Meet a Legend – Arlene Dickinson – Dragon & Founder of Venture Communications
Arlene Dickinson is one of Canada’s most renowned independent marketing communications entrepreneurs. As CEO of Venture Communications, her creative and strategic approach has turned the company into a powerhouse with a blue chip client list. She is also the CEO of YouInc.com, a company she founded in 2012 that is dedicated to serving and investing in entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurial lifestyle.
Dickinson is best known to Canadians as one of the venture capitalists on the award-winning CBC series Dragons’ Den, The Big Decision and marketing expert on Recipe to Riches. She is the author of two books, the number one bestselling book, Persuasion and her most recent best-selling release, All In.
Her success and leadership has been recognized with multiple honours and awards including: Canada’s Most Powerful Women Top 100, the Pinnacle Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence, RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award Winner, as well as PROFIT and Chatelaine’s TOP 100 Women Business Owners.
A generous philanthropist, supporter of many important causes and mother of four and grandmother of five, Dickinson is proud to be the national spokesperson for The Breakfast Clubs of Canada since 2010.
Dickinson is an Honorary Captain of the Royal Canadian Navy and is the recipient of honorary degrees from Mount Saint Vincent University, Saint Mary’s University and the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. She sits on the Leadership Council of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics and is the proud recipient of The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
Who Is An Enabler?
This category was designed for marketing communications professionals (e.g. advertising, direct marketing, public relations, design, identity, sales promotion, research, media, production and online specialists) with a proven, long-term track record of providing excellent brand building expertise across multiple organizations and/or to a single brand entity.
Want to meet a Legend?
You can get up close and personal with the newest inductee’s On January 30, 2015, the Marketing Hall of Legends gala will take place at The Artifacts Room, located at the Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex in Toronto. The winner of the Marketer on the Rise award will also be announced at the event that is anticipated as one of Toronto’s most noteworthy social gatherings of the year. Previous inductees have included Lise Watier, Aldo Bensadoun, Bonnie Brooks and Frank Buckley. Tickets are available now at http://www.amamarketinghalloflegends.ca/gala/buy-tickets/.
About the Marketing Hall of Legends
Canada’s Marketing Hall of Legends (MHOL) was established in 2004 to enshrine the people, the brands and the stories behind Canada’s great marketers and marketing successes. The MHOL serves as an inspiration and the gold standard to the thousands of Canadians who dedicate themselves to the marketing profession. Title sponsor LoyaltyOne, category sponsor Scotiabank and after-party sponsor TubeMogul join partners Backbone, Cosmic Design, ICA and FFWD Adweek, Limelight, Mandrake, Marketing Magazine, Phanta Media and V&Co Marketing and Communications. For more information, visit http://www.amamarketinghalloflegends.ca/.
