Donavan Vicha Email & Phone Number

Columbus, Ohio Area

Greater Chicago Area

Maintain and update the Website for the Section for Labor and Employment Law, identify and recommend Web and communication technology, and employ ABA technologies to communicate marketing and substantive information for the section.>Using Personify to create meeting events for ABA Shopping Cart, coordinating with Web pages for handling more than a dozen Midwinter Meetings.>Worked with TripBuilder to supply mobile apps for use in conjunction with annual conference.>Facilitated campaign that took us from 294 Likes to 555 in three weeks for Section's Facebook page. Included creating and running a FB ad.>Redesigned e-newsletters for usability, streamlining the size of the top banner and adding jump links to page templates.

Glen Ellyn, Illinois

I was migrating content and performing project management as a part-time consultant for Vanguard TechnologyI was managing a Web site for the First Presbyterian Church of Glen Ellyn, Partners in Mission. pim-africa.org.I am a facilitator, helping train people in spiritual direction for Christos Chicagoland. Also serve on the board of directors of Christos, based in Minnesota.My passion is for interactive Web development, particularly in online education, social media, and virtual worlds.

International organization dedicated to the development, improvement and promotion of library and information services. Association has 67,000 members.Web Developer (2008-2009)Developed and maintained web applications and forms used by management and professional staff. >Created application for submitting electronic petitions for membership elections and referendums. New systems replaced manual processes. >Maintained twenty existing applications used for creating electronic ballots, applying for scholarships, managing volunteer activities, facilitating data collection and nominating New York Times "Librarian of the Year" award, among others. >Led virtual membership initiatives incorporating Second Life and other virtual communities for delivery of distance education and conference programs.>Moderated forums, wikis, and Drupal-based ALAConnect member community of 1800 committees and interest groups

Managed all Web-related publishing activities for two ALA divisions, supervising numerous member contributors, newsletter and journal editors, and inhouse production staff.>Created database-driven applications that made documents available online for board members, provided search for reviews of reference works from Sources (a column of the RUSQ Journal), and built the Exchange, a database of "stumper" reference questions derived from The Exchange column from RUSQ Journal. >Facilitated creation of the first blog/journal, RUSQ Online Companion.>Served as an association-wide point person on ADA Web accessibility standards.>Designed curriculum of six WebCT-based online courses. Program exceeded revenue expectations by 10%.>Chaired committee on creating the request for proposal (RFP) for online communities application. Worked with vendors on developing a professional networking application that connects the membership database with Facebook-like utilities to enhance the work of committees and promote continuing education.>Consulted with American Library Association’s (ALA) executive director and created the ALA membership values online survey used to develop a five-year strategic plan. For the first time, an organizational survey brought in a response rate of 17% of membership, much higher than any previous print-based effort.

Worked desktop publishing performing design and editorial work on the down and dirty, fast turn around jobs.

Worked desktop publishing performing design and editorial work.

Managed conversion from outmoded inhouse typesetting to PC-based desktop publishing system, supervising three staff and a dozen freelancers.