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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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: July 4, 2010
See my List of Interviews where I have appeared on radio, TV and in the press

Writer Seeks Companies with Heart… (and parking) so she can write book about creative generosity, kindness

KindnessMobile
Have you seen this van around Erie?

[Erie PA] Would you invite a woman to park her “kindness-mobile” in your company parking lot for a week or a month so she can write The Kindness Experiment, a book about generosity of spirit?

Would you, if you received favorable promotion on her website, in her book, and on media broadcasts and keynote speeches? What if she also kept an eye on your premises? As an investigative journalist she is a keen observer and was the first to spot two house fires - one in Erie - and also identify a serial burglar - in Toronto - so police could bring him to justice.

Shade is imperative because of her 14 year old cat. She can't leave him in a 120 degree van in the sun because he would die, and most stores and restaurants won't allow her to bring her cat in with her.

Vaninshade
In summer a shady spot is imperative.
In direct sun the internal temperature of the van can become
100-120 degrees in 10 minutes which could kill Casper the cat.

Andrea Reynolds is an unconventional 60 year old, former public relations consultant for corporate clients and freelance broadcaster who is starting again with no income or savings after multiple years of personal and business crises… some resulting from heartless company officials. She knows there are companies with a generous spirit everywhere, she just has to find them…so she can write about them. She’s already met plenty of the other kind, including churches who said she wasn't welcome to park in their empty lots.

She returned to Erie from Canada to be her elderly father's patient advocate. "I'm just a nice person, trying to do the right thing for both my father and my cat, but I just can't get a break in this town. One apartment manager wanted 13 months rent in advance before she would even show me a unit. One bank didn't want my account because "anyone from Canada must be a drug dealer."

While Reynolds would appreciate a housesitting assignment, she welcomes invitations to park in shady parking lots from: Auto Dealers, Chiropractors, Churches, Colleges, Dentists, Grocery Stores, Health and Fitness Clubs, Hospitals, Inns and Hotels, Law firms, Libraries, Physicians, Radio and TV stations, Realtors, Restaurants, Veterinarians, etc.

A place to park with an outside electrical outlet and water spigot would be heaven.

With no mortgage or rent to pay Reynolds will live on less than $1,000 a month (including food, gas and storage unit)…so she can write, publish and promote her next book, The Kindness Experiment. Equipped with nearly everything she needs, although primitive – except for water and electricity – her 2002 Econoline van will be home for up to two years for her and her cat Casper.

Until August 30, any individual can claim a copy of her future book for $10, have his/her name listed as a patron and save some cash on the post-publication copy. She is putting a limit of 2,000 on the sale of early copies, but multiple copy orders are accepted. Her mailing address is: Andrea Reynolds, Suite 647, 2501 West 12th Street, Erie PA 16505 but also accepts PayPal payments: crisiswriter@gmail.com

To earn income, Reynolds sells her previous books, all electronic, on her web site, AndreaReynolds.com. Some are: Sell Your Mobile Home in Less Than 60 Days, Jump Start Your Creative Genius, OutSmarting Sweetheart Swindlers, and No Surprises: 365 Critical Questions You Need to Ask Each Other Before You Marry (featured on the sitcom, What I Like About You, and is supplementary reading in the Family Studies Dept. at Kent State University) and The Bed & Breakfast Guest Etiquette Quiz.

"I'm home-free, not home-less," Reynolds insists. "I want to work, but can't get hired for beans. Even Wegman's rejected me for a bag loading job. I've even offered to housesit for free. Until people are willing to pay me for my professional consulting, writing, and speaking skills again, parking lot surfing is how I must live within my means. It's more conducive to writing than couch surfing."

For those who are wondering: the Canadian resident has no other family in Erie and is no slouch: She has a degree in Family and Consumer Science, and Marketing and Communication, from Kent State University, studied at Edinboro and Oxford Universities, did graduate work at the Fashion Institute of Technology, and picked up courses at 3 more universities. She doesn't drink, smoke, do drugs, gamble or buy fancy shoes.

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For interviews and appearances, please contact Andrea Reynolds, crisiswriter@gmail.com (814) 431-9278 (cellular) or www.Twitter.com/ReynoldsIntl More info: her website, www.AndreaReynolds.com.