INTERACTIVE SCHOOL DISPLAYS UPDATE CALENDAR 2019 ROLE: WRITING, CREATIVE LEAD The challenge here was to make a software release calendar that would a) raise awareness about the value of installing scheduled updates across a school’s ActivPanels, b) provide assurances that…
CREATING AN INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM: OREGON TECH ADVANCEMENT CAMPAIGN 2019 ROLE: WRITING, INTERVIEWING The centerpiece of this campaign was a new Center for Excellence in Engineering and Technology, to be integrated with a fully renovated version of the extant Engineering building. …
FUNDRAISING EXECUTIVE TRAINING COURSES 2013 – 2014 ROLE: INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN, WRITING The sell: Increase your proficiencies and uncover methods to develop deeper relationships with your donors. We developed these courses to help gift officers become more effective at building donor…
AUTHOR INTERVIEW 2014 Alzheimers.net: A Journey In Caregiving for a Mother with Alzheimer’s ROLE: INTERVIEWING, WRITING I’ve had a persistent interest in brain science since my days as a research assistant at UW’s iLabs (Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences)…
HTC HERO SIZZLE VIDEO CONCEPTS 2012 ROLES: CONCEPTING, WRITING The Hero’s Journey is always useful when crafting a narrative, but it’s not often I’ve had the chance to use it as literally as we did here. But hey, when the…
PHILANTHROPY WORKS 2012 – 2015 ROLE: WRITING, BRANDING, CONTENT PLANNING, INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN philanthropyworks.org The world of major giving is crazy nuanced, and one of the perennial challenges facing nonprofits is providing adequate training for their gift officers, particularly at the…
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MARKETING 2015 ROLE: SENIOR COPYWRITER The creative team at Hacker Group was brimming with good peoples, and we managed to have fun even in the face of Medicare enrollment season deadlines. The Medicare Advantage market is crazy competitive…
THE QUEEN DIED OF GRIEF: THEORY OF MIND AND THE SCIENCE OF STORY (This is a pair of excerpts from my MFA critical thesis.) The actors by their presence always convince me, to my horror, that most of what I’ve…
A PILE TO STEP IN Back in my starving artist days, I went to Teatro ZinZanni with my friend Paul. During a break between performances, the host pointed right at me. “You,” he said. “Get up here.” I complied. He was…
POSITION PAPER: THE UW OCEAN RESTORATION TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE 2018 ROLE: PRIMARY AUTHOR, INTERVIEWER, EDITOR In the initial phase of Aquavetic Labs, it was envisioned as a nonprofit. This position paper was effectively a leave-behind after our presentation to the UW…
