Skills
Summary
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Strong, versatile writer whose work has appeared in the Washington
Post, Baltimore Magazine, Chesapeake Life, Lodging,
Editorial Eye, and many other outlets.
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Detail-oriented project manager skilled at breaking large
jobs--from event planning to publishing--into small tasks
and ensuring completion on deadline, within budget.
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Special expertise in health communications, women's issues,
business, and hospitality.
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Instructor and workshop leader in the areas of writing, publishing,
and communications.
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Experienced editor (both copy editing and content development)
of material ranging from medical reports and pharmacy books
to general interest and promotional matter.
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Employment History
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President
Meade Communications
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1994-Present
Edgewater and Annapolis, MD
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Self-employed communications consultant providing project management,
copy development, marketing support, and editing services. Projects
include newsletters, feature articles, reports, conference promotions,
Web material, brochures, training documents, press releases, and
book production. Work closely with clients to meet their communication
needs; hire high-quality subcontractors as needed.
Managed more than 400 projects, including books, brochures, promotions,
meeting programs, and newsletters. Spearheaded efforts to streamline
production and ensure editorial quality. Supervised staff and developed
budgets. Created student magazine and launched sponsor program to
cover publishing costs. As Managing Editor of American Pharmacy,
developed story ideas, prepared production schedules, tracked deadlines,
coordinated with freelancers and graphic designers, and reported
on medications, medical research, and pharmacy practice.
Created quarterly magazine for teachers; wrote monthly newsletter
for school faculty and employees; prepared newsletter for parents;
answered inquiries from the public and media.
Produced monthly newsletter for 24,000 physicians; developed conference
promotion magazine.
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Teaching
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Teach memoir and personal essay writing to college students and
adults from the community.
Teach one section of English 111, a three-credit course on writing
and literature.
Teach day-long seminar: "Jump Start Your Writing for Publication."
Also have given presentations on freelance writing, business writing,
and newsletter production for the Association of American Medical
Colleges, Maryland Writers' Association, and the National Science
Teachers Association.
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Education
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Leadership
and Honors
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Named an Outstanding Female Entrepreneur of Anne Arundel
County by County Executive Janet S. Owens, March 2001.
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President of Maryland
Writers' Association 1999-2000, directing 300+ member
group of professional and entry-level writers, including annual
conference, Web site, promotions, newsletter, grants, etc.
Between 1994 and 2001 also held the posts of program director
(responsible for identifying and inviting monthly speakers
from the DC-Baltimore- Annapolis area), newsletter editor,
conference coordinator, and vice president.
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Appointee to Anne Arundel Commission for Women for 2000-2002,
an advocacy group for women and families that reports to the
County Executive.
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Launched Annapolis Writers' Breakfast Group in 1997, which
meets biweekly to discuss topics of concern to area writers
and freelancers.
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President of Washington Edpress 1986-1987, responsible for
directing 200+ member group for communications professionals,
including annual conference and monthly luncheons with speakers.
Served as secretary 1984-86 and newsletter editor 1985-86.
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Group Leader for the Experiment in International Living (now
World Learning, Inc.,
in Brattleboro, VT) charged with taking high-school students
on summer-long cultural exchanges to France and Switzerland
and planning educational side trips, 1984 and 1987.
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