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Digital Media Publishing
You want to increase visibility. We provide you with responsive, interactive media that your users will WANT to share and access across multiple devices.
User Centered Design
You want a return on your investment. We help you build and test your products in order to scale what works [and converts].
Professional Development Curriculum
We want you to be effective. We provide resources to empower your team so they can produce effective outcomes.
Health & Economic Policy Development
You want to build a better world. We provide you with the information, tools, and relationships to make quick, effective decisions.
Operations Management
You want your work to run smoothly. We help you plan, implement, and improve the way you distribute your resources to help you achieve your goals.
Public Health
You want to live in safe, healthy communities. We provide research and health impact assessments to build the kind of places you'd be proud to live.
Urban Planning
You want to make effective decisions. We provide you with the visual maps, history, and structural analysis you need to build value-added communities and relationships.
Web & Graphic Design
You want to be able to understand the information presented without having to think about it. We provide the visual models and mental maps to help you share compelling messages.
"You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."
| ~ R. Buckminster Fuller
2008-2015
Humble Beginnings
In exchange for my 4-year full tuition scholarship, I worked in integrated marketing & project administration. I helped attract donors and prospective students to Berea College to remain afloat after the 2008 downturn. After becoming an award receipient for several departmental grants, including the Peterson Spring Award in technology and applied design, I was offered a position with Berea Athletics to build the digital client and account management systems for their community wellness programs. I also coordinated many of the day-to-day operations for their rec center and athletic programs.
August 2015
A High Tech Professional is Born
I scaled my technical and operations management experience from document control, database management, & building external communications using CMS platorms like Wordpress, to be entrusted to manage production workflows for 7 web developers, 3 graphic designers, and 2 videographers. To be fair, the group was incredibly talented! My role was mostly a combination of client acquisition and documenting project requirements into design briefs before scheduling and assigning those project requirements into tasks, budgets, and service agreements that I monitored until the final handoff of the product to the client. During this time, I also assisted with the event coordination, marketing, and implementation of our LEAN startup and small business development programs (e.g. 5across pitch competitions, Startup Weekend, Global Entrepreneurship Week) in order to attract talent and to scale & grow high tech startups. The Team Alpha internship program provided an incredible opportunity to not only learn about
agile DEVOPs
entrepreneurship, and
the core functions of economic development
but it also provided the opportunity to connect with incredible mentors and learn how to build a rewarding, high performance, and values driven culture.
August 2015
Marketing Maker & Movement education programs
In addition to building startup experience, I used my digital marketing expertise to assist other Lexington startups, like makerspace and the Urban Ninja project attract and scale their brick-and-mortar and online communities! Through these New Media and Event Coordination efforts, I helped to scale the active membership more than 40%. A lot of the digital platforms and automation tools I created are still actively used today.
September 2016 - Jan 2017
New Media & Curriculum Development
Had an unexpected career pivot when my instructional media position was eliminated after I relocated to Louisville! I managed the instructional media for approximately 40 client accounts with small, accredited private colleges through Weld North (the private equity firm that owns Kaplan). After I left, the publishing company I worked at was sold to Wiley. But in the meantime, I was provided the opportunity to become a part of the Adobe Professional Development Community. This provided me with the opportunity to build my curriculum development skills through the American Society of Curriculum Designers (ASCD), and earn an Adobe Professional Development Trainer certification.
During this time, I also had the opportunity to become a part of a peer community of community scientists through an asset-based community development program called the Neighborhood Institute & a grassroots advocacy education program called Kentuckians for the Commonwealth which provided me the opportunity to use some of the skills I developed in college in urban planning & building grassroots 501(c)(3) & 501(c)(4) advocacy campaigns. These opportunities provided me with more experiencing working with civic data to build digital inclusion projects and better understand the systemic needs of my community. Ironically, it was this work, particularly the work I did working with a team to build an infographic tool residents could use to learn and advocate for municipal resources they cared about, that landed me in the field of public health!
2018
Politico
I currently serve as the Community Engagement Coordinator for the Center for Health Equity which serves as the policy and innovation team housed within the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness.
In this role, I assist the policy and innovation team with the project planning and coordination, health and economic impact analysis, and instructional media design that can be used to identify and reduce health and economic disparities. I also work with organizations like Centers for Disease Control, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Pew Trusts, Center for American Progress, PolicyLink, Humana Foundation, Opportunity Insights, Kentucky Center for Economic Policy, Tip It Forward, and Canopy KY to to develop assessment criteria for health equity that can be used for more accessible and inclusive policy development, program operations, and institutional assessment.
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in This
Story?!
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We do our best work when we surround ourselves with access to the best people & information.
Monica Leslie
Digital Ninja. Sets effective priorities. Gets [the right] things done.
Awesome Inc
"We Create & Grow High Tech Startups"
Kre8now Makerspace
"It's like a gym for creatives!"
Matthew Kelly once said that “The people we surround ourselves with either raise or lower our standards. They either help us to become the-best-version-of-ourselves or encourage us to become lesser versions of ourselves. We become like our friends. No man becomes great on his own. No woman becomes great on her own. The people around them help to make them great. We all need people in our lives who raise our standards, remind us of our essential purpose, and challenge us to become the-best-version-of-ourselves.”
I don't disagree with that.
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We don't have to allow ourselves to become limited by our current set of competencies. The best peer communities stay connected. Drop us a line. We'd love to learn more about you and your work.
The most innovative and high performance cultures set a clear direction and provide clear expectations about which efforts create the most value.
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Key messages
How do we build effective program content?
Interactive curriculum can be a great way to provide not only professional development, but to build an innovative, inclusive, and engaging organizational culture.
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How should you measure impact?
