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I pride myself as a detail-oriented event planner who involves all stakeholders in the process in an organized manner to promote and produce the best live events possible for the audience, participants and hosts alike. Contact me to discuss how I can help you promote, plan and pull off a successful event!
Most recently, I worked with Unabridged Press founder Jennifer Szweda Jordan to organize and host an event called the Dis/Ability Symposium in Point Park's Center for Media Innovation. Featured speaker Brian Rutherford was a former Walt Disney World costuming manager and now works with Pittsburgh theater companies to improve accessibility through audio descriptions. The event included:
Most recently, I worked with Unabridged Press founder Jennifer Szweda Jordan to organize and host an event called the Dis/Ability Symposium in Point Park's Center for Media Innovation. Featured speaker Brian Rutherford was a former Walt Disney World costuming manager and now works with Pittsburgh theater companies to improve accessibility through audio descriptions. The event included:
- 11 speakers – Point Park students and staff as well as community members
- Three hours were each speaking gave short presentations about different aspects of disability, accessibility and inclusivity
- 30 to 40 audience members
I also helped revive the Graduate Student Association at Point Park University, which had been dormant for about five years, and planned a successful kick-off event with about 50 attendees, as well as a "Building Your Personal Brand" professional development event hosting featured speaker Dorene Ciletti, professor with Rowland School of Business, which saw about a dozen attendees.
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Check out photos below from other events I've planned — like "Processing Pittsburgh" about tech journalism with eight speakers and a moderator that drew an audience of more than 50 people — and graphics I've created for promotional material:
On-Camera interviews
I've acted as a spokesperson for the non-profit West Newton Avenue of Flags, pitching to news outlets and speaking on-camera for video coverage from WPXI-TV (2018) and Trib Total Media (below, 2018) as well as earning a front-page photo in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (2016).