Amber Bateman Email & Phone Number

Boone NC

• High Country Beer Fest is a fundraising event that helps to raise money for education and research of fermentation sciences. The grassroots fest was organized by home brewers and professors. After 11 years, many of the.
• Successfully manage a fest that generates over $124,000 in revenue for charities, has over 3000 attendees, 60 breweries, 15 food vendors, 130+ volunteers, a game tent, educational seminars, and live music
• Implemented the use of form management system, Wufoo, that helped to extract the information I needed from previous organizers in order to efficiently document the past 12 years of planning the fest
• Used Wufoo to create forms to register food vendors, breweries, volunteers, and sponsors so I could quickly access data, create reports, create widgets, receive payments, etc.
• Generated over $9,000 of untapped revenue by securing new sponsorships, charging food vendors for booth spaces, asking brewers to waive our payment to them as a donation to our cause
• Worked with the logistics team to redesign the layout of the fest in order to accommodate a record number of vendors while improving crowd management and customer experience

Boone, North Carolina, United States

• Designed and manage a successful fundraiser program that allowed High Country 365 to reach a broad range of new customers while selling more inventory than ever before.
• The "High Impact BOGO Dining Pass Fundraiser" requires minimal volunteer effort on behalf of the school/charity and is quick implement while generating a sizable return for the schools. It helps parents save money.
• The fundraiser program has… Show more
• The fundraiser program has generated over $52,000 in previously untapped income over the past 2 years while raising over $30,000 for local schools
• Designed easily adaptable sales sheets, order forms, web-page template, and promotion materials in order to allow us to respond quickly to a request to conduct a fundraiser
• Developed a system for schools to track online sales for up-to-date tracking of all orders as the fundraiser progresses

Boone, NC

• I have played many different roles at High Country 365 over the years but my main focus has always been to help improve processes by introducing new tools or tactics to increase efficiency and profitability of any.
• Implemented new procedures for managing accounts receivable which significantly improved the number of on-time payments and provided higher collection success rates
• Identified and stopped non-performing projects… Show more I have played many different roles at High Country 365 over the years but my main focus has always been to help improve processes by introducing new tools or.
• Identified and stopped non-performing projects, allowing the business to refocus time and energy
• Increased profits for online sales by 95% by introducing a new user-friendly website allowing staff to manage the site, sell products and track analytics in a fraction of time
• Trained staff to develop a strategy to use email and social media campaigns to drive people to the website rather than setting up call stations or doing door-to-door to sales

Boone, North Carolina, United States

• Perform clinical functions to assist in diagnosis by optometrists. Effectively using Nextgen EHR and EHR Practice Management system, Optical Coherence Tomography, Humphrey Field Analyzer (HFA), Fundus Camera Optics.
• Contact Lens Consultant: Conduct contact lens sales. process orders, upsell lens options and coordinate with the optometrist to ensure proper lens fitting for each patient
• Designed a new website
• Produced copy for the new website
• Trained… Show more
• Trained staff to use Canva, Squarespace, Google Drive and assisted with other technical issues

Boone, North Carolina, United States

• Networked and organized leaders of local nonprofits, churches and schools, community charitable organizations in order to start the Back 2 School Fest
• Organized private, corporate, and faith-based community donations to provide over 1,000 school-aged children annually with school supplies and valuable services
• Raised over $50,000 each year since in goods, services, and sponsorships.
• Worked with an artist to properly brand the event
• Managed communication… Show more
• Managed communication and efforts to the community about the event

Boone, North Carolina, United States

• Quiet Givers is an organization I founded in 2010 after realizing that school social workers were having to jump through hoops to get basic needs met for students and their families. I thought, "If only people knew.
• Used… Show more Quiet Givers is an organization I founded in 2010 after realizing that school social workers were having to jump through hoops to get basic needs met for students and their families. I thought, "If only.
• Used strategic partnerships, grassroots networking, high-level public speaking, and attention to detail create a valuable public service to community members in need
• Started a Back 2 School Festival in order to respond to the annual needs for school supplies and basic necessities. This was a massive undertaking that was only successful due to the ability to pay attention to details.
• Helped to establish the Western Watauga Food Outreach by networking with the Hospitality House and Health and Hunger Coalition as well as two pastors from rural Methodist churches to design a weekly meal and food.
• Wrote and won a grant from the Women's Fund of the Blue Ridge to start the Western Watauga Food Outreach

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Handbuilding / Throwing Class

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Activities and Societies: Pottery Class

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