Charmaine Hammond, Raise a Dream Co-Founder, Author, Executive Producer

Charmaine Hammond, professional speaker, 11x best selling author, content creator and executive producer is also co-founder of Raise a Dream Training & Consulting Inc. She is passionate about helping content creators, mission driven entrepreneurs, and writers raise their dreams through collaboration and sponsorship.

Charmaine is Executive Producer of the award-winning animated movie, Back Home Again by screenwriter/director Michael Mankowski. Back Home Again features an all-star voice cast including Michael J. Fox, Ed Asner, Catherine O’Hara, Tantoo Cardinal, Norm Macdonald, Kim Basinger, Eugene Levy, Lorne Cardinal to name a few. She successfully secured corporate partners and sponsorship for the film’s production, marketing, release, translation to several languages and creation of educational resources.

Charmaine has served as an advisor for a number of global movements, and impact. Her books include: On Toby’s Terms, Toby the Pet Therapy Dog and His Hospital Friends, Toby the Pet Therapy Dog Says Be a Buddy Not A Bully to name a few.

Charmaine is a member of Women in Film & TV Vancouver, Evolutionary Business Council, Female Wave of Change Canada, Canadian Association of Professional Speakers, SheEO and Women Speakers Association. Both of Charmaine’s businesses, have successfully met the eligibility criteria for certification as a Women Business Enterprise (WBE) as required by corporate and government supplier diversity programs. She is a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), the only earned designation for professional speakers. Only 63 Canadians currently hold this designation for speaking excellence.

Business Overview: Raise a Dream is passionate about helping content creators, mission driven entrepreneurs, authors and screenwriters raise their dreams and fund their projects through collaboration and sponsorship. We’ve learned that through the power of collective influence, entrepreneurs and non-profits are able to deepen their impact on the world. Through training, mentoring, collaboration with partners, and services focused on sustainability, Raise a Dream helps clients reshape the way they operate their organizations to increase influence and impact while generating revenue without relying solely on grants and government funding. Raise a Dream has helped their clients successfully and profitably launch projects and make a bigger impact with their work. Charmaine Hammond professional speaker, 11x best selling author, content creator and executive producer is also co-founder of Raise a Dream Training & Consulting Inc. Raise a Dream has helped clients create collaborations, secure sponsorship to fund their projects, create highly successful launch campaigns and improve their social influence and impact.

She is the Executive Producer of the award-winning animated movie, Back Home Again by screenwriter/director Michael Mankowski. Back Home Again features an all-star voice cast including Michael J. Fox, Catherine O’Hara, Ed Asner, Tantoo Cardinal, Norm Macdonald, Kim Basinger, Eugene Levy, Mena Suvari, Lorne Cardinal to name a few of 19 celebrities.

In her role, Charmaine successfully secured corporate partners and sponsorship for the film’s production, marketing, release, translation to several languages and the creation of wrap around educational resources which support this film.

charmaine@raiseadream.com