Consulting on and crafting messaging to evoke the response nonprofits and causes need. Clients nationwide and top-level national nonprofits. Nonprofit PR background and social issue research experience give me insights other writers don't have. Feature stories, fundraising appeals, case studies, web copy, donor stewardship communications, newsletters, progressive emails, social media, annual reports, cause research reports. Easy to work with. Partial client list:Neighborhood Legal Services and Equal Justice CampaignButler UniversityNextech (computer science)Sheltering Wings (domestic violence)Ad CouncilPoints of Light FoundationKiwanis clubsECMC Group (education)INFLUENCE-SG (agency)Cause and Social InfluenceClimate VaultTruth Initiative

I've supported the research team at INFLUENCE|SG for more than a decade, receiving their key findings and working with them to write the narratives for client and company research reports on social issue behaviors. Edited "The Corporate Social Mind" book. Write company blog posts and web copy.Sample clients: Points of Light Foundation, Case Foundation, IndyHub, Lilly Endowment

Still working as freelancer; when full time, was lead writer for university marketing department, with emphasis on fundraising and admissions. Developed strategic messaging map to implement brand awareness initiatives. Interviewed faculty, staff, and students for feature stories and highly segmented direct-mail and email fundraising campaigns. Web content, case statements, more.

Created content for nonprofit fundraising and marketing campaigns, edited proposals and presentations, and wrote progressive emails promoting national conference. Created web and blog content for clients in several states. Continued freelancing for some time after leaving full-time employment.

Served as chief copywriter and performed media outreach. Wrote for blogs, web, social media, print collateral, press releases and more.

• Served as contributing editor of quarterly magazine, which established an emotional connection between donors and the children they can help.• Produced e-letter from president’s office, and wrote letters and speeches for Riley Children’s Foundation and Riley Hospital CEOs.• Conducted public relations activities related to organization’s largest individual, corporate and event donors. This included media pitches, press releases, editorial letters and press conferences, as well as creating ways to help corporate and event donors drive business through their relationship with Riley.

Directed public relations strategy and implemented tactics for Western/Native American art museum; position expanded to include advertising and marketing in my last year. Supervised PR assistant and tourism marketing manager.