Since 1990, I have worked as a volunteer for several non-profit organizations, specializing in public relations and marketing. My specialties include:

Media

• Write, distribute, and follow up on press releases
• Design and organize media events and publicity campaigns
• Create PR messages targeted at different audiences
• Serve as primary spokesperson in print, television, and radio
• Correct inaccuracies in news coverage
• Identify new media resources

Education

• Write and design brochures, posters, catalogues, public service announcements, action alerts, and newsletters
• Research and author reports and educational displays
• Design and maintain web pages
• Give public presentations

Legal

• Perform research on the Internet and at law libraries on laws, regulations and case law
• Write text for proposed statutes and initiatives
• Write drafts and edited various legal documents, including briefs, contracts and motions
• Participated in historic jury rights case that resulted in important legal precedent: People v. Kriho, 996 P.2d 158 (Colo. App. 1999)

Campaigning

• Coordinate public support for issues, including letters to the editor, letters and phone calls to officials, and participation in events and rallies
• Help coordinate Get Out the Vote campaigns
• Help organize statewide and local petition drives
• Solicit endorsements from other organizations and individuals
• Use the Internet extensively to reach target audiences quickly and inexpensively

Fundraising

• Write and submit grant proposals
• Organize fundraising events
• Coordinate direct mailings and email campaigns to supporters
• Develop budgets
• Create financial reports

Event Coordination and Promotion

• Organize and promote fundraising events, conferences, debates, lectures, and educational presentations

Group Development

• Facilitate meetings and design workshops to teach others the skills of meeting facilitation
• Wrote a manual on how to effectively organize a grassroots group: Organizing for Social Change (1993)

Volunteer Coordination

• Recruit, train and supervise volunteers