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  • Dairy Management Inc.

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  • Communications

    Church

    - Present 25 years 10 months

    I've helped out many churches and NGO with communications and strategy.
    I also write stories and scripts for church plays and one set acts.
    I've developed many websites and built many social network communities for them.

  • Marketing and AV Specialist

    Journey Church of Elmhurst

    Social Services

    Love working for our church and helping it grow.

Courses

  • Presentation Course from Oratium

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Projects

  • National Council of Farm Cooperatives

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    The Catch 22 of Social Media Communications - How To Handle Social Media in the Workforce

    Don Schindler, DMI’s SVP of Digital Initiatives, will speak about the changing landscape of social media and how it has affected companies worldwide. From promoting employee and member advocacy programs to legal issues in the Supreme Court, social media could make or break a company’s communication efforts. You’ll learn insights on how to help guide your…

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    The Catch 22 of Social Media Communications - How To Handle Social Media in the Workforce

    Don Schindler, DMI’s SVP of Digital Initiatives, will speak about the changing landscape of social media and how it has affected companies worldwide. From promoting employee and member advocacy programs to legal issues in the Supreme Court, social media could make or break a company’s communication efforts. You’ll learn insights on how to help guide your leadership.

  • United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Personal Branding Session 2014

    Two days of training on personal branding and how it works with social media platforms like LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

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  • Dairy Management Inc. Corporate Website

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    New corporate website for Dairy Management Inc.

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  • USDA's 2013 Biennial Market Administrator Meeting in Grapevine, TX

    Presented on Social Media - Dairy and the Digital Consumer to over 200 Market Administrators

  • Board Meeting Presentations 2013

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    Board Meeting presentations to showcase our current digital state and where we are going in the future.

    06-17-13 - ADADC Board Meeting: Digital Communications and Social Media Presentation
    06-26-13 - Mid-Atlantic Board Meeting: Social Media Training and Digital Communications Board Meeting
    06-28-13 - Florida Dairy Farmers Board Meeting: Digital Communications and Social Media Presentation
    08-13/14-13 - Western Dairy Association: Digital Communications / Social Media…

    Board Meeting presentations to showcase our current digital state and where we are going in the future.

    06-17-13 - ADADC Board Meeting: Digital Communications and Social Media Presentation
    06-26-13 - Mid-Atlantic Board Meeting: Social Media Training and Digital Communications Board Meeting
    06-28-13 - Florida Dairy Farmers Board Meeting: Digital Communications and Social Media Presentation
    08-13/14-13 - Western Dairy Association: Digital Communications / Social Media Presentation
    08-21-13 - USDA's 2013 Biennial Market Administrator: Digital Communications / Social Media Presentation
    08-28/29-13 Consumer Confidence Committee: iPad and Social Media Training - 10
    10-01/02-13 - Dairy MAX Board Meeting
    11-4/5-13 - Washington Dairy Industry Annual Meeting
    11-09-13 - Indiana Board Meeting

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  • Notre Dame Federal Credit Union Social Media Training

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  • Social Media Training Classes for Dairy Farmers and Dairy Industry Executives 2013

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    03/13 to present - weekly training classes with DMI staff on social media
    05-9/10-13 - SR Communications Meeting: Social Media and Digital Communications Training
    05-29-13 - Michigan SR Blogging 101 Training Webinar
    06-26-13 - Mid-Atlantic Board Meeting: Social Media Training and Digital Communications Board Meeting
    08-13/14-13 - Western Dairy Association: Digital Communications / Social Media Presentation to Board, Digital Communications and Social Media training with staff full…

    03/13 to present - weekly training classes with DMI staff on social media
    05-9/10-13 - SR Communications Meeting: Social Media and Digital Communications Training
    05-29-13 - Michigan SR Blogging 101 Training Webinar
    06-26-13 - Mid-Atlantic Board Meeting: Social Media Training and Digital Communications Board Meeting
    08-13/14-13 - Western Dairy Association: Digital Communications / Social Media Presentation to Board, Digital Communications and Social Media training with staff full day
    08-28/29-13 Consumer Confidence Committee: iPad and Social Media Training
    09-03-13 - United Dairymen of Idaho Staff Training Digital Communications and Social Media
    09-17-13 - Midwest Dairy Association Webinar Social Media Training (2 hours)
    09-19/20-13 - SR Communications Meeting: Three one hour courses
    10-24/25-13 - Common Voice Advocacy Programs
    11-11/13-13 - Joint Annual Meeting - five classes

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  • ND.edu

    Mobile-first Responsive Web Design. Won best responsive website by Edu-Style.

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  • Conference Speaker 2015

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    Dairy Strong Conference
    School Nutrition Leadership Conference
    Eastern and Western Dairy Farmer Forums
    MMPA Conference
    Maryland-Virginia Young Cooperatives Conference
    Western States Dairy Trade Association Annual Meeting
    Ag Thought Leadership Conference in Utah
    Midwest Dairy Dairy Ambassadors Conference
    Oregon Conference
    SR Communicators Quarterly Meeting
    Board Meetings
    MN, Denver and Albany Crisis Drills
    National Milk Producers Federation Young Cooperatives…

    Dairy Strong Conference
    School Nutrition Leadership Conference
    Eastern and Western Dairy Farmer Forums
    MMPA Conference
    Maryland-Virginia Young Cooperatives Conference
    Western States Dairy Trade Association Annual Meeting
    Ag Thought Leadership Conference in Utah
    Midwest Dairy Dairy Ambassadors Conference
    Oregon Conference
    SR Communicators Quarterly Meeting
    Board Meetings
    MN, Denver and Albany Crisis Drills
    National Milk Producers Federation Young Cooperatives Annual Meeting

  • Tagline commemorating 125 years of Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

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    I was tasked with writing a tagline to commemorate the 2012 season / 125th anniversary of Notre Dame Fighting Irish football. After a lot of research and concepting, I wrote 75 taglines, ultimately presenting just over 30. One of those lines—Strong and True—was from “Notre Dame, Our Mother,” the University’s alma mater. It was selected, the football team went 12-0, and, on January 7, will compete against Alabama for the National Championship. You’re welcome.

