I have extensive communications and related experience in developing content that drives revenue and increases customer and public awareness of products and services. I'm also an award-winning author of non-fiction books. My newest book, Beyond Loss in a Pandemic: Find Hope and Move Through Grief After Someone Close to You Dies, was an Amazon #1 Best Seller, received a 5-Star Review from the Manhattan Book Review, and won a Gold Global Book Award.Here are some highlights of my experience:-- Develop marketing strategies, content, and PR for goLance and other companies that have helped to increase their presence in the marketplace and drive revenue.-- Developed and implemented thought leadership, marketing, branding strategies, and content for Survox (formerly known as CFMC). These activities supported the company's Survox solutions and services for market research and opinion polling organizations.-- Launched and managed the Thought Leadership Council for BMC Software, a group of industry experts focused on information technology issues and trends. Expanded the program to include partner thought leadership. -- Developed technology books, magazine articles, blogs, presentations, and white papers. Actively participated in social media. Created online games, including one based on green technology and another about IT service management concepts.-- Coauthored this self-help book with Denise Kalm: Tech Grief: Survive and Thrive Through Career Losses. The book received a Writer's Digest Award in 2014. "By reading Donovan and Kalm’s extraordinarily informative and helpful Tech Grief, you’ll be fully prepared for sudden changes at work and ready to pivot into your next, more satisfying phase." Marshall Goldsmith, America’s preeminent executive coach (Fast Company magazine)-- Author of After Loss: Hope for Widows, Widowers, and Partners, which was released in 2019 and is available in many bookstores and from your favorite online retailers. In my volunteer life, I have been leading grief-support groups for Hospice of Santa Cruz County for more than a decade. The book received a 5-Star Review from the San Francisco Book Review.-- Managed and developed marketing communications projects for businesses in the following industries: software, utilities, online freelance marketplace, telecommunications, aerospace companies, and nonprofits.-- Very creative and innovative. Excellent writing, editing, marketing, and program management experience.