| Education |
University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa
B.A. in Public Relations, December 2005North Iowa Community College, Mason City, Iowa
Associate of Arts, May 2004
2004
Hall of Fame, 2004 Pathways to Success, Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society |
| Experience |
Richard Dedor Communications- Lenexa, KansasSpeaker and Creative Director (June 2007 – Present)
- Presented in front of audiences as large as 1,500 and as small as 8
- Led the re-creation of various brand images
United States Tennis Association – Overland Park, Kansas
Communications Coordinator (September 2007 – Present)
- Led the Association’s entrance into social media
- Served as the lead on all video projects
- Assisted in media tracking efforts for a five-state region
- Directed the production of quarterly publication to 22,500 members
- Introduced the use of Flash across 3 of 17 sections in the United States
- Led the training of new Tennis Service Representatives on Contact Management software
Tennis Service Representative – Iowa (January 2006 – September 2007)
- Increased organizational membership by 10%
- Prepared and led training of six TSRs on customer management software
- Planned and led the Iowa Tennis Summit
- Impacted 5,488 players and 531 leaders in 2006
Dedor for Mayor Campaign – Mason City, Iowa
Candidate for Mayor of Mason City, Iowa, (November 2002 – August 2003)
- Managed a city-wide campaign and coordinated volunteers
- Managed fund-raising of over $800
- Produced brochures for events and appeared at public speaking engagements
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| Other Experience |
University of Northern Iowa- Cedar Falls, IowaWomen’s Tennis Sports Information Director (August 2004 – December 2005)
- Created all media releases related to tennis activities
- Designed and produced tennis media guide & poster
- Conducted interviews, wrote feature stories for game-day programs
Mason City Youth Task Force – Mason City, Iowa
Office Coordinator (June 2001 – August 2004)
- Guided training of three new employees and all volunteer activities
- Created pre and post-survey process
- Created quarterly newsletter content and layout
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| Volunteer |
- Kansas City Public Relations Society of America Webmaster
- Mason City 2010 Strategic Planning Committee
- Mason City Sesquicentennial Celebration Planning Committee
- Assistant High School tennis coach
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| Training |
- TSR Customer Management Software (‘Section Expert’)
- Consultative Selling (ExecuTrack)
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| Skills |
- Public Speaking
- MS Office programs
- Adobe CS3
- digital photography
- web content management systems
- basic video
- HTML editing
- speech writing
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