Presentations & Publications

Published hundreds of articles in local, regional, state, national and international publications and presented numerous keynote speeches and training workshops. The following is a sample:

Presentations include:

• Strategic Marketing Communications, Radford University Non-profit Development Management Program

• Communications Workshop, Virginia Tech Public Relations Student Society

• Effective Communication Strategies, Leadership New River Valley

• Integrated Marketing Communications, Virginia Tech Public Relations Student Society

• Marketing 101, a full-day conference for librarians in 3 counties

• Media Relations Training, Roanoke City Public Schools

• Outlook for Technology Companies and Effective Marketing Strategies, Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center

• Preparing Winning Award Entries presented to Public Relations Society of America’s Blue Ridge Chapter

• Putting It All Together, Virginia Tech Public Relations Student Society

• Reach New Horizons, Generate Results, Owens & Company Realtors®

• Written Communication in the Workplace, Leadership New River Valley

Authored a book:

The Greater Roanoke Region: Your Open Door to Technology, Education and Scenic Beauty; 190-page coffee table book, 1996.

Founded and edited multiple publications, including:

• BenefitsBeat, a BB&T quarterly newsletter (print and e-versions) customized for six regions in three states

• The Works, a Virginia Tech Mechanical Engineering Alumni magazine

• The Happenings, a Virginia Tech Engineering Science & Mechanics annual alumni magazine

• Elements, a Virginia Tech Chemistry Department annual alumni magazine

• ArtBeat, an arts and entertainment guide for the New River Valley

• Front-Runner, an internal magazine for Advance Auto Parts

Contributing writer for such local, regional, state, national and international publications as:

• Blacksburg Living (Blacksburg Chamber of Commerce annual publication)

• Blue Ridge Business Journal (local b2b monthly)

• Blue Ridge Views (Public Relations Society of America’s Blue Ridge chapter quarterly newsletter)

• Cintermax (quarterly international tradeshow/event planning publication)

• Connection and To Health (Carilion Clinic Health System quarterly newsletter and magazine)

• Enterprise Virginia (monthly business magazine print and e-versions)

• Focus On Business (Roanoke Regional Chamber’s quarterly publication)

• Homes Magazine (Boone Realtors® monthly publication)

• Montgomery County Living (Christiansburg Chamber of Commerce annual publication)

• Office Solutions (monthly national trade publication)

• Real Women Magazine (quarterly local women’s magazine)

• Self Employed Professional (monthly national trade magazine)

• Virginia Business (monthly state publication)

• Virginia’s Electric Cooperative Living Magazine (quarterly state trade publication)

Staff writer for such publications as:

• Educational Systems Corporation Ideas At Work quarterly magazine to 16 college campuses in three states

• Radford University external quarterly magazine and quarterly staff newsletter

• Roanoke Times New River Valley Current (daily newspaper)