author of 28 books, including The Mother of All Pregnancy Books; magazine and online columnist; copywriter; etc.
Ontario, Canada
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- Blogger - The Mother of All Parenting Blogs - ParentCentral.ca at Torstar Digital
- Yahoo! Parenting blogger at Yahoo! Canada
- Columnist at Conceive Magazine
- Member, National Board of Advisors - The Parenting Partnership (voluntary position) at Invest in Kids
- Parenting Speaker at Page One Productions Inc.
- Author; Creator of The Mother of All Books® series at Mom Media -- Page One Productions Inc.
- Magazine Columnist and Writer at Freelance
- Copywriter at Page One Productions Inc.
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- Spokesperson for First Response Ovulation Predictor Kits and Pregnancy Tests - one month contract at Veritas Communications
- Writing Instructor at Trent University
- Advisory Board Member and Parent Spokesperson: Resultz (non-pesticide based Head Lice treatment) at Nycomed
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- University of Toronto
- University of Western Ontario
- IndEC South, Mississauga
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Ann Douglas’s Summary
OVERVIEW: author; journalist; copywriter; speaker: pregnancy, parenting, health, lifestyle, women's issues
Author of numerous other books on pregnancy and parenting. Total of 28 published books.
Author/creator, The Mother of All® books series (Titles include The Mother of All Pregnancy Books, The Mother of All Baby Books, The Mother of All Toddler Books, The Mother of All Parenting Books, The Mother of All Pregnancy Organizers; all Wiley) and The Mother of All Solutions® books series (Sleep Solutions for Your Baby, Toddler, and Preschooler and Mealtime Solutions for Your Baby, Toddler, and Preschooler; both Wiley).
Columnist for numerous magazines, including Conceive Magazine.
Parenting blogger, Yahoo Canada! and ParentCentral.ca (Toronto Star).
Freelance copywriter specializing in mom-to-mom communications.
On-air parenting columnist, Channel 12 TV, Durham, Oshawa, Ontario.
Mentor, Creative Writing Program, Trent University Continuing Education Department.
Frequently interviewed by/featured in major media in Canada, the US, and the UK. Appearances/interviews have included The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, Parenting, Parents, Working Mother, American Baby, Baby Talk, Fit Pregnancy, Pregnancy, ePregnancy, Junior, Today's Parent, Canadian Family, Parents Canada, Good Housekeeping, Better Homes and Gardens, Woman's World, BabyCenter.com, Parents.com, CNN.com, AOL.com, Parenting.com, SheKnows.com, WebMD.com, iVillage.com, CanadianParents.com, CanadianLiving.ca, The Parent Report, Parent Journal.
You can find out more about me by visiting the bio page of my website at http://www.having-a-baby.com/author.htm
Ann Douglas’s Specialties:
research and writing; content creation; author; magazine and newspaper journalist; copywriter; keynote speaker; workshop leader; spokesperson; in-depth knowledge of pregnancy and parenting, mothers and motherhood, and how to develop parent-friendly communications.
Ann Douglas’s Experience
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Blogger - The Mother of All Parenting Blogs - ParentCentral.ca
Torstar Digital
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)
I'm the pregnancy and parenting blogger for ParentCentral, The Toronto Star's brand new website for parents. My blog is called The Mother of All Parenting Blogs, a spin-off of my book brand of the same name.
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Yahoo! Parenting blogger
Yahoo! Canada
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; YHOO; Online Media industry)
May 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)
I write a blog that covers a range of parenting issues -- from preconception through the teen years and beyond. Initial topics have included "The Baby Bomb," "Recess Revival, and "Generation Stress."
http://ca.lifestyle.yahoo.com/family-relationships/blog/anndouglas/
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Columnist
Conceive Magazine
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)
October 2005 — Present (4 years 3 months)
Write the "Misconceptions" column for this award-winning fertility/conception magazine. See http://www.conceivemagazine.com.
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Member, National Board of Advisors - The Parenting Partnership (voluntary position)
Invest in Kids
(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
March 2005 — Present (4 years 10 months)
Serve as a member of the National Board of Advisors for The Parenting Partnership (http://www.theparentingpartnership.ca) -- a new prenatal and parenting program that is being developed by Invest in Kids.
