Bob Batchelor, Phd Email & Phone Number

Conway, SC, US

Raleigh, NC, US

Crafting Stories That Inspire: Leadership in Strategic Communications and WellbeingI am driven by a passion for storytelling that connects people to purpose. As Vice President, Global Marketing and Communications at Workplace Options (WPO), I have led global initiatives to elevate brand narratives, foster innovation, and drive measurable results. My work.

Raleigh, NC, US

Award-winning strategic communications leader. Primary focus: External, executive, and internal communications, including C-suite ghostwriting (books, columns, op-eds, white papers, & speeches), in-house and agency. Extensive earned media success and creating owned content strategy. Driving leads and global awareness through earned, owned, and paid media.

Thought leadership and strategic communications through storytelling, led by award-winning author and communications executive Bob Batchelor! My strategic communications work includes writing, public relations planning and strategy, marketing copy, media relations, and strategy consulting.Additional work:-- Writing and Strategic Communications Consulting.

Raleigh, North Carolina, US

Director, Public Relations-- Focus on storytelling via public relations, content, executive communications, and marketing-- Strategy and tactical implementation, executive and organizational marketing communications-- Content strategy and implementation-- Media relations, including wins with Inc., Fast Company, Senior Executive, WRAL TechWire, and.

Oxford, OH, US

My teaching centers on improving and building students' critical and conceptual thinking skills, as well as their writing abilities. I teach courses in the Strategic Communications sequence, one of the largest majors on campus. My courses include online, hybrid, and traditional classes, including "Strategic Communications Planning," "Theories of.

Greenville, PA, US

• Lead the fourth largest department at Thiel College in terms of headcount and enrollment. Transition the department from a “last chance” major into one that is innovative, based in the liberal arts, and also enables.
• Created, designed, then recruited students for the Pedas Center Fellows (PCFs) program, top students at Thiel College interested in communications and mass media to serve as peer tutors and student multimedia leaders.
• Created and managed a student marketing agency specializing in narrative storytelling to promote and market the Thiel College brand.
• Created college-wide assessment rubric for individual departments to measure effort in preparation for Middle States midyear visit.
• Expanded course offerings: online, in the department, and college-wide via Presentational Literacy initiative.
• Collaborated with faculty across the college to offer discipline-based multimedia and student media programming.

Kent, Ohio, US

• Tasked with creating an asynchronous online M.A. degree program in public relations from concept. Create entire infrastructure for “college within a college” program, only the third such degree program at KSU at the.
• Established infrastructure for program, as well as marketing website for a 9-month on-time launch.
• Created JMC admissions procedures for continual enrollment and coordinated efforts with KSU Admissions and vendor.
• Beat enrollment projections by 500% at launch.
• Grew program from zero (0) to ~250 students in less than three years.
• Served as strategic communications planning director, responsible for implementation, including oversight of internal staff, vendors, and freelance marketing experts.

Tampa, Florida, US

• Create new structure and learning outcomes for “Mass Communication and Society” course (enrolling 1,500-1,800 student per year) based on College of Arts and Sciences accreditation process. Lead course through CAS and.
• Engaged in 2-year self-study of large course “best practices” and “critical thinking” to ensure pedagogical depth.
• Wrote and managed approval process across multiple department and CAS committees and leaders.
• Lobbied CAS and USF leadership regarding course changes and needs.
• Transitioned class from lecture-only to lecture/recitation structure, leading to students receiving more one-on-one instructor engagement.
• Created course materials, instructional guides, and student work for adjunct and GA instructors for recitation sessions.

Charlotte, NC, US

· Ghostwrite speeches, executive remarks· Crafted consumer-related articles for intranet (140K employees)· Wrote senior executive scripts for televised broadcasts· Orchestrated internal and external communications strategy for multiple lines of business· Developed ongoing program for publicizing outstanding employee work· Developed quarterly recognition.

St. Louis, MO, US

UpStart Communications ranked as the largest independent public relations agency in the East Bay and one of the 10 largest in the San Francisco Bay Area. Fleishman-Hillard purchased the firm.· Lead writer and strategist on Silver Anvil winning campaign for Documentum, which saw record revenues increase 54% and net income jump 204% after more than 400 clips.

London, GB

• Business Writer – Marketing & Communications
• Drove editorial process for division’s first global intranet newsletter: 85,000 circulation
• Wrote and edited news stories for daily online publication
• Authored feature stories for monthly publications and newsletters
• Consulted with local, regional, and national media teams on publicity efforts, ensuring that pitches were on targetContent Manager – Center for Business Knowledge
• Oversaw production of the division’s external Web site, transforming it from an online brochure into a tool for recruiting new research staff and increasing employee moral

Washington, DC, US

• The History Factory is a specialized communications firm that uses a company’s heritage as a means for promoting its current messages. Examples of this work include employee morale programs, anniversary celebrations.
• Coordinated historical research for corporate clients
• Designed and authored content for multimedia exhibits
• Conducted historical interviews with C-level and senior executives
• Supervised or co-managed projects, budgets, and research staff – 3-10 staff members and budgets
• Wrote and edited two history books: the history of Kimberly-Clark and Scott Paper after their merger and the history of BellSouth since divestiture from AT&T

Ph.D., English Literature

Master Of Arts (M.A.), American History (United States)

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History, Philosophy, And Political Science

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