Words for Leaders and Launches

Here are a few samples from the hundreds in my portfolio. They show my ability to express a big idea regardless of form or format. In addition to the writing, I did the creative direction, too.

"Sit With Me" Toolkit

"Sit With Me" Toolkit

"Sit With Me" Toolkit

NCWIT needed a simple idea that their members, among the world's largest tech companies, could use to engage mid-career women in tech.

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$BRYTR White Paper

$BRYTR White Paper

$BRYTR White Paper

CarbonEnfo built a blockchain marketplace that lets homeowners and small businesses sell solar energy credits they didn't know they had. For accredited investors, I wrote a 26-page white paper that makes a legally sensitive security token clear and compelling.

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"Join the Doers" Messaging Platform

"Join the Doers" Messaging Platform

"Join the Doers" Messaging Platform

To recruit a new generation of members, Greenpeace needed every staffer and spokesperson telling the same story about a new campaign.

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"Austin's Music Scene" Introduction

"Austin's Music Scene" Introduction

"Austin's Music Scene" Introduction

This is the introduction to my field guide to Austin's live music scene, which I conceived, wrote, and edited. In two pages it sets the book's point of view: a fan's guide, not an encyclopedia, honest about the city's growing pains and about what one book can't cover.

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"The Age of Co-Creativity" White Paper

"The Age of Co-Creativity" White Paper

"The Age of Co-Creativity" White Paper

"You don't market to customers; you market with them."

In this paper for BBMG I argued that social media would turn branding from a one-way broadcast into a conversation, and that the brands that mattered would be built with their stakeholders, not just for them.

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"You don't market to customers; you market with them."

In this paper for BBMG I argued that social media would turn branding from a one-way broadcast into a conversation, and that the brands that mattered would be built with their stakeholders, not just for them.

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"Keep Inventing" Campaign Platform

"Keep Inventing" Campaign Platform

"Keep Inventing" Campaign Platform

The Association for Computing Machinery wanted to be seen as more than a technical resource. "Keep Inventing" puts every member in the lineage of the teams behind UNIX, RSA and ENIAC. I created the campaign, messaging platform and copy system, then directed the campaign across print, digital, direct mail and email.

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LaGuardia Community College Brand Book

LaGuardia Community College Brand Book

LaGuardia Community College Brand Book

LaGuardia began in an old defense factory as Community College Number 9 and became the most diverse community college in the country. I rebranded it around a bold new theme ("Dare to Do More") and wrote the brand book that tells its story to students, faculty, alumni and funders, each in their own terms.

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LaGuardia began in an old defense factory as Community College Number 9 and became the most diverse community college in the country. I rebranded it around a bold new theme ("Dare to Do More") and wrote the brand book that tells its story to students, faculty, alumni and funders, each in their own terms.

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