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Writing, Editorial, and Presentation Qualifications and Skills• Instructional Material Writing and Course Design – Twenty years writing instructional materials, creating presentations, delivering presentations, and creating assessment in a higher education environment.• Proposals and Grant Writing – Six years writing course proposals and strategic initiatives as well as providing supporting data and co-authoring grant proposals as department chair.• Legal and Administrative Writing – Nine years writing correspondence, pleadings, discovery requests and responses, motions, and briefs for state, federal, and appellate cases.• Blogging and Freelance Writing – Regular contributor to the Oregon Sports News and author of two personal blogs: The Hight of Insanity and Technology Accessibility.• Editing, Proofing, and Correcting Written Submissions – Twenty years editing, proofing, and correcting student papers, from analysis to research to creative work. Earned reputation of being “more thorough than my English teacher.”Online Content Qualifications and Skills • LMS Course Creation and Maintenance – Ten years creating written, audio, video, and interactive content and assessment in an LMS environment, with extra attention devoted to accessibility and retention. Advised and mentored colleagues in translating conventional instructional material to an online environment.• Social Media – Quite familiar with best practices for promoting and growing business through social media outlets like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. Teaches a section on Social Media at the college level.• Blogging and Websites – Gaining proficiency at designing, creating, and editing basic blogging websites. Prepared to move on from Blogger to WordPress. Dabble in SEO on my blogs and track data using Google Analytics.

Listed skills include Social Media, Editing, Research, Public Speaking, and 34 others.