mean-spiritedness, and generosity over greed?

Or will you do what many choose to do....work against their own best interests?

Remember: It's all material for my next book, The Kindness Experiment.

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FYI, As of August 30, 2010....

1. I'm no longer... Conducting marketing, positioning, and visibility campaigns for authors, speakers, experts, consultants. Instead I will teach you what I did so you can do it successfully for yourself.

2. I'm no longer... Negotiating book, speaking and syndication contracts for speakers, columnists, authors and consultants. Instead, I will advise you on how to negotiate successfully for yourself.

3. I'm no longer... Editing and proofreading books for other authors.

4. I'm no longer... Representing speakers in the capacity of an agent.

5. I'm no longer....Providing professional voices on radio and TV commercials and training programs without a written contract signed in advance.

6. I'm no longer... Offering unpaid services as a professional home economist: estate caretaking, house-sitting, pet-sitting, home maintenance, home staging, painting, de-cluttering, organizing.

7. I'm no longer... Accepting telephone inquiries without an appointment from speakers, experts and authors who are looking for free marketing advice or no-fee campaigns. Instead, I encourage you to arrange a one-time, prepaid, phone consultation in which you are welcome to pick my brain in 20 minute increments.

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This web site was banned by the board of directors and property manager of Geneva on the Park Condominiums in St. Catharines Ontario... because we all know only men should publish web sites. Right?

News release: May 17, 2010

New agency's point system helps new speakers
become successful: professionally and financially.

[Erie PA] If you can't join them, represent them. When veteran speaker Andrea Reynolds went into hiding for her safety she could no longer appear or speak in public. But that didn't stop her from opening a speaker agency so she could use her expertise and experience to produce income. And when she became homeless, in an effort to act as her aging father's patient advocate, she restarted Andrea Reynolds International Speaker Agency (ARISA). Unlike a speaker bureau, a speaker agency represents the speaker's financial interests.

This time around she will provide more mentoring. Because of the flood of self-published authors who have little to no experience as speakers, many have been under the mistaken impression that the agency should provide free marketing services so they could speak for free to sell their books. That would mean no commissions for the agency. They didn't see the agency as a business that will fail without income. Mainly because they don't yet see speaking and publishing as more than a sideline to their "real jobs", not a profession (business) itself.

So Reynolds developed a system of points that new speakers could earn as they learn how to think bigger as entrepreneurs. Points allow them to see how close or far they are from qualifying for representation (100 points). With more points speakers can also decrease the size of the commission they pay the agency. Speakers will earn points for studying trade publications, participating in seminars, developing effective web sites, understanding contracts, and accepting a code of ethics.

Because many speakers are confused about what speaker agents actually do, Reynolds has written and posted to her agency web site a series of articles including a list of 35 benefits of having agency representation. Soon to be an online class, a $2 tip sheet, "20 Steps to Becoming a $20,000 an Hour Speaker" is available for download.

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Temporary Web site: http://www.AndreaReynolds.com/ARISA
Email: info@AndreaReynolds.com