As the Director of Communications for Impact Church, I develop and execute our internal and external communications strategies. We are a busy church so there is always a lot going on! Listed below are a few of the projects I have had the pleasure to work on.

Reboot Conference – This annual conference is one of our signature events and people fly into the city to attend. For the event, we created invite cards, social graphics, ads, and promotions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Easter is the church’s Superbowl Sunday and there are a million moving parts. Last year, our campaign and sermon theme was All Access. We created ads, t-shirts,  videos, social graphics, invite cards, follow-up cards, and promos for our guests.

 

What do you do when your Pastor starts a radio show? You work with your team to create a brand identity and a website!

Day-to-day. We have daily communications from social media content to e-newsletters, internal comms and announcements.

We provided media relations support to ASAM around the release of a new National Practice Guideline for the Use of Medications in the Treatment of Addition Involving Opioid Use. The date of the press conference coincided with the Pope’s visit to Washington shutting down access around the city.  The press conference featured ASAM leadership, federal partners (including CDC, NIDA, SAMHSA, and the Office of National Drug Control Policy), and a member of the Virginia Governor’s Task Force on Prescription Drug and Heroin abuse who talked about the epidemic’s impact on his family. It was no small feat to get coverage with everyone focused on the Pontiff! We reached out to local, national, and trade media outlets, and provided interviews and quotes to publications ranging from The Washington Post and The New York Times to Pew Charitable Trusts. We also secured mentions in a variety of medical trade publications.

Hired by PR agency to create themes and draft release for a client’s political survey. This was more complex than a traditional release as it required reviewing a wealth of data to create a story worth telling.

New Political Survey Reveals Views of Small Businesses

SMBs Divided on Candidates and Issues; 81% Feel Politicians Don’t Get Them

There are some projects that really hit you in the heart and this was one. We were working with Anapol, Schwartz, et al on social media and were tapped by one of the partners to assist with a new initiative. Joel Feldman had lost a daughter to distracted driving. He and his wife channeled grief into action creating a nonprofit foundation and a movement to End Distracted Driving. We created and managed Facebook and Twitter For End Distracted Driving and helped develop partnerships across the country on their behalf.

We worked with Shonali Burke Consulting to provide media relations support to Give Local America, a national day of giving. Our team was brought in one month prior to the event. Our goal was to secure four media placements and drive awareness to increase donations. We secured eight media placements and 438 media mentions, with a reach of 506,635,250. In addition, we raised $68.5 million for over 9,000 nonprofits across the country.

Hired by  Highwire PR  to develop bylined article for AppDirect CEO. Article was published in several publications including All Things D and Forbes.

Excerpt:

There is a war in the valley, a war for talent. Companies are willing to do battle offering dollars and perks to attract top talent. Social networking company, Meebo has gone as far as offering $10,000 bonuses to any employees whose referrals lead to hiring JavaScript engineers. Talent poaching is happening at all levels from tech giants like Facebook and Apple to small start-ups. Even behemoth Google has begun offering a 10 percent overall salary increase in an effort to retain its employees. The battle makes sense considering that attracting top talent can change the trajectory of a company’s path and strengthen its future. But is the industry armed with the right weapons? There is little doubt that recruiting and retaining top performers in the tech industry is more challenging than ever. While there is a competitive hunt for talent, hiring candidates simply based on prestigious education or big name experience, will ultimately fail. Employers must look beyond talent to cultural fit. But in many organizations culture is neither meticulously developed nor defined in the recruiting process. Read more

Hired by PR agency to write a bylined article for the VIP of Marketing.

 

The proliferation of digital media has made it easier for companies of every size to sell and market effectively. In fact, The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) shared data from private equity firm Veronhis Suhler Stevenson that shows total communications spending, including marketing, advertising and communications is expected to grow 5.6 percent this year.

And while the barriers to implementing marketing programs are falling in this digital era, the stakes are higher than ever for marketers and the businesses they serve. The proliferation of mobile devices and social media have added new, dynamic communications channels, each with their own best practices, delivery platforms, agencies, and metrics. But despite this more diverse landscape, the need for consistency in strategy and messaging persists.  Read More