Gerry Kanter 

Strategy & Design Solutions

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Strategy Development

In order to achieve growth, organizations need to adopt innovative strategies to come up with new products and ideas. My experience in ressearch, politics and technical issues can be used to design and evaluate organizational strategies.

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experience in:
Policy Development

  • Policy Proposals

  • Policy Implementation

  • Communications Plan

Project Management

  • Procurement Plan

  • Budget & Schedules

  • Resource Management

Business Strategies

  • Innovation Strategies

  • Product Development

  • Business Models

Policy Development

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Policy Proposals

Policy Implementation 

Communications Plan

My experience in policy analysis can be used to craft recomendations, briefing notes and white papers that evaluate the pros and cos of complex issues.

White Papers on Policy 

Briefing Notes & Press Release

Ministerial Recomendations

I can develop a communications strategy that targets a specific audience using web tools to leverage reach the media reach of small organizations. 

Communications Plan

Press Releases

Online Marketing Strategy

I have experience creating contingency and implemetation plans that take into account risks and mitigation strategies.

Implementation Plan

Mitigation Strategy

Performance Evaluation

 

Project Management

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Planning the logistics of corporate events requires knowledge of space planning, staff managment and portable displays to create networking environments.

Resource Management

Corporate Banquets

Industry Tradeshows

Volunteer Management

As part of the plannig process, I can develop contract documents and design request for proposals and procurement plans to outsource tasks.

Procurement Plan

Request for Proposals

Contract Outlines

Cost Tracking

Budget & Schedules

Applying project management principles, I can organize resources into project plans, schedules and budgets to achieve a set of objectives within a given timeframe.

Budget & Schedules

GANTT Charts

Task Breackdown

Ministerial Recommendation
Ministerial Recommendation
This document is an example of a ministerial recommendation based on format used by Federal Agencies. The document suggests that the government should implement a new innovation policy based on conditional grants, new performance indicators and new federal body to coordinate innovation policies across jurisdictions.
Project Proposal
Project Proposal
CARMA is an independent film I wrote, produced and directed, from beginning to end. I prepared applications and grant proposals; organized schedules, prepared cast sheets, budgets and contingency plans. I also developed a new audition technique by running it as an acting class.
Marketing Plan
Marketing Plan
As a member of the Independent Film Co-Operative of Ottawa (IFCO) I prepared a marketing strategy meant to increase media reach for the annual film screening event.
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Project Implementation Plan
Project Implementation Plan
This sample of a project implementation plan was part of a group project that incorporates principles of risk management, contracting and work breakdowns structures. It outlines the procedure and conditions required from subcontractors to build an expansion wing of a commercial building.
Driver Coordinator
Driver Coordinator
I was contracted for this project to manage and schedule transportation for a week long seminar of film workshops. I developed a timeline and schedule for equipment delivery along with organizing logistics for six drivers to transport staff and guest between city venues.
Procurement Plan
Procurement Plan
Nortec produces humidity control equipment. As part of the implementation strategy for this project I wrote request for proposal documents and oversaw procurement for off the shelf components that were used to fabricate this mobile display
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Business Strategies

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Innovation Strategy

Product Development
Buisiness Model Generation

A large portion of my career has focused on the study of policy and  innovation systems. My experience includes 30+ R&D proijects guiding products from the initial experimental to comercialization.

Combining knowledge of  mass production along with experience with  production teams allows me to give advise on manufacturing strategies to guide projects troughout their life cycle.

Buisiness models allow companies to generate and understand their value propositions. Using the BMC, I can help clients to analyze key resources and activities in their organizations

Comercialization Plans

Innovation Systems

Regulatory Impact 

Mass Production Evaluation

Quality & Performance Testing

Life Cycle Analsysis

Assess Value Propositions

Key Resources & Activities

Test and Pivot Ideas

 
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Innovation Policy Paper
Innovation Policy Paper
The need to sell consumer goods in a post-war economy prompted governments to push for policies that supported design activities; but by the 1980s the trend reversed and policy moved away from direct interventions. This paper explores the roots of Canada’s national design policy rise and demise in the government’s agenda.
Bicycle Platform
Bicycle Platform
This project examines the use of multipurpose bicycle platform. It is meant as a cheap alternative to provide transportation in less developed communities.
Business Model Canvass
Business Model Canvass
The Business Model Canvas is an analytical tool outlined in the book Business Model Generation. It is a visual template with the nine blocks of a business model, which allows you to develop and sketch out new or existing business models.
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