Chandra K. Clarke

Chandra K. Clarke

Chandra K. Clarke (born July 1, 1972), is an author, columnist, and business woman.

Clarke began her career as a freelance journalist, working for several small weeklies and community newspapers in Southwestern Ontario, specializing in municipal affairs and agribusiness reporting, while completing a Bachelor of Arts at Athabasca University.[1] She then took a position as a managing editor before striking out on her own in 1997 to found Scribendi.com,[2] an editorial services company located in Chatham-Kent, Ontario.

As an entrepreneur, Clarke has achieved prominence both at home and abroad. In 2009, she led the company to win Best in Class at the Interactive Media Awards,[3][4] and was a finalist for Best Canadian Entrepreneur, Best Overall Company of the Year, and Most Innovative Company of the Year at the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, at ceremonies held in New York.[5] In 2010, her company won an International Business Award for Best Writing/Web Content, beating a much larger rival, Accenture, at ceremonies held in Istanbul.[6] She was a 2010 Enterprising Woman of the Year finalist in Enterprising Women magazine,[7] and most recently, was named to the Profit W100, an annual ranking of Canada's top women entrepreneurs.[8] Clarke also presents at conferences and panels on technology issues[9] and women in business.[10]

An advocate of space exploration, Clarke has been involved in several Canadian space advocacy groups, including the Canadian Space Society, the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada and Mars Society Canada. She received her MSc in space studies in 2003 from the University of North Dakota. She is featured in the book Women of Space: Cool Careers on the Final Frontier (ISBN 1-894959-03-5).

She is also known for her popular weekly humour column, published online and in print in several publications around the world. Formerly known as In My Humble Opinion, it is now simply published under her name. The column is an eclectic, humorous look at such universal issues as family, parenthood, and modern life, as well as the latest science and technology news.

More recently, Clarke and her British husband Terence W. Johnson, launched WhatDoesThatMean.com, a popular, user-built lexicon of English idioms from around the globe.

Notes

  1. ^ http://www2.athabascau.ca/aboutau/media/documents/OPEN_fall-winter2009.pdf
  2. ^ By PR Newswire (February 18, 2010). "Scribendi.com Receives ISO Certification". TheStreet. http://www.thestreet.com/story/10683845/scribendicom-receives-iso-certification.html. Retrieved October 18, 2011. 
  3. ^ "Winners Gallery". Interactive Media Awards. http://www.interactivemediaawards.com/winners/winners.asp. Retrieved October 18, 2011. 
  4. ^ "Wins Top Honors at 2009 Interactive Media Awards". Scribendi.com. February 12, 2010. http://www.scribendi.com/news/interactive_media_awards.en.html. Retrieved October 18, 2011. 
  5. ^ "Stevie Awards For Women in Business: 2009 Honorees". Stevieawards.com. http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/women/awards/414_2252_20190.cfm. Retrieved October 18, 2011. 
  6. ^ "The International Business Awards: Creative & Media Awards Category Honorees". Stevieawards.com. http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/iba/awards/408_2633_20482.cfm. Retrieved October 18, 2011. 
  7. ^ "2010 Enterprising Women of the Year Awards – Winners and Finalists". Enterprising Women. March 18, 2010. http://www.enterprisingwomen.com/EWofYearAwards_2010.htm. Retrieved October 18, 2011. 
  8. ^ http://list.profitguide.com/rankings/w100/2010/ranking/Default.aspx?sp2=2&sc1=0&d1=a
  9. ^ Canada. "Tech 2010". Globe and Mail. Canada. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/partners/tech-2010/. Retrieved October 18, 2011. 
  10. ^ By: Natalie MacNeil (September 25, 2009). "In Her Heels: Interview with Chandra Clarke of Scribendi.com". She Takes on the World. http://shetakesontheworld.net/2009/09/in-her-heels-chandra-clarke-of-scribendi-com.html. Retrieved October 18, 2011. 

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