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.

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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?

If I Were POTUS (President of the United States)

Copyright Andrea Reynolds 2001-2009 All rights reserved. Please do not distribute or publish this column without the author's written permission and without financial compensation.

During a conversation about the last presidential election, someone asked what I would do if I were elected president (Don't worry, I can't be: I don't meet the 14 year residency requirement.) Having a Canadian sense of humor -- satire flourishes mostly in Canada and the U.K. -- here are sixteen things I would do:

1. Make Ralph Nader my Vice President, and choose a cabinet of people who remind me of the surrogate President (Kevin Kline) in the movie, "Dave".

2. Eliminate all those extravagant, expensive state dinners. (Who lives like that?)

3. Use the money saved from #2 to feed hungry American kids.

4. If a world dignitary comes to visit and we're having meatloaf that night that's what he or she gets... along with my full attention and a meaningful conversation about things that really matter.

5. Retire Air Force One during my term of office and, like John Madden, travel only by motorhome. If the Pope has the Pope-mobile, mine can be the Prez-mobile.

6. Put a Quaker in charge of defense. Or a woman, who can solve more world problems by talking it out than resorting to fighting with weapons.

7. With the money saved from #6, make higher education affordable and available to more people.

8. With #7 in mind, add Grade 13 to public education which is the equivalent of first year university. College would then be only 3 years, leading to a degree.

9. Require that all US phone companies upgrade their performance and customer service to the level found in Canada. (This one should be deleted. I'm no longer happy with Bell Canada. )

10. Require that any boy (or man) who gets a girl or woman pregnant is granted automatic, full custody of each child who results. If males are held accountable and responsible for the care and raising of their issue, there will be fewer teen welfare moms. And if females knew they'd have to give up their babies to the males they consort with, they might make smarter choices in the partners they choose.

11. Urge Congress to move toward a three-political party system, like Canada has.

12. Fund more reading programs for kids and adults, especially in zip codes where the reading level is below the national average. And, provide how-to booklets which provide important and practical knowledge while allowing new readers to complete a whole "book" in short time, thus generating a sense of achievement faster... which escalates their enthusiasm for reading.

13. Provide tax breaks so that families of all income levels can have in their home at least one piece of good art, and a minimum of 3 books: a dictionary, an etiquette reference, and a religious book of one's choice: Bible, Torah, Koran, etc.

14. Make foreign travel a graduation requirement for all high school students, especially to a Third World country. Seeing how life is in Asia or South America or India can wake up the most complacent mind.

15. Make available to the public all information the US government has been keeping secret about UFO's and extra-terrestrials. A list of all aliens living in your neighborhood will be provided on a special web site. Just plug in your zip code.

16. Bring speakers, teachers, and authors into prisons to help prisoners upgrade their knowledge of life skills, etiquette, health, morality, spirituality, and vocational skills that go beyond manual labor. (Why waste a captive audience?) This may reduce repeat offenders.

OK, laugh if you will... but do you really like things they way they are now?

Andrea Reynolds Copyright 2001-2010

Who am I? I am a long time consultant trained in family studies, education, and marketing and communications who looks for ways to make work meaningful. Lately I've been finding my work for experts not as fulfilling - I'm ready to be the one in the limelight - and also I have become frustrated with what's happening in our society and I can no longer stand back and do nothing.

Early in life I chose a life that was not boring. I've experienced life's highs and lows, and many unusual events. At the age of 50-something, I have gained the empathy and understanding to provide unorthodox but healthy solutions to others who are in a crisis, are headed for a crisis, or want to minimize future crises.