Deirdre Walsh Email & Phone Number

Austin, TX, US

Austin, TX, US

Building a more informed, engaged, and united society — one workplace at a time.The IGC Institute provides nonpartisan civics education, programs, and support to empower employees to actively participate in democracy and drive meaningful change in their communities. By fostering a culture of civic engagement, your organization sends a powerful message.

I co-founded IGC to help organizations prepare and handle complex social and political challenges. From risk assessments to strategic communication support, we ensure your organization's reputation, relationships, and revenue are robustly protected.

Austin, Texas, US

I'm proud to be a founding member of Circuit, an early-stage venture on a mission to build the world’s most trusted knowledge network. We are working on a solution to enable people, organizations and communities to be more informed, productive and connected.

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

From launching PACs to leading Get-Out-the-Vote programs, we worked with top US business leaders to protect and renew American democracy.

Austin, TX, US

My experience at Silicon Labs was a journey of significant impact and innovation. I managed the global growth, brand, and communications teams as well as the regional marketing groups in Asia and Europe. Our efforts led to a remarkable 3400% increase in lead conversion and tripled kit sales, which significantly boosted the revenue of the Internet of Things.

Austin, Texas, US

• My philosophy at Jive was that marketing was more than a department. It was a data-driven, competitive advantage. Major accomplishments:
• Generated more than $1M in revenue from our current install base through content marketing
• Increased unaided awareness in US from 3 to 9 percent in less than a year through creative brand campaign
• Recognized by Facebook as one of the "most creative, innovative, and effective marketing campaigns that makes use of the Facebook platform" for B2B campaign
• Lead crisis communications strategy for issues around products, financials, litigation, etc.

Austin, Texas, US

• I joined Jive in 2011 to lead the social strategy for the company's IPO, which included the first-ever live Twitter feed on the NASDAQ Tower. In 2012, I became the head of a geographically-distributed team responsible.
• Generated audience of 57M, 2.5M engagements, and 7.5K qualified sales leads through social activities in 2013
• Increased social network followers by 750% and community membership by 57% in one year
• Developed social advertising program that performed 43% better than email for driving new software trials
• Increased traffic to online community 3X YOY using cutting-edge SEO and content marketing strategies
• Boosted online conversion rates by 5% through customer relationship building and landing page optimization

Austin, Texas, US

I created the business case, launched, managed and marketed an award-winning, online community of 150k engineers and scientists. This effort lead to measurable improvements in the company's net promoter score and revenue. I also developed the strategy and managed the execution for the brand's first Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube channels.

Austin, Texas, US

I acted as the main contact for broadcast outlets, business press and several engineering trade publications; served on the crisis communications team; conducted media training for senior executives; and co-developed an online affiliation program with publishing companies to improve search engine optimization.I'm particularly proud of my work helping.

New York, US

I performed a variety of media relations, advertising, public affairs, copywriting, design and communications tasks for high-profile accounts, including Allstate, Hewlett-Packard, Houston Mayor Bill White, the Houston Marathon, and Shell. In 2003, I was voted Associate of the Year and received multiple awards from Texas Public Relations Association..

Austin, Texas, US

In this role, I proudly served as the ghostwriter on ten opinion editorial columns for state Senator Troy Fraser. Additionally, I performed photo editing, research and writing for the district newsletter, coordination for press conferences, and aided the press secretary with general communications tasks.

Austin, TX, US

I developed marketing collateral and secured $5k in sponsorships for student-run, business fair.

Austin, TX, US

I was a teaching assistant for the largest class at The University of Texas (1k students/semester). Specifically, I held regular office hours to help students with coursework and taught an undergraduate networking class to 120 students as part of an independent research study.