• Designed and implemented an evaluation of a regional organization’s marketing practices for a national audience.
• Assessed the impact of managers’ actions on employee morale and helped managers take a more complete look at long-term employee problems.
• Compiled various participant critiques for improving future conferences.
• Completed assessment and developed a plan-to-plan for a state-funded collaboration.
  
  
  

Communications, Technical Editing and Writing

• Developed discussion guidelines for a committee established by elected officials to complete a planning report
  on a controversial subject.
• Completed technical editing for inclusive content in five curricula of a statewide training network.
• Conducted interviews, wrote scripts, and produced eight nationally distributed videotapes and six study guides on workplace issues.
• Developed written materials to help complete a program proposal that resulted in a grant of approximately $1 million.
• Wrote program and curriculum design grants that resulted in more than $1.5 million for a variety of customers.
  • Revamped and improved a 150-page resource notebook for a university leadership program.
  
  
  

Information Systems

• Conceptualized and implemented an automated project tracking program for a communications division.
• Conceptualized and implemented an automated sales, distribution, and tracking program for a client study program that was distributed nationally.
  
  
  

Marketing

• Developed and implemented marketing strategies, including the development and distribution of promotional materials, mailing lists, selection of advertising, and press releases for new products and programs.
  
  
  

Meeting Design/Facilitation

• Designed the structures for and led numerous outcomes-based meetings, involving elected officials, government, and nonprofit staff.

• Presented more than 500 one-day seminars and multiday workshops for corporate and community leaders on leadership, teamwork, project management, career development, planning, and diversity/inclusiveness.
  
  
  

Planning and Coaching Sessions

• Worked privately and one-on-one during teaming sessions with CEOs, presidents, executive directors, and other business and nonprofit leaders.
  
  
  

Planning and Program Design

• Conceived and designed the curriculum, plans, and services that resulted in the expansion of a variety of programs.
• Designed and conducted a planning retreat for a five-party collaborative involving city, county, state, school district, and foundation partners.
• Designed and facilitated a three-day outcomes based state conference for approximately 300 participants that resulted in a 25-page conference follow-up and action report.
• Accelerated the development of a
  long-range plan that identified future inclusiveness efforts using both short- and long-term strategies.
• Designed numerous large-scale planning sessions that involved a majority of employees in identifying and solving business problems, developing meaningful communications and enhancing their organizations’ opportunities to be competitive.
  
  
  

Program/Project Support

• Designed curriculum and facilitated numerous conferences on organizational leadership.
• Developed curriculum and facilitated organizational change sessions over a
  12-month period for corporate and nonprofit employees.
• Planned, coordinated logistics, and managed a weeklong workshop for two community partners.
  
  
  

Research

• Completed numerous data gathering, analysis, synthesis, and report writing on a variety of topics for education, business, foundations, and other nonprofits.
• Researched various trends for a variety of organizations that assisted them in developing new initiatives and programs.