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Debbie Elicksen is
Canada’s
Publishing Expert™. She has helped people from
all over North America with her publishing
expertise. She provides publishing support to
authors, publishers, and companies that produce
books to market their business.
She has authored, edited, ghostwritten, and
project-managed over 100
books for both royalty and self-publishers,
to which at least
eight
have been bestsellers. Her
bestselling book Self-Publishing 101 is available in bookstores
throughout Canada and the United States. She has
recently introduced the Book Publishing 101
Workbook Second Edition (also available on
http://www.booklocker.com/books/3935.html as an e-book) and Audio CD
to her step-by-step guides.
She
is a member of the Independent Publishers
Association of Canada and Canadian Association of
Professional Speakers.
She has extensive copywriting experience, working
four years with the
Calgary
Herald among other publications. Debbie
Elicksen has also covered the National Hockey
League for over 25 years, had a weekly NHL column
on
nbcsports.com, and has written and reported
for several other publications and sports
services, such as the
The
Fischler Report,
ESPN/PA
and Philadelphia Sportsticker, and the
New
England Sports Journal. She is a
contributor to
Hockey Canada’s alumni newsletter, and has authored and published
five sports books.
Elicksen worked in professional sports
administration as Public Relations Director for
the Edmonton Trappers, was on the Hockey Media
Committee for the 1988 Olympic Winter
Games, played a key role in junior football in
Canada for 18 years as the first woman to headman
a football conference in Canada (president of the
Prairie Football Conference), and sat on the City
of Calgary Sport Policy Steering Committee.
- Author and
publisher of nine books
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Author of the bestselling
Self-Publishing 101, publisher
Self-Counsel Press (2005)
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Publish a monthly e-newsletter Inside Publishing
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Workshops
and keynotes
-
Independent Publishers Association of Canada
Vice President
- Member of
Canadian
Association of Professional Speakers
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Sat on the City of Calgary
Sports Policy Steering Committee
- First woman to headman a football conference in Canada (President of
the Prairie Football Conference)
- Public Relations Director for
Edmonton Trappers Baseball Club,
working closely with the California Angels
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Calgary 1988 Olympic Winter Games, Hockey Committee,
Media Liaison
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Canadian Junior Football League, Director of Public
Relations and Marketing
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Calgary Colts Junior Football Club, President, Assistant
General Manager
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Mentor,
Alberta Mentor Foundation for Youth, recognized as Volunteer Mentor of the Year for 2001-2002
- Received the inaugural Garry and Kathy Sawatzky Mentor Award in 2003
- Has appeared on
The Vicki
Gabereau Show,
NHL
Network,
Hockey Night in Canada,
SportsChannel America, and many other
media
- Interviewed many high profile celebrities, including
The
Doobie Brothers,
Wayne Gretzky,
Gordie Howe,
Jarome Iginla, Bobby Orr,
Cam
Neely
- Worked with celebrities on fundraising events, such as
Gordon Paynter,
Luba
Goy,
Alan Thicke, and Hurricane Carter
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