“You have a contagious wit and an engaging presence whenever you are around people—and a passion for your writing”
— Dr. Bruce Bickley, Professor of English, Emeritus, Florida State University
Dartmouth College
Stewardship Analysis
Function: examines stewardship practices.
Demonstrated ability: to conduct surveys with stakeholders and report results (internal communications).
Project Proposal
Function: makes the case for a new performing arts center.
Demonstrated ability: to write project-specific proposals for large-scale capital campaigns.
Southern Scholarship Foundation
Quarterly Update
Function: targets demographics that prefer digital media, supplies another avenue for stakeholders to engage with the institution as part of a multi-channel approach.
Demonstrated ability: to write engaging content for video.
Press Release
Function: announces SSF's partnership with Flagler College in Tallahassee.
Demonstrated ability: to secure media opportunities under pressure. (< 48 hours timeline.)
Academic Paper
Function: analyzes the affordances and constraints of a SSF’s print versus online newsletter.
Demonstrated ability: to write, think, and teach about media, modalities, and texts; to discern the benefits and drawbacks of media on a granular, specialized level.
Institute for Nonprofit Innovation & Excellence
Website Copy & Design
Function: serve stakeholders online.
Demonstrated ability: to manage a website overhaul, maintain and protect brand identity.
Sponsorship Proposal
Function: persuades a business to sponsor events.
Demonstrated ability: to develop community partnerships and write fundraising proposals.
Grant
Function: won $5000.
Demonstrated ability: to manage complex projects and prove the value of a programmatic idea to board members, community partners, and external reviewers.