Make Hay Communications helps you to meet the goals of your organization with services that communicate your ideas, your information, your image - your stories.

Make Hay has experience in working with both business and nonprofit organizations.

Make Hay Communications also offers graphic design and pre-press production services for producing newsletters, logos, advertising, catalogues, mailers, media kits, and brochures.

Make Hay was started in 1994 by Barbara MacKay.

Prior to founding Make Hay, Barbara spent several years in print production and publishing, as a typographer and graphic designer, and then 10 years as a print and broadcast journalist. Based in Toronto, she wrote for national and international media, including Chatelaine, Canadian Living, CBC Radio, the New York Times and the Washington Post. She has published works of fiction and non-fiction and has written and produced theatre productions.

Barbara is a skilled communicator, manager and facilitator. She has experience in Community Economic Development, especially with social enterprise development; employment & training projects and is a member of the International Association of Business Communicators, Toronto chapter and the Canadian CED Network.

She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto and is an active member of her community, contributing her expertise with regional and local organizations and volunteer boards to foster economic development, the environment, arts and health care.