Freddie Bell Email & Phone Number

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Innovative, broad-minded, culturally aware and astute leader, passionate about the organization's mission, with a long track record of success in leading organizations and building audiences while operating in the highest levels of media, business, government and philanthropy. Works collaboratively to build trusting relationships utilizing honed interpersonal public speaking, and written communications skills.• Represent CCD/KMOJ externally to its audiences in a persuasive, inspiring credible and trusted manner. Identify, cultivate, and engage individual donors and institutional funders, and connecting donor and funder interests with CCD/KMOJ's goals for the long term. • Direct CCD/KMOJ's lobbying and public affairs activities related to its interests. • Responsible for managing operations that give the diverse audiences a voice; and through its programs and services, informs, inspires and entertains listeners as it enables emerging and veteran broadcasters to have a facility in which to grow and learn the communications business.• Building new, younger, diverse audiences by creating KMOJ HD2, The Ice, (Launch Date, 9/20/2017); Minnesota's first All Urban Hip-Hop Station; and by enhancing its multifaceted online presence.• Manage CCD/KMOJ's budget with complete accountability for meeting and exceeding revenue goals and managing expense targets. • Provide direction and guidance for day-to-day operations in alignment with CCD/KMOJ's strategic priorities while navigating challenges.• Lead and develop a motivated collaborative and focused team with daily demonstration to Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity in the workplace and within its communities.• Coach, Mentor, Recruit, and Train top and emerging talent who share CCD/KMOJ's mission and vision. • Managed and guided CCD/KMOJ through consecutive years of financial growth from March 2016 to the Present through supremely challenged conditions.

Minneapolis/St. Paul

Owner and Host of two National Programs. The first, New Beginnings, addresses it self to the need of America's 73 million Baby Boomers. The one-hour show examines topics including Employment, Health and Fitness, End of Life Issues, Housing and Aging in Place, Retirement/Financial Concerns, Spirituality and so much more. The show talks directly to Baby Boomers, as well as families members in their scope of care. New Beginnings even covers Care giving and Volunteerism, important topics for this large segment of our communities. New Beginnings is available to radio stations needing smart, timely and relevant content.The Freddie Bell Show is a music intensive, weekly three-hour program playing your favorites from ABBA to the Whispers. The program is programming designed for the weekend. Visit www.freddiebell.com for listings.

Midwest

Professional Speaker who helps to inspire and impact change by sharing tools and techniques in how to manage and break through difficult situations. "When my Minneapolis Radio Morning Show was replaced by a pre-recorded stock market report, I made it my business to return to radio, some way, some how. Today, As a keynote speaker and facilitator, I share the secrets in how holding the focus can change your situation for the better. If your company is going through change; if your business is right-sizing; if you need strategies in how to break through; I can point the way. My promise is that your team will be inspired to move upward in a new direction and see how to turn setbacks into opportunities."

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area; Washington Dc; Edina, Mn

Designing and deploying business strategies to penetrate accounts within Public Sector, Education, Utilities and Healthcare Vertical accounts covering 25 markets with Minneapolis Public Schools and Connexus Energy among the key wins.• Accountable for increasing and managing the base which has grown from $12 to $48 Million in annual wireless revenue since March 2011.• Establishing credibility and rapport with stakeholders at multiple levels internally, externally, and at the C-Level, to identify requisites and present value propositions.• Account Team Lead and Project Manager for contract negotiations, pre-sales needs assessments, implementation and post-sales account management.

Gospel Program Director and Morning Show Broadcast duties

Responsible for station management, building new audiences while directing and training sales staff, and driving sales to increase earnings by 20% each year. These goals were accomplished by creating and developing key partnerships with stakeholders; developing custom programs and features; including replacing a Country Music format with Urban Oldies; Developed and maintained excellent public relations with the communities served; and secured all FCC required public affairs documentation.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Insurance Sales Training and and Management.

Omaha, Ne

The Nebraska Legislature and Education were my principle focus earning me numerous awards including one for a series of reports on the Governor’s Trade mission to Germany.