Deb (Debora) Garvey Email & Phone Number

I'm helping the City of Minneapolis transform and launch a new public website. I work with the Digital Services Team to provide content strategy and copywriting services.My work includes:- Holding collaborative discovery sessions with subject matter experts - Reviewing and organizing source content- Transforming content to follow quality assurance guidelines, including plain language and WCAG 2.1 accessibility guidelines- Determining where content should live in the site structureWe use these tools to get the job done.- Terminal Four (T4) content management system- Siteimprove- Microsoft Teams- Sharepoint- Smartsheet

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

I help clients create customer-focused communications programs that bring clarity to their brands. I challenge them to use plain language that connects with their customers and other stakeholders. I lead teams through the process of identifying a brand strategy and putting it into action. I am often the external force that keeps the internal team moving forward, the outsider who says your message is getting buried in your words and helps you fix that and the writer who organizes and adapts content to fit the delivery platform.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Garvey Communications expands the capacity of internal marketing and public relations departments by helping with strategic planning, project management and tactical implementation of your communications programs and projects. Experience with government, non-profit, health & wellness, education, youth development, civic, entertainment, technology, hospitality, retail and real estate development sectors. Sampling of clients: City of Minnetonka, City of Red Wing, Minnesota Historical Society, St. David's Center for Child & Family Development, Partners for Healthy Kids, Aeon, Wayzata Public Schools, Voyager Village, Mounds Park Academy, Emerge Community Development, Women's Foundation of Minnesota, Groves Academy, Minnetonka Public Schools, East Metro Integration District, Chevalle Development Company, Lander Group Urban Development.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Directs the development and implementation of strategic marketing communications and community relations programs that drive membership and revenue growth, increase awareness of The Marsh and its comprehensive programs and services, and build innovative partnerships that enhance health and wellness in our community. The Marsh offers health eduction; one-on-one support for exercise, nutrition, rehabilitation and wellness from a professional staff of health and wellness experts; group exercise programs for all ages and stages of life; physical therapy; warm water therapy; comprehensive spa services including therapeutic massage; full-service restaurant; meeting and event spaces; high-end retail shop and overnight guest rooms.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

After several years of providing contract communications services to this district, as well as volunteer leadership on the district's legislative task force, the Director of Communications asked me to share her position when she cut back to part-time in order to begin a family. As a members of the superintendent's cabinet, we provided counsel and communicated on behalf of the the district's top leadership, directed communication initiatives with all internal and external constituencies and developed and implemented a multi-faceted print, phone and online communication program to improve two-way communication with students, families, volunteers, legislators and the general public.

Mass Communications/Grad Program

Bs Secondary Education, English, Special Education