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Parenting Speaker
Page One Productions Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Individual & Family Services industry)
March 2000 — Present (9 years 10 months)
Have delivered keynote addresses, workshops, and parenting courses at parenting shows, health shows, women's shows, and professional/consumer conferences targeting a variety of different audiences. I've also provided on-site training for employees of profit and not-for-profit organizations. Clients have included Health Canada (Aboriginal Prenatal Nutrition Program, Toronto/Ottawa), Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House (Vancouver), BabyTime.ca (Toronto), The Baby and Toddler Show (Toronto), BabyBoomShow.com (Ottawa), Baby-Fair.com (Vancouver), Women's Health Matters (Sunnybrook and Women's Hospitals), Michigan International Women's Show, Kraft Foods Canada Ltd., Procter and Gamble Ltd., the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Jeanne Sauve Family Centre/Early Years Centre (Kapuskasing, Ontario).
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Author; Creator of The Mother of All Books® series
Mom Media -- Page One Productions Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Writing and Editing industry)
June 1997 — Present (12 years 7 months)
Creator/author of internationally bestselling pregnancy/parenting book series. Launched in Canada in 2000 and in the US in 2002. Now available in numerous other countries as well. Audiobook format of the lead title -- The Mother of All Pregnancy Books -- is also available. A spinoff series, The Mother of All Solutions series, was launched in Canada and the US in spring 2006 (Wiley Publishing Inc.) The two debut titles were Sleep Solutions for Your Baby, Toddler, and Preschooler: The Ultimate No-Worry Guide for Each Age and Stage and Mealtime Solutions for Your Baby, Toddler, and Preschooler: The Ultimate No-Worry Guide for Each Age and Stage.
Author of numerous other books on pregnancy and parenting as well as some highly popular children's non-fiction books about babies. -
Magazine Columnist and Writer
Freelance
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)
July 1988 — Present (21 years 6 months)
Magazine columnist and writer specializing in parenting, pregnancy, preconception, fertility, motherhood, women's health.
Articles have appeared in Conceive Magazine, Pregnancy, ePregnancy, Junior, Today's Parent, Chatelaine, Canadian Living, Cottage Life, The Globe and Mail, The Chicago Tribune, Flare, Flare Pregnancy, and many others.
Columnist for Conceive Magazine, Glow, WeeWelcome.ca, CanadianLiving.com, Urban Baby and Toddler (Vancouver), City Parent (Toronto), and others.
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Copywriter
Page One Productions Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Writing and Editing industry)
May 1988 — Present (21 years 8 months)
Throughout the early to mid-1990s, I operated an award-winning corporate communications business whose writing and editing clients included the Quaker Oats Company of Canada, Trent University, Sir Sandford Fleming College, Lakefield College School, and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. I was the editor of Fleming Ties (Fleming’s alumni magazine) from 1994 to 1997.
My focus has now shifted and while I still do some freelance copywriting, this writing now almost exclusively focuses on the parent market. I have written ad copy, marketing letters, newsletter copy, website copy, and other marketing materials for this market. I have particular expertise in mom-to-mom communications.
Additional Information
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Ann Douglas’s Interests:
photography, writing fiction, reading, cottaging, collecting vintage advice books and misc ephemera, volunteer work
Ann Douglas’s Groups:
Professional Writers Association of Canada (PWAC), The Writers' Union of Canada (TWUC), Authors' Guild, American Society of Journalists & Authors (ASJA), Invest in Kids, National Council on Family Relations, Vanier Institute of the Family
CURRENT VOLUNTEER POSITIONS:
Advisory Board Member, The Parenting Partnership, Invest in Kids, Toronto, Ontario
Board Member, YWCA of Peterborough, Victoria, Haliburton
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Copywriting Success Summit 2009
Ann Douglas’s Honors:
Peterborough Business Excellence Award for 2005 (microbusiness category)
Quality Of Life Omnimedia's Best of 2005 Award -- Parenting Book Category
Quality of Life Omnimedia's Best of 2006 Award - Parenting Book and Pregnancy Book Categories
Canadian Children's Book Centre, "Our Choice" selection (2003)
Resource Links, Best of the Year, Body Talk (2003)
Finalist, Red Cedar Awards (BC): Body Talk (2004-2005);
Finalist, National Magazine Awards -- service journalism category, 2000
(numerous other book and business writing awards)
Ann Douglas’s Contact Settings
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