Our Team
Ed Shiller
Ed has long been a creative force in communications, earning distinction as a journalist, dynamic and charismatic media trainer, public speaker, mentor, team leader, writer, author, and strategic thinker.
Ed's journalism career spanned more than fifteen years, during which he held senior editorial positions with The New York Times, Reuters News Agency, Radio Denmark, and The Toronto Star and contributed to Newsweek, The (London) Sunday Times, The Financial Times of London and many other leading newspapers and magazines.
As a consultant, he has provided media training for more than a thousand spokespersons, subject matter experts, and executives; created and delivered hundreds of public and in-house workshops on a wide variety of communications-related topics; steered dozens of organizations through crises; and developed and implemented comprehensive strategic communications plans for numerous corporations, government agencies, unions, non-profit organizations, and trade and professional associations. He is the author of In the Spotlight: The Essential Guide to Giving Great Media Interviews, The Canadian Guide to Managing the Media, and Managing the Media.
As a consultant, he has provided media training for more than a thousand spokespersons, subject matter experts, and executives; created and delivered hundreds of public and in-house workshops on a wide variety of communications-related topics; steered dozens of organizations through crises; and developed and implemented comprehensive strategic communications plans for numerous corporations, government agencies, unions, non-profit organizations, and trade and professional associations. He is the author of In the Spotlight: The Essential Guide to Giving Great Media Interviews, The Canadian Guide to Managing the Media, and Managing the Media.
Rosemary Shiller
Rosemary brings to Yorkland Communications a wealth of experience in developmental editing, design, journalism, corporate communications. and project management.
She is an meticulous researcher, problem solver, and creative thinker with an uncanny ability to uncover hidden factual gems, spot logical inconsistences, and weed through masses of trivia to discover essential truths.
Her impressive inter-personal and organizing skills have enabled her to resolve conflicts, inspire loyalty and trust, build synergies, maximize productivity, and manage multiple tasks to ensure that every project achieves its objectives on time and on budget.
She is an meticulous researcher, problem solver, and creative thinker with an uncanny ability to uncover hidden factual gems, spot logical inconsistences, and weed through masses of trivia to discover essential truths.
Her impressive inter-personal and organizing skills have enabled her to resolve conflicts, inspire loyalty and trust, build synergies, maximize productivity, and manage multiple tasks to ensure that every project achieves its objectives on time and on budget.