Marylou Wakefield
MaryLou curates Going Solo, a compelling story of Canadian sailor Glenn Wakefield as he battles harsh weather, fatigue, and self-doubt on a single-handed, non-stop, west about circumnavigation from Victoria, BC Canada on a 42' sailboat. The story unfolds one day at a time as we hear first hand from Glenn at sea, what it is to pursue his lifelong dream. It all starts Sept 2, 2013. Join the conversation online!
MaryLou participates in an innovative social media audience engagement experiment - to build bridges between live and virtual audiences of the popular Open Cinema documentary series. Join the conversation online.
MaryLou brings the story of the 5th annual Beyond the Hype Professional Development Conference from its physical location at Royal Roads University to audiences online. Join the conversation between the live audience and speakers who promise to deliver thought-provoking content and lots of practical advice for PR professionals.
Going Solo describes one man's lifelong dream. It's also the name of a blog MaryLou created to document Glenn's journey of sailing around the world single-handed, non-stop, west about from Victoria, B.C. Canada. That is, of course, against the prevailing wind and currents. Turns out MaryLou had a journey of her own.
"Kaltura does exactly what we need it to do. It's nice for us to be able to offer this to faculty and students. It's what we've all been waiting for." Tim Paul Withree post secondary institutions launching a limited pilot of Kaltura this September, project managers are getting excited about the possibilities it opens up to communicate with students.
On June 20th, VIATeC honoured KIXEYE's Clayton Stark with the Colin Lennox Award for his role as a tireless, passionate tech champion. I had the pleasure of sitting down with Clayton in his office on the fourth floor of the historic Board of Trade building in Bastion Square to talk about what this award means to him, what he's excited about right now, why he loves mentoring, and what he'd like to see improve in the future.
"We're excited about the capacity to customize this platform and what we can build on top of it." -Phil Chatterton Imagine being able to gather video assets - lectures, presentations, seminars, and homework assignments - in one location so users can upload, view and share them easily.
In the latest of her series of Victoria company profiles, MaryLou Wakefield meets
MediaCore - a media library that provides schools, higher education institutions and businesses with an easy way to share and manage educational content. There's no doubt about it, the company that wants to transform education through video and mobile technology is on a roll.
MaryLou Wakefield and Stephanie Slater worked with Decoda Literacy Solutions to bring their one-day forum: Addressing the Labour Shortage: Literacy and Essential Skills Solutions to senior industry, government and literacy practitioners to collaborate on a direction for developing a workforce literacy and essential skills strategy for B.C.
Starfish Medical is Canada's leading medical device development services company, and it's right here in Victoria. Their mission is to improve health care by enabling and supporting entrepreneurial medical device companies to be successful. At their core, they're about solving the right problems for their customers.
Why it's important to engage customers - what I experienced travelling through four international airports.
It's Sunday morning and 28-year-old Nikki is on the move. She lives in the heart of downtown Victoria in The Hudson, one of the city's most historic landmarks and the centerpiece of The Hudson District on Douglas Street between Fisgard and Herald.
Evolution by Design B.C.’s business schools rethink executive education by Marylou Wakefield
This is a comprehensive look at Executive Education in British Columbia and how it is evolving to meet growing and complex challenges in the modern workplace.
In the second of a series of articles dedicated to Victoria success stories in the technology sector, MaryLou Wakefield of Wakefield Communications profiles Forest Technology Systems. Since1980, Fo...
An educational pilot project to inspire young girls and boys to engage in politics, embrace leadership, and exercise their right to vote.
OPEN CINEMA's transmedia conversation & hybrid event, inspired by screening 'Big Boys Gone Bananas' followed by live & virtual discussion with filmmakers Fredrik Gertten, Bart Simpson, LA Lawyer Lincoln Bandlow, publicist David Magdael, journalist Rob Wipond, Peter Golden & Chris Tollefson. Transmedia team MaryLou Wakefield, Angela Hemming, Carol-Lynne Michaels, and Stephanie Slater.
In the first of a series of articles dedicated to Victoria success stories in the technology sector, MaryLou Wakefield of Wakefield Communications profiles Archipelago Marine Research. The Archipel...
Keels and Communities - BC's shipbuilding industry rides a new wave of prosperity (p 22 - 26) Published in InFlight Review (Helijet), it traces the history of shipbuilding in British Columbia and the people who helped build strong communities along the way.
STOrythatMatters is my blog for finding and developing stories that engage audiences and build community.
My blog about Glenn Wakefield's second attempt at a solo non-stop west about circumnavigation. It tells a story about Glenn, how the life-long dream began, plans and preparations, and details about his Sparkman and Stephens yacht West Wind II including photos, video interviews and links.
I created this blog to chronicle the daily adventure of a single-handed sailor who made an attempt in 2007-2008 to complete a solo, non-stop circumnavigation.
On September 23, 2007 Glenn Wakefield began a solo, non-stop circumnavigation west about from Victoria, British Columbia, making him the first sailor to attempt the voyage from North America. Glenn will sail Kim Chow, his Phil Rhodes designed Offshore 40
Participated in inaugural Tweetchat following Open Cinema's screening of Symphony of the Soil documentary.
Short video to promote Dancing Backwards, a pilot program to inspire youth to participate in leadership and politics.
