Mark Athitakis Email & Phone Number

I help nonprofits tell their stories. I'm a contributing editor for Associations Now magazine, published by the American Society of Association Executives, where I write regularly on leadership, management, advocacy, board governance, content strategy, and other issues. I have helped edit and write white papers and other communications materials for numerous organizations, including ASAE, the ASAE Foundation, MCI Group, the American Chemical Society, and the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards. I have taught and presented on communications at Arizona State University, the American Nonprofit Academy, and the Thinking Writer. I have been a featured guest on BBC Radio 4, the Diane Rehm Show, Wisconsin Public Radio, and other programs.In addition, I am a longtime freelance critic and reporter who's written for the New York Times Book Review, Washington Post, Humanities Magazine, Virginia Quarterly Review, Washington City Paper, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Kirkus Reviews, and more. My latest book is "The New Midwest: A Guide to Contemporary Fiction of the Great Lakes, Great Plains, and Rust Belt."

Washington, Dc, Us

• Assigned, edited, and wrote feature stories on nonprofit management for award-winning flagship monthly magazine of the American Society of Association Executives (circulation 22,000), coordinating content with a small staff and stable of freelancers.• Featured leadership blogger at magazine website, AssociationsNow.com, covering executive management, governance, diversity and inclusion, and other topics focused on a C-suite audience; regularly communicate with experts in the leadership field for ideas and insight.• Helped launch interactive edition of the magazine featuring multimedia tools including audio, video, and animation.• Coordinated art and editorial scheduling for broader editorial projects, including the Volunteer Leadership Issue “Board Primer” (January 2013), featuring ten experts in particular areas of nonprofit governance, and “The Money Issue” (April-May 2013), for which I assigned features and trafficked articles.• Served as a liaison with three volunteer committees to schedule and produce e-newsletter and web-only content.• Managed magazine-related tweets from ASAE’s official Twitter account (@asaecenter) and assisted and strategized other ASAE social media initiatives, particularly around meetings.• Collaborated with other departments, including research, advocacy, international, and book publishing to assist and strategize about content.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

• Assigned, edited, and wrote reviews and reported stories on film, theater, books, galleries, and music for arts section of award-winning alternative weekly.• Directly supervised two staffers and managed more than a dozen freelancers.• Edited staff blog and spearheaded arts-related multimedia content, including video and slideshows.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

• Line-edited, proofread, and fact-checked news stories and reviews for alternative weekly.• Edited two of the paper's daily blogs.• Coached writers with a wide range of journalistic experience.

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Feature writer for Time Inc. technology and business magazine. Researched and wrote annual "Dumbest Moments in Business" feature which led to successful tie-in book; co-authored "How to Make Money on the Net" package, one of the magazine's most-read features.

San Francisco, California, Us

• Wrote interview-driven features, a news column, and reviews and managed a dozen freelance writers.• Researched and wrote long-form features (2,000-5,000 words) primarily on arts-related topics.

San Francisco, Us

Wrote and coordinated original content for website of the national political and investigative magazine; managed online posting of articles.

B.A., English

Bachelor Of English, English Language And Literature/Letters