Cynthia Bland

Current

• Authorized Facilitator at Stewards of Children
• Sales and Marketing Professional at Self Employed

Past

• Senior Manager WW Sales Education & Development at Cognos
• Senior Account Manager at Libraxus
• Account Executive at Halogen Software

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Industry

Program Development

Cynthia Bland’s Summary

Results- oriented professional possessing exceptional skills in building and maintaining mutually beneficial relationships in demanding environments. Creative and strategic problem-solver who quickly understands business challenges, identifies barriers to success and finds solutions. Extensive experience collaborating across business units and globally in order to successfully implement new programs, methodologies and processes.

A generalist with numerous transferable skills, I am seeking opportunities in an environment where I can quickly add value and make a meaningful contribution.
• Clear and effective communicator across various media
• Excellence in message development, sales enablement and training
• Exceptional relationship manager and leader
• Strong campaign, program and project management skills
• Learning event and conference management expert
• Strong advocate/implementer of best practices, process improvement
• Solution selling expert

Cynthia Bland’s Specialties:

Development and Management of On-boarding Programs, Event and Program Logistics, Sales Process Coaching, Development and Management of Sales Training Programs, Effective Presentation Skills, Value Based Selling, Sales Enablement Tools, Process Development and Documentation, Needs Analysis, Customer Relationship Management, Sales Cycle Management, Lead generation, Marketing Communications

Cynthia Bland’s Experience

• Authorized Facilitator

  Stewards of Children

  (Program Development industry)

  February 2009 — Present (6 months)

  Darkness to Light's Stewards of Children is a revolutionary evidence-based sexual abuse prevention training program that educates adults to prevent, recognize, and react responsibly to child sexual abuse, and motivates them to courageous action. The Stewards of Children program is designed for organizations that serve children and youth, and any/all adults interested in protecting children.

• Sales and Marketing Professional

  Self Employed

  (Computer Software industry)

  April 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

  Multifaceted Sales/marketing professional with expertise in the following:
  Program management
  Conference and meetings management
  Creation, management and execution of sales training and development initiatives
  Development of sales messages
  Event logistics
  
  Most recent work was the Forum for Young Canadians and Teachers' Conference. http://www.forum.ca/

• Senior Manager WW Sales Education & Development

  Cognos

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Cogn; Computer Software industry)

  September 2000 — September 2006 (6 years 1 month)

  Creation,management and facilitation of new sales hire program,
  Curriculum development,instructional design, application of adult learning principles
  Coaching sales teams on effective presentations,
  Sales methodology reinforcement,
  Program management including development of templates and streamlining of processes,
  Event Management
  Sales Rep skill development
  Trusted advisor to global sales team

• Senior Account Manager

  Libraxus

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 1999 — August 2000 (1 year)

  Sales of Consulting Services to Provincial and Federal Government.
  Expertise in Knowlege Management

• Account Executive

  Halogen Software

  (Computer Software industry)

  September 1997 — August 1999 (2 years)

  Sales and marketing of online Survey Solution

Additional Information

Cynthia Bland’s Interests:

People, looking at the world upside down, coaching, social media, engagement strategies, the arts, figuring out new ways to teach things, being the change, program development, connecting ideas, creating communities, writing.

Cynthia Bland’s Groups:

•    Executive Suite
•    Innovative Meeting & Event Design Innovators
•    The Complex Sale - R.A.D.A.R. alumni association
•    Innovative Fundraising & Philanthropic Innovation Network
•    The OCRI Network
•    Forum for Young Canadians
•    Web 2.0 for Nonprofit Organizations
•    Emotional Intelligence and Diversity Institute
•    Langevin Learning Services Alumni
•    OMG! - Ottawa Marketing Group

Cynthia Bland’s Honors:

Product Launch Contribution Awards for both Series 7 and Cognos 8 product releases
Dedication Award for ”displaying unwavering dedication and loyalty in delivering high value products to the sales force”, Cognos
Program Excellence Award from Field Strategy and Support, Cognos
Team Excellence Award for execution of annual global kickoff (2 times), Cognos

Cynthia Bland’s Contact Settings

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