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Bloomington, In, Us

Bloomington, Indiana Area

Human Rights Commission Director, ADA Coordinator, staff liaison to the Commission (since January 2023), staff liaison to the Council on Community Accessibility, and city representative to the Nonprofit Alliance. Duties include investigating complaints of discrimination and ADA barriers, planning and coordinating events, managing grant processes and funding sources, and facilitating meetings and other public assemblies.

Bloomington, Indiana Area

Manage and coordinate a major city sponsored public event (Martin Luther King Day). Duties will include planning and coordinating the event, coordinating the pre-event reception, managing multiple grant processes and funding sources including the application and reporting phases, coordinating a youth video contest, and facilitating a legacy award process. Worked with a City-sponsored commission and subcommittees, and several community agencies and institutions.

Specialize in using story to enhance learning, build organizations, and maximize human capital for Fortune 500 clients, as well as government, educational, and nonprofit organizations.

Indiana

Teach and lead Indiana youth agency staff and/or board members through the planning and implementation processes to achieve pre-determined goals in the area of governance. Current clients: PALS (http://palstherapy.org/), Flourish, and Youth Services Bureau of Monroe County (http://www.co.monroe.in.us/tsd/community/YouthServices.aspx).

Bloomington, Indiana Area

Assistance with planning, retreat facilitation, and other governance issues.Giving Back to Africa (GBA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the long-term mission of educating young people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Develop Web sites (stonecenterofindiana.com; artsroad46.com; educationcoalition.com; kidscommons.org; johnsonventures.com; renwickvillagecenter.com; unitedcommercebank.com) and help with technical ramifications

Bloomington, Indiana Area

Facilitating development of a strategic plan.

Develop Web sites in the area of arts, education, and community. Primary focus has been on cartoonists. See http://3wd.com

Bloomington, Indiana Area

Facilitating development of a strategic plan.

Updating and strategic planning with an organization that is improving instruction through technology.

The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance exists to strengthen the leadership of the social sector and to sustain the ability of nonprofits to fulfill their missions with a talented and prepared workforce. Produced a typographic video for use in recruiting high school seniors.

Bloomington, Indiana Area

Facilitate board training, mission/vision/values development, and strategic planning with a comprehensive, international organization advancing scholarship, education, and practice in practical and professional ethics.

Bloomington, Indiana Area

Assisting with mission, vision, and strategic planning. The mission of Friends of Art of Indiana University is to support the school of Fine Arts and its students through fundraising, education, and social engagement in the wider community. The Friends of Art of Indiana University envisions a creatively engaged community that generously supports the growth and international prominence of the School of Fine Arts.

Instructional design and story development for training courses

New York, New York Area

Develop stories for a large bank/investment management firm to explain to their employees various aspects of their businesses.

Bloomington, Indiana Area

Work on training initiatives; teaching course on Positive Approaches to Difficult People, Retaining Valuable Employees, and Strategic Planning for Government Organizations

Indiana

Consulting on the development of software to be used for the evaluation and professional development of teachers and principals.

Bloomington, Indiana Area

• manage Brain Extravaganza!, the "big brains on parade" in Bloomington, Indiana, including acquiring sponsors, determining locations, and assisting with artist selection, as well as organizing special projects• manage and maintain schedule, appointments and travel arrangements, requiring interaction with executives and assistants, consultants, and others to coordinate a variety of complex speaking engagements• arrange and coordinate meetings and events• monitor, respond to, and distribute incoming communications, including answering and managing incoming e-mails and calls

Bloomington, Indiana Area

Bloomington Community Orchard is an organization devoted to growing fruit for the community to share and enjoy. My work with them involves vision planning, board recruitment, development, and engagement, organizational restructuring, and strategic planning.

Bloomington, Indiana Area

Facilitate strategic planning

Bloomington, Indiana Area

Facilitate with mission, vision, values, and strategic planning. The mission of the Bloomington Chambers Singers is to perform choral works and, thereby, provide opportunities for performance, education, and community service for the Bloomington area.

The vision of the Arts Alliance of Greater Bloomington is a unified, vibrant network created through collaboration, facilitation, and education to empower artists and enrich the community. I'm facilitating strategic planning with them.

Project management of a team developing reinforcement learning for their line of training.

Bloomington, Indiana Area

The Bloomington Food Policy Council envisions a sustainable, innovative food system that nourishes our whole community. I facilitated strategic planning for them.

Bloomington, Indiana Area

The mission of CJAM is to promote a civil and just community through mediation, education, and restorative justice. I facilitated strategic planning with them.

Bloomington, Indiana Area

Bloomington-based non-profit organization dedicated to ending pet over-population in South-Central Indiana with high quality, low-cost spay/neuter services for cats and dogs

Bloomington, Indiana Area

A collaboration among some 400 non-profit organizations in and around Monroe County. Its mission is to enrich the local community by strengthening the nonprofit sector through communication, collaboration, professional development, and outreach. I offered four training workshops in 2011:Board Orientation and RecruitingBoard Engagement and DevelopmentStaff and Board and Board DynamicsStrategic Planning and Constrained Resources

Instructional design/development of training for doctors on an observational study being done by Lilly on a growth hormone therapy.

Assisted with governance, strategic planning, board retreat planning, staff retreats, executive director evaluation, policy development, Form 990 policies, and more.

➢ Develop online scenarios containing stories, activities, resources, and media treatments➢ Manage all client contact (clients include Accenture, AT&T, Daimler Chrysler, DDB, Deloitte, Lilly, and IBM)➢ Coordinate content development, instructional designers, writers, graphic designers, Web developers, Flash programmers, database specialists, evaluation specialists, freelance consultants, and subject matter experts➢ Lead two-day retreats to identify learning objectives, generate characters to personify learners, craft scenes to reflect organizational context, leverage client resources, and design learning activities➢ Manage process from start of project through delivery of product and implementation and support

➢ Managed the publication, Research & Creative Activity (organized writers, photographers, and designers; coordinated subject interviews, panel discussions, and final copy approval; supervised time schedules for writers, editors, and printing production; and content and copy editing)➢ Oversaw all phases (markup, design, etc.) of online publications for the Office of Research on the World Wide Web➢ Wrote edited, and designed various booklets, brochures, and other office publications, as well as served as liaison to the printing plants

Ran the Family Literacy Center and produced and edited an audio journal called Parents & Children Together.

Took care of a house with 6-8 juvenile delinquents 24 hours a day, six days a week.

Waiter, bartender, cook, and more at a upscale steak and seafood restaurant.

Ma, Religious Studies

Activities and Societies: Religious and Theological Abstracts Abstractor (November 1989 to February 1998) Religious Studies Department.

B.A., Philosophy/Sociology

Activities and Societies: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana Residence Hall Counselor (June 1986 to May 1987) Purdue Day Care.

Education record

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Education record

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Education record