Benjamin Herring Email & Phone Number

Arlington, Va

Association writing, Web content creation & editing, public affairs, and general communications consulting, including project management.Clients include ACE Marketing Group Inc., a wholesale distributor and manufacturers' representative of custom-built, high-end audio & video solutions for the discriminating consumer. ACE is based in Fairfax, Va., and serves clients throughout the Mid-Atlantic.

Arlington, Va

Motivational speaker, trainer, and coach as The Clutter Surgeon® at Washington’s First Class Inc. and to employee groups at prominent Washington-area institutions, including USA Today, The U.S. Dept. of Treasury, The Phillips Collection, and The Library of Congress.Train individuals in overcoming often overwhelming anxieties to weed out, organize, and simplify their lives for greater efficiency, personal achievement, and happiness. Workshop description: "Has a clutter of possessions, papers, bills, magazines and doodads taken over your life, robbing you of precious time with your family and friends? Decreasing your efficiency at work? Making it easy to procrastinate? If this sounds like you, join us for THE CLUTTER SURGEON ® Seminar! A simple test will reveal the severity and nature of your problem. Then you’ll learn why you clutter, how to stop it, and how to keep it from ever coming back."Bio: Benjamin Herring has been teaching THE CLUTTER SURGEON® Seminar since 1991. He has also been dejunking the severely cluttered for a decade, working in homes, offices, even the Pentagon. He’s also lectured to employees at USA Today, The Phillips Collection, and the Library of Congress and appeared on Channel 9, WMAL radio, and in numerous publications, including The Washington Post.

Rockville, Md

Authored weekly and monthly investment advice newsletters under the byline of investment analyst Louis Navellier on four key portfolios, Blue Chip Growth, Dividend Growth, Emerging Growth, and Ultimate Growth.Authored stock reports, reported and interpreted fast-breaking Wall Street news, and other duties.

With board members from IBM, Microsoft, and Fidelity Investments, AIIM is the global association for Enterprise Content Management (ECM). Hired as editorial team leader to create the Infonomics family of publications, including a magazine, e-zine, and website. Served as editor-in-chief to Infonomics magazine, a B2B publication. Editorial content included Social Media and New Media theory and practice; ECM, Document Management, Enterprise 2.0 technologies and communications, email management, information organization and access, scanning and capture, and business process management. Blogged, authored cover stories and editorials, and interviewed subject-matter experts. Responsible for all magazine content, design, and strategy, including editorial calendar, long-range planning, financial and production budgets. Served as magazine spokesperson. Supervised staff and design consultants and worked tightly with sales, contributing to marketing materials and conducting exclusive “editor chats” with vendors.ONE READER'S UNSOLICITED ASSESSMENT OF INFONOMICS MAGAZINE (LETTER TO THE EDITOR):"Just because we are engrossed in the world of IT, streamlined workflow processes, and cool tools, doesn’t mean we have to fit into the boring, corporate mumbo-jumbo geekdom that supposedly translates to success. "Finally! A magazine that gets it! One that exudes confidence, fun, and a presentation of great content that keeps you glued to the magazine until it’s read cover to cover."(Sheila D. Green, Green Productivity Solutions, Jacksonville Beach, Fla.)

Granato is a federal contractor specializing in training, Enterprise 2.0 technologies, and instructional design. Served as project editor for "The Parent’s Guide to the Internet," a hard-copy book and companion website under development for the U.S. Department of Education for low income/low education households. Hired contract designers and writers.Print and graphics editor for other Granato deliverables and assignments as needed, including RFPs.

NEI is the trade association representing the nuclear power industry. Reported on breaking news in Congress, the administration, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and other public and private institutions. Contributor and backup editor to Nuclear Energy Overview, NEI’s weekly newsletter for the nuclear power industry. Contributed to Energy Digest, a Web-based compendium of energy trends. Prepared fact sheets and policy briefs for Congress, regulatory agencies, media, think tanks, and the public.

In continuous publication since 1919, CONSTRUCTOR is the management magazine of the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), a national association helping some 35,000 commercial building, highway, industrial, and utility construction companies build their businesses and increase profitability. Served as magazine spokesperson. Responsible for all content, photography, artwork, and design. Supervised three editors and art director.Worked directly with chief executive officer and legislative affairs staff to support AGC’s lobbying mission on Capitol Hill and throughout Washington. Wrote bylined news, feature articles, and all editorials, serving as official ghostwriter to CEO, association president, and COO. Routinely interviewed House and Senate leaders, such as Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.), the late Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.V.), and Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Tex.), as well as senior government procurement officials, including the commanders of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Naval Facilities Engineering Command. Created, launched, and managed a series of public affairs initiatives, including “The Changing Face of AGC,” a multiyear magazine campaign showcasing women and minorities working throughout the nation in the construction industry; “The Good Samaritans,” a similar campaign showcasing member goodwill projects; and “P.R. on a Shoestring,” a multiyear effort to educate member companies in launching low-cost and no-cost public relations programs. Created Web content, advertising copy, press releases, and press kits for CONSTRUCTOR’s annual construction equipment exposition.Designed, purchased, and facilitated all training for CONSTRUCTOR’s first- and second-generation Macintosh publishing networks, eliminating $75,000 in annual typesetting costs. Further reduced costs and time-to-press by bringing all production in-house and implementing direct-to-plate printing.

Equivalent to managing editor. Responsible for long-range editorial planning as well as the solicitation, procurement, and development of all features, including substantive editing and copyediting. Researched and wrote bylined features and news articles and served as staff photographer. Official magazine liaison to AGC’s 100 chapters nationwide. Provided extensive personal support to AGC’s public affairs department, contributing press releases and newsletter copy on key association issues. Supervised assistant editor and production staff.Managed more than two-dozen special projects, including new products and services directories, themed issues, new magazine sections and inserts, and special reports on the state of the construction industry and America’s infrastructure. Spearheaded design, procurement, and training for CONSTRUCTOR’s first local-area network.

Researched and wrote bylined news and features.Created content for magazine departments and supported AGC’s public affairs department through the creation of press releases, photography, and newsletter copy. Edited articles and monthly columns from AGC’s professional staff and contributing authors.

Feature writer and reporter. Won First Place in features from the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association.Wrote bylined news and feature articles for Maryland’s second-largest daily newspaper (circulation: 50,000).Reported on all aspects of Montgomery County government, business, police and fire beats, politics, religion, healthcare, education, and the arts.

Contributed to press releases and floor statements.Independently researched and wrote a wide range of correspondence to constituents, interest groups, and members of Congress for signature by Rep. Stark. Served as tour guide to constituent groups and performed other duties as assigned.

Supervised staff of undergraduates to produce the arts, entertainment, and editorial sections of the newspaper. Contributed news, features, interviews, editorials, photography, personal essays, humor, as well as art, film, & theatre reviews.

B.A., English, Additional Studies In Journalism

Activities and Societies: Served variously at The Ole Miss Daily Mississippian as reporter and feature writer; managing editor, day pages.

Certified Ekg Technician, Healthcare

Coursework Toward Ba, English

Activities and Societies: Faculty Relations Officer, The Sigma Chi Fraternity