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In Portland, Oregon but still hard-to-reach

22:16, 9 August 2009

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After two weeks on the road, seeing several amazing  parts of these United States for the first time and enjoying nine different camp sites (two with wi-fi!), we've finally arrived in Portland.

We're now in find-a-place-to-live mode and, therefore, I'll continue to be hard to reach for a while. If you think you can help, contact me for more details.

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Simultaneously while trying to find a place to live, I'm looking to find a permanent, full-time position in Portland, Eugene, Salem, or some other community here in Oregon or Washington state. I would most like to do the following (and have the qualifications for such):

• manage/direct a program at a nonprofit, university or government agency. The dream job would be one that is focused on women, the environment, international development, mass transit, or anything that helps a specific community.

or

• direct marketing and public relations activities for a major project or program at a nonprofit, university or government agency. Again, the dream job would be one that is related to any of these aforementioned subjects.

Among the jobs I've applied for recently, to give you an idea of what I'm looking for:

• public information officer for a liberal arts college with several international programs
  
• marketing director for the continuing education/adult education program at a university
• coordinator of a nonprofit-focused program at a state's attorney general's office
• chief communications officer for a division of a large international foundation
• senior writer for program development at a large, international health institute
• directing a program that places media professionals in the developing world to train new journalists
• public affairs specialist at a federal office that manages several international programs
• director of communications in North America for an American university abroad
• public information officer for a conservation district

I've also really enjoyed teaching parts of courses for universities in Texas, as well as presenting workshops regularly for nonprofit organizations and researchers (more information on my training activities), and would love to create or co-create an entire course as a part-time instructor at a university. I am most interested, and, I think, most qualified, to teach courses relating to:

• media writing and media relations
• public relations (basic public relations functions, outreach to particular audiences, crisis communications, how to address misinformation/misunderstandings, how to deal with public criticism, etc.)
• strategic communications (systematic planning and utilization of a variety of information flows to deliver a message and build credibility or a brand, sell more a)
• cross-platform media and electronic media (using traditional print, synchronous and asynchronous online communications, and emerging technologies effectively, and integrating the use of all information flows)
• public speaking

I have a profile at LinkedIn, as well as details on my own web site about my professional activities. I'm also happy to share my CV with you; email me with your request. If you have any specific questions about my profile, feel free to contact me as well.