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Currie Communications: A Retrospective

• 1993 After 15 years in the corporate world, Joan Currie and a partner establish a public relations firm, catering to public and private industry clients
  
• 1997 Joan Currie buys out her partner, consolidates operations and renames the firm Currie Communications
  
• 1997 Joan co-chaired the Alberta Women's Enterprise Initiative Association, a provincial association for women in business
  
• 1999 Invited to teach an Event Management Course to Grant MacEwan Community College Public Relations students
  
• 1999 Currie Communications selected to manage the 8 th International Conference on Thinking, which attracted 1000 delegates and 206 speakers from 23 countries
  
• 2001 Canadian Event Industry Awards: Finalist for Best Fund Raising Event and Runner-Up for Producer of the Year.
  
• 2001 Invited to deliver keynote address at the National Canadian Financial Planners Conference on the role of Corporate Social Responsibility and Community Investment Planning
  
• 2002 Canadian Event Industry Awards: Winner of Best Conference Award and Finalist for Best Corporate Team Building Award.
• 2003 Winner of the Premier's Award of Excellence for the production of the Canada Career Week Fair.
  
• 2004 Winner of Edmonton Tourism "You're Welcome" award for outstanding Meeting and Event Services.
• 2004 Awarded the Canadian Olympic Committee Gold Medal Plates National fund raiser gala dinner.
• 2005 Awarded Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research's 25th Anniversary Celebrations, Builder's gala dinner and International Inukshuk Early Childhood Development conference.

Client Feedback

“Currie Communications has displayed exceptional organizational skills, reliability, cost effectiveness and the ability to develop and stay within budget. Their professionalism, enthusiasm and commitment to the job is outstanding.”
-- Dave England, Alberta Order of the Bighorn Awards

“Your creativity continues to dazzle. Your touch of genius and your total commitment to the event was always so evident.”
-- Dr. Robert Westbury, TransAlta Utilities

“Currie Communications delivers an event our Company can take pride in.”
-- Jim Riddell, TD Canada Trust

“We have recommended Joan Currie to others since working with her. We are grateful to Joan for exceeding our community's expectations.”
-- Alan Roth, Enbridge Inc.

“Their ability to problem-solve and provide sound advice was outstanding, as was their flexibility in working with diverse committee interests and challenges. They provided top-notch service on time and in a most delightful manner.”
-- Denise Broadbent, Alberta Human Resources & Employment

“We have benefited greatly from out working relationship with Currie Communications and in particular Joan Currie. Her firm has an exceptional reputation and is well known for their creativity, attention to detail, an ‘A' list of suppliers as well as delivering on time and within budget guidelines.”
-- Charlene Blaney, Bell Intrigna

“It was indeed a pleasure to work with a very competent professional that knows her business extremely well. It is often difficult to find people with a sincere desire to serve their customers so well.”
-- David Wheelock, International Association of Assessing Officers

“I firmly believe that as a result of Ms. Currie's efforts the standard by which all other fund-raising events held in the City of Edmonton will be judged has now been set.”
-- Douglas Goss, Q.C.