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Writing
Alan Rycroft is experienced in a large variety of writing and editing
tasks, such as news
releases, articles, brochures, awards,
briefs, web sites (see above), communication and strategic plans, email
lists, speeches, technical
manuals, public service announcements, reports,
letters, book
editing and more...
Centre for Integral Economics, 2003
Wrote all content for web
site, and managed re-launch.
The Centre for Integral Economics is a Canadian charity that works to
promote innovative, market-based solutions that reconcile economic prosperity,
social justice and environmental integrity. We look for ways to use the
power of market tools and economic policies, to redirect human activities
and to create a less wasteful, more balanced society. We specialize in
building tools, partnerships and communications for change. [more]
Growing Jobs in British Columbia’s Grizzly Country
(Guest Editorial appeared
in several BC papers)
In tough economic times, it’s nice to know that there’s at
least one well-paying industry in rural BC that’s growing —
wilderness tourism. According to Stan Hagen, BC’s Minister of Sustainable
Resource Management:
“The opportunities and the potential for growth in this [wilderness
tourism] sector… are large. After all, we are known around the
world as Super, Natural British Columbia…” [full
story]
Shoot Grizzly Bears With Cameras, Not Guns Says New Economic
Study (News
Release resulted in extensive national and provincial coverage)
Vancouver, BC – A new research report, “Crossroads: Economics,
Policy and the Future of Grizzly Bears in British Columbia,” will
be released today at 10:30 am in the Activity Room of the Coal Harbour
Community Centre, 480 Broughton Street in downtown Vancouver. The Centre
for Integral Economics researched and wrote the study for the Raincoast
Conservation Society.
This is the first study of revenues from BC’s grizzly bear resource.
The researchers found that grizzly viewing is conservatively worth $6.1
million ($CDN) annually in BC – almost twice the value of the sport
hunt. [full
release]
PureEdge Solutions Inc.
CIO Magazine Enterprise Values Award 2003
Alan Rycroft wrote the successful
award application for the US Securities & Exchange Commission
to receive this prestigious North American award. You can also read the
subsequent article
in CIO Magazine. An excerpt from the application follows...
EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis & Retrieval System) is
the SEC's cornerstone system that accepts regulatory documents filed with
the Commission over the Internet, and disseminates that information electronically
to data vendors and the public. EDGAR evolved out of the necessity to
rid the SEC of the mountains of paper that swamped the agency in the 1970s
and 1980s. EDGAR performs automated collection, validation, indexing,
acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by companies and others who
are required by law to file forms with the SEC. Its primary purpose is
to increase the efficiency and fairness of the securities market for the
benefit of investors, corporations, and the economy, by accelerating the
receipt, acceptance, dissemination, and analysis of time-sensitive corporate
information filed with the agency. (Full Award
Application)
RCMP Purchases Enterprise E-Forms License from
PureEdge
(News
Release, PureEdge Solutions Inc.)
Secure XML e-forms to be used for internal, intradepartmental and public
transactions
Ottawa (May 13, 2002) - Electronic forms pioneer PureEdge Solutions announced
today that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has purchased an enterprise
license for the PureEdge Internet Commerce System™, to create the
next generation of its e-forms infrastructure.
The RCMP will use PureEdge e-forms throughout its Canada-wide 22,000
person workforce, and will integrate the Internet Commerce System™ (ICS)
with existing applications. Some e-forms will be used by the public, while
others will be used to exchange information with other security and government
organizations, in Canada and internationally.(Full
News Release)
XML 101 (Technical
Article, eDoc Magazine)
Problem: Getting applications, networks, web sites, legacy systems
and external data and processing partners to function smoothly together,
re-using data on the fly. Solution: XML. (Full
Article)
SEC Standardizes on Secure XML Electronic Forms
(Advertorial - 575 K , Transform
Magazine)
Before automation, all filings made to the US Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) were paper-based. Trucks delivering copies of documents
snarled traffic in busy downtown Washington DC for miles, as they tried
to meet the filing deadlines. Within the SEC, documents had to be photocopied
and delivered by hand to each reviewer. (Full
Story - 575 K)
Centre for Education Information
Education Outlook: The Next Ten Years
(Editorial Feature, Times Colonist
and other BC papers)
Like many facets of our lives, post-secondary education is changing rapidly,
responding to demographic pressures, new technology and societal demands.
These changes will bring some new challenges and opportunities to the
post-secondary system. (Full Story)
Suki's Advanced School of Hairdressing: creativity
at the cutting edge
(Newsletter Article, OnTrack)
Suki's Advanced School of Hairdressing fashions its curriculum from
basic principles: small class sizes and one-on-one instruction, intense
creativity, the best possible teachers, and a commitment to hair as an
"incredibly exciting three-dimensional medium." (Full
Story)
E-Learning (Powerpoint
Presentation to Strategies 2000 E-Government Conference)
e-fatigue, noun (ee-fah-teegh). Drowsiness, inattentiveness and plain
lack of interest caused by too many E-words, E-specially at conferences.
For E-xample: E-mail, E-commerce, E-learning, E-etc, E-everything, E-fatigue!
(See the Presentation. Please
note that this is a large 2.2 mB file, which may take some time to load.)
Students Look At Present And Future Through Opening Doors
(News Feature, several BC papers)
What college or university should I attend? What program should I take?
How much will it cost? What are the chances I'll end up getting the job
I want?
These kinds of questions are very much on the minds of secondary and
post-secondary students as they prepare for their education, training
and working careers. Answers can be found in the updated version of Opening
Doors - the most comprehensive database of post-secondary information
in B.C. (Full Story)
Parent's Mini-Guide to Post Secondary Education
(Web Feature, Island Parent Magazine)
This Mini-Guide is for adults wanting to help a student move to post-secondary
studies, and to learn how BC’s post-secondary institutions work. It provides
a calendar and checklist of how to enter college, university or private
training. The Guide shows you how to find many other useful resources.
(Full Story)
Opening Doors Bulletin 2001.1
(Writing and Editing, Centre for Education Information)
This Bulletin highlights BC's best-kept secret on post-secondary education--
Opening Doors. This searchable database is the most comprehensive
source of information on all 1,700 undergraduate and graduate programs
at all of British Columbia's public colleges, universities and institutes.
It has just been udpated for 2001. (Newsletter
- 584 K, Adobe Acrobat .pdf)
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