Arlene Dickinson

Arlene Dickinson (born 8 October, 1956 in South Africa) is a Canadian marketing professional and CEO of Venture Communications.

Dickinson joined Venture Communications in 1988, taking sole ownership in 1998. During her tenure she has taken the company from a local firm into one of Canada's largest independent marketing firms, with offices in Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto and Ottawa.

She has been recognized with several honours and awards including: Global Television Woman of Vision [http://www.canada.com/globaltv/calgary/features/woman_of_vision/recipients.html "Global Television Woman of Vision Recipients] , retrieved May 17, 2007.] ; the Calgary Business Owner of the Year Award; PROFIT magazine’s TOP 100 Women Business Owners, 2001 to 2006 [http://www.canadianbusiness.com/rankings/w100/list.jsp?pageID=list&year=2005 "Profit Magazine, Canadas top 100 Women Entrepreneurs 2005] , retrieved May 17, 2007.] [http://www.canadianbusiness.com/rankings/w100/list.jsp?pageID=list&year=2006 "Profit Magazine, Canadas top 100 Women Entrepreneurs 2006] , retrieved May 17, 2007.] ; a winner of the Pinnacle Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence [http://www.fmc-law.com/Home/AboutFMC/FMCOffices/Calgary/PinnacleAwards.aspx "Pinnacle Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence 2002] , retrieved May 17, 2007.] ; Canada’s Most Powerful Women Top 100, 2003 to 2006 http://wxnetwork.com/top100.html "Canada's Most Powerful Women 2003-2006] , retrieved May 17, 2007.] ; Ad Rodeo’s Lifetime Achievement Award; and Marketing Magazine’s Power List. Venture has been recognized as one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies [https://www.canadas50best.com/MeetOurWinners/Winners/2001Winners.htm "Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies 2001] , retrieved May 17, 2007.]

She is one of the venture capitalists on the Canadian version of "Dragons' Den" in 2007, which airs on CBC Television and CBC Newsworld.

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External links

* [http://www.openminds.ca Venture Communications]
* [http://www.cbc.ca/dragonsden/ Dragon's Den on CBC]