Kelly Standing Email & Phone Number

I contribute in four key areas: 1) Delivering innovative, results-driven campaigns for our existing clients; 2) Adding new clients to our already-impressive roster; 3) Helping to manage our team of talented colleagues and attract new teammates, and; 4) Helping to onboard an exciting new acquisition -- USPR -- a member-based network of top independently owned PR/Marketing firms throughout North America and Europe, which will expand our collective reach for our clients exponentially.

Greater St. Louis

Greater St. Louis

Evaluated and coached 250 MBA & Executive MBA students in presentation and networking skills. Delivered custom presentation-skills workshops to Washington University physicians and Air Force leaders.

Greater St. Louis Area

I worked with St. Louis' best and brightest executives and entrepreneurs (and their families, friends, clients and colleagues) who wanted to have the unparalleled private-club experience we offered at The Saint Louis Club, so they could advance their careers and their companies ... expand their networks ... hold high-level conversations and close high-dollar deals ... advance the causes that mattered to them ... and ... celebrate life's milestones ... all while enjoying the city's finest dining, the world's finest wines and our region's most refreshing combination of business and pleasure, revving up and winding down, philanthropic fundraising, friend-making and accelerating promising start-ups. For 60 years, our members left enduring legacies of service and success. With a 2023 move to a spectacular new home -- 7676 Forsyth Blvd. -- Saint Louis Club preserved its cherished, more-formal traditions AND embraced the advanced technology, emerging trends and more-casual vibe tomorrow's leaders will demand -- a stunning transformation!As Director of Innovation, Marketing & Membership, I built a team of marketing/membership pros to engage our current members, prospective members and the wider business community using traditional and emerging communication techniques, relevant platforms and innovative programming. I established promising partnership opportunities with professional associations, entrepreneur organizations, business leaders, authors, speakers and media outlets to shed useful light on best and next business practices. I also served as the Club's primary media spokesperson. We made many happy headlines together! In one case, I convinced a reporter to turn what he planned as a tiny profile into a glossy, six-page cover story in an industry magazine -- great in the moment and even better in re-print form forever after.In 2018 & 2022, I earned "Best Marketing Idea of the Year" honors from Private Club Marketing Professionals -- world's top business clubs.

Columbia, Missouri, United States

Conducted monthly life/career coaching calls with 12 mid-career Executive MBA students in the 2017 and 2018 graduating classes, earning highest approval ratings.

Chicago, Illinois

We worked with organizations that wanted their people to rally around change and adversity ... so they could blow the doors off every goal they set.When it comes to adapting to change and adversity, we're experts ... thought leaders. We assembled a "faculty" of smart, engaging, articulate "truth tellers" who helped others navigate through nearly every kind of adversity people can encounter and not just survive but thrive ... Still STANDING.

Chicago, Il

From CEOs to salespeople to students, I worked with people who wanted to become better speakers and small talkers, so they made good impressions everywhere they went.

Greater St. Louis

Initially as Director of Advertising & PR, managed all internal communications, media relations, and produced B2C materials, drafted, placed and monitored all HQ advertising for 700 offices in 33 states. Traveled to key markets for Jones-sponsored media blitz. Planned and executed firm's first Founder's Day celebration, featuring Today Show's Willard Scott.Later, for 20+ years, continuted to work for the firm as an independent contractor. Wrote countless speeches, broadcast video scripts, corporate-culture & recruitment pieces to attract women and POC, coaching firm's partners, planned and executed special events, delivered keynote addresses for internal and external audiences. For a nine-month firm history/archive project, interviewed more than 60 "legends" of Edward Jones -- past and then-current (including business management guru Peter Drucker, who had served as a key advisor to Jones for many years).

Crafted speeches and corporate scripts. Delivered presentation training to hundreds of top executives, sales professionals and spokespeople at leading companies, organizations and nonprofit agencies, including the University of Chicago, Dept. of Gastroenterology, Con Agra/Healthy Choice, The Dairy Council, a troubled health-advocacy nonprofit, a leading St. Louis surgical practice and many others.

Bj, Journalism/Advertising

Activities and Societies: American Advertising Federation Competition -- National 4th Place

Theology

Theology