"Make no small plans, they have no magic to stir men's blood." -Daniel Burnham

People categorize me as: Writer, Producer, Thinker, Strategist, Idea Hamster, Campaigner, Fearless Leader and New Technology Evangelist; I deliver marketing, branding, concepts and strategy for clients who seek to leverage their positions across traditional and interactive media.

My strengths include conceptual development, strategy, branding, creative direction, copy writing, and marketing strategy for consumer and business-to-business marketing initiatives, with a specialization in technology, financial services, health care, and professional services, and anything else that clients throw at me.

Noteworthy agency projects have included work for companies like: Merck, AOL/Time-Warner, Microsoft, Universal Pictures, McDonald's, Hewlett-Packard, Bristol-Myers Squibb, US West, Motorola, Emerson, Novell, ABN-AMRO, Abbott Labs, Pearson Education, GM/Buick/Oldsmobile, RW Baird, Deloitte and more.

Generally speaking, I remain intensely curious and have a real passion for consumer insights, and enjoy thinking holistically about everyday business issues and the possibilities that new technology may someday provide us.

At present, I enjoy researching the latest trends in innovation, challenger branding, influencer marketing, social media, personal and systemic creativity, learning, cognition, lead generation strategies, online collaboration tools and anything else that inspires creativity.

Before this? Promotions Manager/Talent Scout for an Indy music label and management company, and Marketing Manager for an IT consulting firm.

On my free-time, I enjoy biking, photography, gaming, Jazz-fusion, cataloging important up-and-coming artists via MySpace, and electronic illustration.

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Current projects: Writing for video.

Ideas I'm following: Beyond political and economic concerns, location-based mobile technology, and anything having to do with social media and collaboration tools, trends in creativity and innovation, community-building; government accountability and sunshine initiatives; Hilary Clinton and Barbara Boxer's antics with pursuing ratification of the UN Charter on the Rights of the Child, and other feminist shenanigans.

Why I'm here on RTP? I'm a proponent of pro-family initiatives to protect parental involvement and autonomy at the local, state and federal level, and am looking to do more networking with folks who share in these concerns, hoping to educate more Libertarian and Conservatives on vital issues that impact parental rights; looking for help with building a Web site for an advocacy organization for parents.

Current needs: My blankie when it's cold at night; a good cup of Joe on a cold winter morning; a strong, un-feminized Conservative or Libertarian woman who hasn't drank the Kool-aid; something to assure me that there will be hope for re-taking Congress in 2010 once America wakes up from the impending catastrophe; clients who get it; collaborators on video and Interactive projects; projects in Florida, California, Texas, Costa Rica, or anyplace to get me out of this god-forsaken COLD here in Chicago until Spring. Ideas on better places to live other than Illinois as we implode. Plus, your insights on collaboration tools within social media or ECM and creative leadership.


Website:
http://www.creative-strategist.com - my dinky site that needs help.