Jim Hilborn, Publisher

Jim Hilborn is a widely-published chemical engineer-gone-awry who has combined an early background in industry with studies in philosophy and over 30 years in technical and business publishing. Among his dozens of information service launches are many newsletters in the science-based fields, Canada’s first newsletter on personal financial planning, the phenomenally-popular web site, CharityVillage™, and a newsletter on puns and word-play.

A past instructor in newsletter publishing at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Jim is considered one of the leading newsletter publishing experts in North America. Quoted in articles in publications ranging from the Financial Post, Canadian Business and Masthead to Hospital Administration and Association Business, he is the only Honourary Life Member of the Canadian Chapter of the Newsletter Publishers Association, and has won a variety of editorial awards, including the Kenneth R. Wilson Award for Business Journalism. His Newsletter Acid Test is an integral part of the basic training packages offered by the NPA.

An inveterate volunteer, Jim has held positions as the President of the Canadian Society for Engineering Management, a Member of the National Council of the Engineering Institute of Canada, Secretary of The Ahshunyoong Society, President of the Business Press Editors Association, Chairman of the Board of Foster Parents Plan of Canada, and a Director of Foster Parents Plan International Inc, Camp Big Canoe, the Canadian Association of Gift Planners, the Kanawa Canoe Museum, and Metropolitan United Church. Jim has been named a “Friend” of the Canadian Association of Gift Planners, the highest honour the CAGP awards its members.

Jim’s latest projects, an outgrowth of the great success of CharityVillage™, the web site he launched with a partner eight years ago, involve electronic communication. Most recently, he launched Canadian FundRaiser eNews, a fully-formatted and trackable eLetter version of Canadian FundRaiser that has grown rapidly to become the largest-circulation information service in the Canadian development and nonprofit management sector.