Writing. Editing. Storytelling.
“To be a person is to have a story to tell.”
-Isak Dinesen
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A Perfect Storm: How one Lutheran educator paved the way for growing Lutheran schools
Role: Interviewed with Bob and Mary Storm to write article.
Summary: Bob Storm was a long-time educator in the Lutheran school system. As the Executive Director of Lutheran High School Association of Orange County, he was a pioneer is LCEF lending to Lutheran schools.
An accelerated plan for more nurses
Role: Interview internal SME and Concordia University-Irvine representatives to write the article.
Summary: Concordia University-Irvine (CUI) is experiencing growth in its nursing program and needed more classroom space. When the perfect location became available, they needed to move quickly with LCEF to secure the facility.
How Hydroseeding Can Grow Your Lawn, or Landscaping Business
Role: Conduct interview with SME and performed research to write 1,000-word blog.
Summary: Hydroseeding is the application of a seed, water and mulch mixture to prepared soil. Hydroseeding has many benefits for both residential and commercial applications. Let’s take a look at some of the top benefits now.
The Coefficient of Thermal Expansion and your Heating System
Role: Converted SME interview and research into 1,000-word blog post.
Summary: The relationship of how materials expand or contract through temperature change is driven by the coefficient of thermal expansion or CTE of those materials and is a critical factor when designing a heater.
The Celebrate Life 5K Shines Brightly on Organ and Tissue Donors
Role: Interviewed race participants and captured photography to highlight organization’s signature event.
Summary: Approximately 3,000 attended the Celebrate Life 5K Run/Walk in October 2019 to honor more than 250 organ and tissue donors, celebrate recipients, and support patients waiting.
Mid-America Transplant Foundation Hosts First Research and Innovation Symposium
Role: Attended Research and Innovation Symposium, interviewed grant recipients, and promoted story via social media.
Summary: Six clinical research projects received $1.29 million in grant awards to support research aimed at improving organ and tissue donation and transplantation in three to five years.
NEA Baptist Center for Good Grief Begins Offering Telemental Health Services
Role: Interviewed NEA Baptist Center for Good Grief representatives and requested photography to highlight organization’s new service offering.
Summary: The NEA Baptist Center for Good Grief planned on introducing telemental health services in January of 2021. With a global pandemic limiting the staff’s ability to meet with clients in person, they decided to start offering the service in 2020.
Five Ways You Can Help Those Waiting for A Lifesaving Transplant
Role: Developed list and content for social media campaign.
Summary: Five ways you can inspire others and provide hope to nearly 114,000 transplant patients waiting for a lifesaving gift.
Eight Ways to Celebrate
National Donate Life Month
Role: Developed concept, compiled list, wrote article, and promoted via organic and paid social media.
Summary: A list of eight ways for the public to participate in National Donate Life Month on a national and local level on social media as a response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Inspired Interpretations of Butterflies
Role: Interviewed subject and captured photographs for story shared by Mid-America Transplant and the Governor’s Organ Donation Advisory Council’s annual report.
Summary: Deb Simaitis created a stained glass piece for Mid-America Transplant’s Family House. The 19-inch-by-23-inch framed artwork is made of 116 pieces of glass and depicts two butterflies and three flowers.
Scripts & Talking Points
Endowed Chair
Mid-America Transplant received an award from Barnes-Jewish Hospital’s Transplant Center in recognition of the partnership between the two organizations and in celebration of 10,000 transplants at BJH. This script was written for the Chief Executive Officer at Mid-America Transplant.
Green Up Games
Mid-America Transplant partnered with universities in its service area to develop the Green Up Games to raise awareness for organ and tissue donation. Each game started with a ceremonial first pitch from a transplant recipient and/or the family of an organ donor and included a radio hit during the game. This script was written for the public address announcer at the venue.
Secretary of State
The Illinois Secretary of State invites Mid-America Transplant to speak at his press conference about National Donor Sabbath each year. This script was written for a community outreach specialist at Mid-America Transplant.