Describe health impact findings.
How do we make learning meaningful, engaging, and professionally relevant?
Describe Research Methodology.
How do we make learning stick?
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How do we make learning inclusive?
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Evidence
Describe screening criteria used to justify assessment.
Assessment Criteria
Formative Assessment
How will you:
Assess students entry point & need for more challenging/ accessible content?
Measure students' progress?
Check for understanding?
Challenge your assumptions?
Describe screening criteria used to improve or justify your instructional practices
Summative Assessment
How will you know whether learning goals and objectives were met?
Describe screening criteria used to improve or justify your instructional practices
Institutional Assessment
How do student and program outcomes compare to peer institutions?
Describe screening criteria used to improve or justify your instructional practices
Program Assessment [Professional Development]
Which kinds of behaviors would you like to see reinforced in your organizational culture?
Describe screening criteria used to improve or justify your instructional practices
Analysis methods
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Disparities disaggregated?
Describe how social determinants shape disparities in outcomes. Disaggregate impacts by population and show trends for intersectional identities
How do you know when an instructor is qualified to teach a particular topic?
After working for a major textbook and online course publisher, I wanted to learn how to evaluate whether the quality of the course content I developed actually aligned with high quality, empirically validated curriculum standards.
Through Adobe's accredited Education Trainer Certificate, I received formal training that explained how to identify and build accredited curriculum guidelines to attain specific learning and productivity outcomes.
I learned how to use learning outcomes and budget assessment criteria to measure whether resource allocations align with the level of coordination and investment necessary to attain the level of performance needed to attain requested outcomes.
I also learned how to make instructional frameworks engaging and accessible in order to improve success rates of students' performance and their ability to complete or initiate their own sound, empiricial inquiries and explorations independently. Consequently, this helped me learn how to evaluate the institutional effectiveness and apply this skillset to evaluate the quality and impacts of programs across many industry sectors in my health and economic policy development work.
Some of the frameworks I've reviewed and/or used to develop curriculum include guidelines from the following:
Public Health Accreditation Board[PHAB] -- to develop internal trainings and health impact assessments or policy development briefs for Louisville Metro Government's Department of Public Health and Wellnesss
B Corporation Certification Criteria [BCorp]-- used to help Canopy Kentucky Develop it's social enterprise accreditation rubric for its network affiliates.
Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making
Digital citizenship
Technology integration and performance management
Equip your team with the kind of resources that make them feel empowered. Show your team how best to invest in the success of your organization by investing in effective professional development opportunities.
Shape Meaningful Change
How do we equip decision-makers to make healthy, informed choices?
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Key messages
Problem identification
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Impact statement
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Background
Describe Research Methodology.
Most impacted demographics
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Recommendations
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Explainer
Evidence
Describe screening criteria used to justify assessment.
Health impacts
Include effect characterization diagram.
Analysis methods
Placeholder text.
Disparities disaggregated?
Describe how social determinants shape disparities in outcomes. Disaggregate impacts by population and show trends for intersectional identities
How do you know when an instructor is qualified to teach a particular topic?
After working for a major textbook and online course publisher, I wanted to learn how to evaluate whether the quality of the course content I developed actually aligned with high quality, empirically validated curriculum standards.
Through Adobe's accredited Education Trainer Certificate, I received formal training that explained how to identify and build accredited curriculum guidelines to attain specific learning and productivity outcomes.
I learned how to use learning outcomes and budget assessment criteria to measure whether resource allocations align with the level of coordination and investment necessary to attain the level of performance needed to attain requested outcomes.
I also learned how to make instructional frameworks engaging and accessible in order to improve success rates of students' performance and their ability to complete or initiate their own sound, empiricial inquiries and explorations independently. Consequently, this helped me learn how to evaluate the institutional effectiveness and apply this skillset to evaluate the quality and impacts of programs across many industry sectors in my health and economic policy development work.
Some of the frameworks I've reviewed and/or used to develop curriculum include guidelines from the following:
Public Health Accreditation Board[PHAB] -- to develop internal trainings and health impact assessments or policy development briefs for Louisville Metro Government's Department of Public Health and Wellnesss
B Corporation Certification Criteria [BCorp]-- used to help Canopy Kentucky Develop it's social enterprise accreditation rubric for its network affiliates.
The most innovative and high performance cultures set a clear direction and provide clear expectations about which efforts create the most value.
Measuring Impact image caption.
Session Framework caption.
Media infographic captions.
UDL infographic captions.
Key messages
How do we build effective program content?
Interactive curriculum can be a great way to provide not only professional development, but to build an innovative, inclusive, and engaging organizational culture.
Describe scope of proposal.
How should you measure impact?
Describe health impact findings.
How do we make learning meaningful, engaging, and professionally relevant?
Describe Research Methodology.
How do we make learning stick?
Placeholder text.
How do we make learning inclusive?
Placeholder text.
Explainer
Evidence
Describe screening criteria used to justify assessment.
Developmental impacts
Which kinds of behaviors would you like to see reinforced in your organizational culture?
Analysis methods
Placeholder text.
Disparities disaggregated?
Describe how social determinants shape disparities in outcomes. Disaggregate impacts by population and show trends for intersectional identities
Call to Action
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Creativity and innovation
Communication and collaboration
Research and information fluency
Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making
Digital citizenship
Technology integration and performance management
Equip your team with the kind of resources that make them feel empowered. Show your team how best to invest in the success of your organization by investing in effective professional development opportunities.
Project Coordination
How do we build a shared vision & expectations about how work and resources will be distributed?
More to come.
Project Coordination
How do we build a shared vision & expectations about how work and resources will be distributed?
More to come.
User centered
How do we center the needs of participants?
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