Planned events for over 150
M.B.A. and music business owner
From mascot to committees...
Grew up in SE MI, <3 MI
Always expirimenting online
I'm a poet, I feel at home here
Early adoption = better access to
Eastern MI Univ. staff 2 yrs
Music is the ultimate tool
100% focus in work & practice
Managed over 30 student leaders
Love to manage/create a process
Other useful randomeness!
To me, business principles are tools to better organize and better engage communities. It also brings a deeper understanding of simple things like budgets, but larger issues of economic development and consumer purchasing decisions. I've always been thinking about business differently.
As a human-form mascot for Bainbridge Graduate Institute, I was challenged with bringing levity to a community of 350+. Flashmobs, skits, and costumes were regularly part of the experience.
I also remain active local & statewide committees.
I engage online regularly through social media to healthy 700+ followings.
I also remain active local & statewide committees.
I engage online regularly through social media to healthy 700+ followings.
I grew up in Commerce Twp, went to school in Kalamazoo, and live in Ann Arbor. I'm well connected to the arts scene in Detroit including CAMP art project at the Detroit Electronic Music Festival & Detroit SOUP an innovative creative funding model.
My youth was spent online in chat rooms and in web-based social situations. This enabled me to develop an uncanny ability to manage multiple conversations and interpret online communication. I regularly get complemented on my "good emails." This was eventually matched with equally active offline activity. Now, I speak frequently on the need to pair the two.
I am at home in the arts. This is a community that I relate to well.
My undergraduate thesis was in poetry.
The arts and creativity help make any task or challenge easier.
My undergraduate thesis was in poetry.
The arts and creativity help make any task or challenge easier.
I create a bi-weekly enewsletter for The Arts Alliance. I've been able to increase click-throughs on listed content. I am also familiar with traditional press releases.
The M.B.A. gave me good grounding in marketing principles. I apply this foundation to generate useful information from focus groups, creative brainstorming, and engagement with new media.
The M.B.A. gave me good grounding in marketing principles. I apply this foundation to generate useful information from focus groups, creative brainstorming, and engagement with new media.
As an undergraduate student, I led a sexual identity support group to the point of a presentation in front of all college administrators. Additinoally, my two years as an Americorps*VISTA was on a college campus. This high pressure position gave me hard experience managing students and dealing with university politics.
The past few years have been spent leading a local music education organization, Community Records L3C. This experience has brought me closer to music and it's power to bring people together. Personally, I'm a big fan of electronica/electro genres, but my tastes are quite varried. If it can get me dancing, then it's good enough for me.
I reviewed an e-book, by request, "18 Rules of Community Engagement: A Guide for Building Relationships and Connecting With Customers Online" by: Angela Connor, a prevelent online community manager.
Have successfully built a musician community at Community Records L3C. Community building is the lens through which I view most things.
Have successfully built a musician community at Community Records L3C. Community building is the lens through which I view most things.
I've managed many individuals including: multiple volunteer committies, program and administrative assistants, and 30 student leaders. I've also designed successful interview processes, job descriptions and have interviewed many candidates on my own.
Lastly, my M.B.A. included constant focus on leadership and team management. A skill by which I was recognized often.
Lastly, my M.B.A. included constant focus on leadership and team management. A skill by which I was recognized often.
I've managed grant review processes, writing and review groups, and crowdsourced ideas (Ann Arbor SOUP).
I use project management principles and electronic systems to guide content development and faster executions. I find managing information fun am often asked to design solutions.
I use project management principles and electronic systems to guide content development and faster executions. I find managing information fun am often asked to design solutions.
I've designed graphics in Photoshop (or Gimp) and edited video in FinalCut Pro and iMovie.
Another useful experience is my study of micro finance/funding, micro payments, and a real life experiences with Kickstarter and IndieGoGo funding campaigns.
Metrics are fun, especially playing with social/soft metrics.
Another useful experience is my study of micro finance/funding, micro payments, and a real life experiences with Kickstarter and IndieGoGo funding campaigns.
Metrics are fun, especially playing with social/soft metrics.