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  • Tagline commemorating 125 years of Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

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    I was tasked with writing a tagline to commemorate the 2012 season / 125th anniversary of Notre Dame Fighting Irish football. After a lot of research and concepting, I wrote 75 taglines, ultimately presenting just over 30. One of those lines—Strong and True—was from “Notre Dame, Our Mother,” the University’s alma mater. It was selected, the football team went 12-0, and, on January 7, will compete against Alabama for the National Championship. You’re welcome.

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  • Facebook for Business Class

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    Class was developed to educate any faculty or staff member. Class description: Any faculty or staff member who wants to start or make their Facebook profile more robust. — This workshop is for anyone who wants to use Facebook to improve their online relationships with others. In this basic course, you will learn how to set up a profile, add photos/videos, add connections to other people, set up lists, explain which Account Settings and Privacy Settings are available and how to set them up…

    Class was developed to educate any faculty or staff member. Class description: Any faculty or staff member who wants to start or make their Facebook profile more robust. — This workshop is for anyone who wants to use Facebook to improve their online relationships with others. In this basic course, you will learn how to set up a profile, add photos/videos, add connections to other people, set up lists, explain which Account Settings and Privacy Settings are available and how to set them up, discuss best practices, demonstrate mobile applications and how to link your profile using usernames.

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  • National Council of State Housing Agencies 42nd Annual Conference

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    Three Presentations -

    SEO & You: Improve Your Website Search Ranking
    10:45 am – 12:00 pm
    Search engine optimization (SEO) has been around for a while, but with marketers juggling multiple priorities, it easily finds its way to the bottom of the marketing to do list. Learn what you can do to drive improvements in SEO and enhance where your HFA website shows up in keyword search results. Attend this session for an overview of SEO, practical ways to increase your website traffic, and…

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    SEO & You: Improve Your Website Search Ranking
    10:45 am – 12:00 pm
    Search engine optimization (SEO) has been around for a while, but with marketers juggling multiple priorities, it easily finds its way to the bottom of the marketing to do list. Learn what you can do to drive improvements in SEO and enhance where your HFA website shows up in keyword search results. Attend this session for an overview of SEO, practical ways to increase your website traffic, and tips on how to maximize the effectiveness of your agency’s most critical communications channel: its website.

    Making Your Website Mobile
    1:15 pm – 2:30 pm
    In today’s world, more people have a cellphone than a toothbrush. This means that more than ever, people are accessing your HFA website via a mobile device. Learn about the impact of this trend and the growing importance of responsive design, where your HFA website automatically transforms to the screen size of the mobile device accessing it. Get helpful tips and the latest in website design, too.

    Expert Advice on Maximizing Social Media
    3:00 pm – 4:15 pm
    Recognizing the importance of social media, many businesses have rushed to post a page on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Much fewer have defined a social media strategy to make their presence on these sites truly effective. Learn the critical components in creating a successful social media strategy, so you can harness the power of social media for your organization.

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  • Understanding Twitter: Basics

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    Class description: Any staff who wants to start or make their Twitter profile more robust. — This workshop is for anyone who wants to start using Twitter for professional use. You will learn how to set up a profile, how to follow other people, what it means when you are followed, how to put people into lists, what the terms/language of Twitter means (i.e., hashtags, @, and DM). You will also learn how to link up your Twitter profile to your online professional profiles and use an application to…

    Class description: Any staff who wants to start or make their Twitter profile more robust. — This workshop is for anyone who wants to start using Twitter for professional use. You will learn how to set up a profile, how to follow other people, what it means when you are followed, how to put people into lists, what the terms/language of Twitter means (i.e., hashtags, @, and DM). You will also learn how to link up your Twitter profile to your online professional profiles and use an application to manage your Twitter feeds.

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  • National Council of State Housing Agencies

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    Gave a presentation on What Executives should know about the Changing Landscape of Social Media and Digital Marketing to all the Executive Directors of the State Housing Agencies in Old Saybrook, CT.

  • Intensive Social Media Communication Training for Dairy Management Incorporated

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    4 Day Social Media Intensive Training for executives and directors. From Basics to Advanced level.

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  • Chicago United

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    Educational Speaker - Digital Marketing to increase your Personal Brand and Social Network

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  • Interterm Class Instructor

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    I taught a one day course on advanced marketing techniques and technology using digital marketing and social media to MBA students who were working on a project for BOSCO Uganda - a non-profit that works with setting up long range wireless signals in war torn Uganda to connect rural people. I also was part of the judging committee.

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  • U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting

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    Educational Speaker - Digital Marketing and Personal Branding
    8-hour course on how to use digital marketing platforms to help increase membership at the Chamber of Commerce.

    Other creators
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  • The Social Media Bible - First Edition

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    Technical Editor

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  • Notre Dame College of Science (Website)

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    I wrote the majority of copy for this, the College of Science website. In addition to writing Web copy for the College, I also wrote many print pieces, including several brochures, ads, and posters, as well as articles for Notre Dame Science, the magazine of the College of Science. I also wrote video copy for the College.

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