Karen Plaskon Email and Phone Number

Responsible for all office operations, congregational communications (website, social media, print announcements and Orders of Service, email newsletter). Handle incoming bills and receipts. Manage building rentals. Coordinate with volunteers in a variety of special projects. Assist congregants with many issues including pledges and payments.

As Parish Administrator, I wear many hats. Some of these include: - Parishioner support (answering a variety of questions, assisting with events, etc.) - Communications Administrator (weekly e-blasts and special announcements using MailChimp, Social Media campaigns, website enhancements and announcements, Orders of Service and annual report production. - Finance support (insuring bills and income are reported correctly, handling bi-weekly payroll and benefits administration, assisting with annual pledge campaign) - Office administration (keeping equipment running, keeping supplies stocked, answering phones, assisting with events, memorial services, wedding services, and rentals)I generally work full-time hours for 10 months with reduced hours in the summer.

I've worked with FCCU for many years and continue there in this current position. As webmaster, I keep the current website content fresh, including updating service and event information as well as add new pages as needed. I also make sure that all software is up to date and working properly.

As Communications Administrator I handle much of the internal and external electronic communications for the church. I produce 2 weekly announcement emails using Mailchimp (one for the church as a whole, and one for Religious Education). I produce 3 seasonal electronic newsletters. I enhance and maintain the church's website including keeping weekly events and services, special events, pictures and information on the site up to date. I set up and post regularly to the church's facebook page. I create and manage email accounts, online signups (using Signup Genius), online forms (ex. Pledge forms and Registration forms). I work with 3 staff members regularly and several committee chairs and board members to gather and disseminate information as needed.

I performed typical Office Administrator duties for the church including maintaining member information (using Church Windows), scheduling events and rentals, preparing weekly bulletins for services (using Microsoft Publisher and Word), and a weekly electronic newsletter (using Mailchimp). In addition I supported several committees in the church, maintained member donation information, prepared vouchers for billing, maintained office equipment and supplies, and prepared and managed the office budget. In the summer of 2014, I rewrote the church's website and continued to maintain and enhance its back end functionality.

I work on new and existing websites, mainly in Wordpress and Joomla CMS. I have also worked with HTML. I manage website projects and direct the work of small groups of people including clients, website developers and test engineers. I create, maintain, and assist clients with email campaigns in Mailchimp. I work with other developers and directly with clients. I write documentation for clients describing how to use and/or maintain their site. I also handle invoicing, bill payment and other financial matters for RoMP Web Services using Quickbooks.

In this position I am responsible for content on Sudbury TV's website (using Weebly), and the station's Castus system for programming 2 television channels. Work includes deciding on and scheduling Educational and Government/Public channels including downloaded, public programs as well as community created programs and live broadcasts. I also work with community organizations and the public to create and post creative announcements for upcoming events and services using Powerpoint and posting to both the website and the TV station. This position requires a great amount of independent work and involves learning many systems with enough understanding to contribute to a growth in efficiency of the technical systems, as well as a large amount of organizational ability.

Managed people and projects and wrote software in the network/transport area of the company