Communications Co-Chair For Publicity And Marketing, North Fulton Master Gardeners
CurrentAs Communications Chair for Publicity & Marketing, I have:- Served as the non-profit organization's primary contact with the media & promotional partners who have assisted us in promoting Garden Faire, our online Garden Sales, & our Gardening Lecture Series.- Created & maintained the NFMG social media sites.https://linktr.ee/NFMG http://nfmg.net/communityclasses.htm https://facebook.com/northfultonmastergardeners https://twitter.com/NFMGardeners https://youtube.com/northfultonmastergardeners https://instagram.com/northfultonmastergardeners -Maintain Mailchimp email list of more than 7200 subscribers and send monthly updates of NFMG activities to subscribers. - Promoted the NFMG 2019-23 Gardening Lecture Series & served as chair of the core Gardening Education Team for several years. I was a part of the core Gardening Education Team that transitioned to virtual Gardening Lecture Series when the pandemic hit. Since May 2020, we have produced 46 virtual classes which as of 4/8/23 have been viewed by 32,822 people, including 6,238 Zoom live stream attendees, 377 Facebook Live attendees, 16,994 You Tube Views, & 9,213 Facebook Views. The classes are available at www.youtube.com/NorthFultonMasterGardeners. NFMG received the First Place Award in the Workshops/Presentations Category of the 2021 David Gibby International Master Gardener Search for Excellence (IMGSFE) Awards at the 2021 International Master Gardener Conference in recognition of the efforts of the North Fulton Master Gardeners in the face of a global pandemic in successfully providing horticultural education to the North Fulton community & beyond through virtual webinar technology. - Set up ways to support NFMG through PayPal, the PayPal Giving Fund, Facebook Donations, & the online Give & Garden Sales. Responsible for $10,000+ of donations.- Since January 2023, facilitated the new "Garden Buzz" column which is published in the Appen Media newspapers.