Darshan Sawantdesai Email & Phone Number

Greater Seattle Area

Eugene, Oregon Area

• Managed, Trained and Developed over 200 learners (on-site and off – site)every year in the areas of Communication, Journalism and Diversity Studies • Designed curricula and core objectives every 4 months with focus on learner achievement and success. •Incorporated and customized content on a daily and weekly basis based on the objectives of the program and learner success and feedback.•Lesson plans incorporated structured and experiential design with focus on the use of a multiplatform technologies in class activities to increase content learning, problem solving and content applications•Use of eLearning systems – Blackboard and Moodle to design and manage onsite and offsite learner assignments, lecture notes, evaluations and course progress•Weekly meetings and online surveys used to evaluate and access learner progress and content grasp followed by constructive positive feedback

Portland, Oregon Area

• Designed curricula and learning outcomes with a focus on ability to apply communication concepts to - address everyday dilemmas within dimensions (ethical, social, logical, technological, relational and cultural) through use of critical analysis papers and analyses of communication variables in personal, professional and community settings• Developed innovative lesson plans that incorporated structured and experiential design with the use of multiplatform technologies like Youtube, Twitter, Wevideo and Infuse Learning to facilitate in-class activities, increase content learning, and content applications • Utilized eLearning systems – Blackboard and Moodle to design and manage onsite and offsite learner assignments, lecture notes, evaluations and course progress• Evaluated learner progress based on a combination of online surveys and weekly meetings to provide ongoing feedback that promoted learner success

Portland, Oregon Area

Successfully designed, launched and managed service learning projects for the University of Portland’s students in Leadership and Persuasion course to be implemented at the local high schools, non-profits, assistance shelters and children’s hospitals. Projects were implemented over a 4 month period for each class.• Proposed and Coordinated community outreach events to promote university services, lectures, exhibitions, demonstrations and develop partnerships with the surrounding community• Advised students in developing volunteer opportunities and coordinating volunteers• Trained students in the areas of persuasion and business communication, advised students in creating marketing materials resulting in an newsletter, reports and brochures • Developed an effective database within the university to illustrate the logistics of direct-mail campaigns to increase awareness of university events and services within the learning community

Major Duties include coordinating all matters relating to CEJ including documenting and following up on submissions for CEJ. Implementing the review process, managing the production process to ensure timeliness of publications.Management of the production process includes liaisons with printers, coordination of due dates and production schedules, and copy-editing of manuscripts. The position also entailed organizing, distribution of publications.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Speech Communication And Business

Activities and Societies: President – of the Indian Students Association at Washington State University – WA.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Economics And Business Communications