“It is indeed my pleasure to inform you that
the overall departmental participation in the PSES
surpassed our target. At 67.4%, we placed seventh
in the Government of Canada ratings. This would not
have happened without the planning and effort you
gave to this project at its inception. I also wish
to thank you for launching This Week @ IC
… Thank you for providing the leadership and
professionalism that mark both these projects.”
— Nick Heseltine, Director
General, Communications Branch, Industry Canada, March
31, 2006 (upon awarding Karen Allen with DG Merit
Award)
“Here is your well-deserved and long-awaited
award for the fabulous job you have done in introducing
to Industry Canada what is now an award-winning employee
newsletter. It was more than the introduction of a
newsletter; it was a great internal communications
initiative that still boasts readers galore.”
— Oxana Sawka, Senior
Director, Communications Branch, Industry Canada,
December 22, 2005 (upon conferring Karen’s team
with IABC award for “This Week @ IC” newsletter)
“Karen is an excellent manager. I have never
worked with a more understanding and people-oriented
supervisor. She has a remarkable ability to inspire
and motivate her team members to greater heights of
creativity and productivity while simultaneously remaining
grounded and completely approachable. She came in
here and made this team her own with confidence, grace
and style.”
— Corey Stevenson, an employee
in Karen’s unit at Industry Canada, March 2,
2005
“Karen is an excellent communicator and team
player. She always ensured that the team was briefed
on information pertinent to the Internal Comms shop
and to the dept. She is what I consider the 'new generation
manager.' I am still amazed about how quickly she
has learned Industry Canada's lines of business. She
is a manager that can see the big picture, and I think
there are a rare few. She is a breath of fresh air
that brought new direction to a unit that had no real
defined role.”
— Ivy Fortin, an employee
in Karen’s unit at Industry Canada, March 1,
2005
“Just to repeat what I have said before, but
I believe you have made an absolutely fabulous contribution
to the RPP.”
— Anne Lawson, Executive
Assistant to John Simms, Justice Canada, April 28,
2004 (referring to writing & editing support for
the “Report on Plans and Priorities”)
“Karen thought she’d signed on for a
manageable, if not quiet, internal communications
challenge but got Firearms instead … Karen never
batted an eye when she was asked to take on an assignment
completely outside her area of responsibility. She
showed a willingness to contribute to the team and
to be flexible that was – and remains –
absolutely exemplary.”
— Susan Gardner-Barclay,
Director, Communications Branch, Justice Canada, May
7, 2003 (upon presenting Karen with a Communications
Branch Instant Award for work on Gun Control Registry
external communications)
“The purpose of this note is to convey my appreciation
for the excellent support that Karen Allen provided
to the Department’s release of the Public Service
Survey 2002 results over the past weeks. Karen’s
dedication, meticulousness, writing and project management
skills ensured that the quality and timeliness of
the release were first-class, despite difficult circumstances.
I am particularly impressed by her ability to grasp
the requirement on short notice, devise an appropriate
plan of action, form effective relationships with
team members, and get the job done with little direction
under tight timeframes.”
— Dorothy Love, Special
Advisor, Communications Branch, Justice Canada, December
12, 2002
“I know that informally, I congratulated you
on the accomplishment of the completed NCPC project.
I just wanted to confirm my satisfaction with your
efforts in managing and coordinating the delivery
of this challenging project. I believe your efforts
well represented the mission of Imatics. Congratulations.”
— Rob Brooks, President,
Imatics Inc., September 25, 2002 (feedback on project
management of National Crime Prevention Strategy website
redesign)
“Just thought I would send you a quick note
to thank you again for a well organized and very informative
seminar on Usability Testing. I quite enjoyed the
exercises and will be reviewing our website for usability
in the next little while.”
— Terry Vukman, attendee
at website usability seminar Karen co-presented, July
15, 2002
“Thank you!! The site looks great and I am
delighted with it! I am getting rave reviews. Thank
you and your team so much for all that you have done
for the festival. I really appreciate it.”
— Jennifer Fornelli, Manager,
Ottawa Dragon Boat Race, December 20, 2001
“Since launching the new GO web site on February
14, we’ve received fantastic response, and you
guys deserve the credit for the web site’s successful
introduction. The site is getting rave reviews for
its fabulous new graphic design, ease of navigation,
comprehensive content, and new features … Thanks
again and congratulations!”
— Velma LeBlanc, Manager,
Global Operations Communications, Nortel Networks,
March 8, 2001
“Since joining the Global Operations Communications
group, Karen has made a consistently strong contribution
to the Global Operations web site … Karen is
hard working, resourceful, and displays great initiative.
During 2000, she received positive feedback from many
collaborators, both inside and outside Global Operations.
Karen’s core competencies include strong communications
skills (writing, editing, and information architecture)
and project managing a deliverable.”
— Chris Trepanier, Manager,
Nortel Networks, 2000 (performance review)
“Thank you for the great job you did handling
the media relations for the Association of Commonwealth
Universities General Conference … this conference
generated more media coverage than any previous conference
and this is due largely to your excellent work both
before and during the conference.”
— Patrick O’Brien,
Director, Carleton University, September 1, 1998
“I met with Karen today to review some of the
work she is doing in our communications Dept. I was
impressed with her organized approach and very impressed
with her overall approach to communications –
she is a good writer, has a fresh outlook and is someone
we should keep track of when she leaves here.”
— Cynthia Currie, Chair,
the National Farm Products Council, June 25, 1998
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