Keith Dunne
Executive Director @Newfoundland And Labrador Federation Of Labour
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WORK HISTORY
Executive Director @Newfoundland And Labrador Federation Of Labour
St John’s, NL, CA
Reporting to the President, the Executive Director is responsible for achieving the mandate of the Federation, including overseeing strategic planning, human resources, governance, policy development, public relations, media relations, internal communications, government relations, campaigns, and initiatives of the NLFL.
EDUCATION
Memorial University of Newfoundland
B.A.
Holy Spirit High School
High School Diploma
SKILLS
ABOUT KEITH DUNNE
Over 25 years experience in communications, government, public, member, and media relations work locally, provincially, and nationally (interviews - live and taped, writing press releases, writing media advisories, developing media briefs, developing media and communications strategies, coordinating press conferences, developing membership advisories, etc…); • Vast experience in chairing/facilitating/emceeing meetings/events for a broad range of groups of various sizes (5 to 500+ people); • Extensive experience working with the community and non-profit sectors; • Collective bargaining and human resources experience; • Extensive experience in event, meeting, and conference planning, organizing, and execution; • Extensive experience in document writing, editing, layout, and design; • Extensive experience in government relations (federal and provincial;) • In-depth knowledge of and familiarity with a plethora of policies, departments. legislation, and reports of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador; • Exceptional organizational skills; • Excellent public speaking skills; • Advanced writing skills (releases, memos, briefs, newsletters, emails, internal comms, member comms, etc.); • Considerable speech writing experience; • Excellent research and policy analysis skills; • Extensive experience in coordinating campaigns and communications work on the ground and via social media • experience creating and managing budgets; • Well-versed in Robert’s Rules of Order and Parliamentary Order; • Experience working with confidential and/or privileged information; • Ability to work well independently, with minimal supervision, but also in a group/team; • Experience in both unionized and non-unionized workplace environments; • Extensive experience with CRMs and CMSs; • Crisis and strategic communication planning and implementation; • Creating, writing, editing, testing, buying, coordinating advertising and online adbuy; • E-communication and scheduling software Specialties: Communications, organizing, government relations, media relations, facilitating meetings, public relations, public speaking, strategic/crisis communications, social media writing, monitoring, and responding.
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