WALK the TALK Communications, LLC
Website Content: composition, revision, organization.
My portfolio includes website content that I have wholly composed for clients, along with content that I have written as assigned, as well as edited and revised. I have also created websites using programs including Dreamweaver and WIX.
Worked with business owner to focus and phrase content for launch of her coaching website, More Than A Resume. Used listening skills to understand and shape key messages to her clients, who are making the transition from college to career. Collaborated and advised on content layout and delivery, then produced by design professional. Owner makes updates and revisions to content and design, with occasional input from me.
Services: a Coach and Champion
Landing the First Best-Fit Job
Parents: Managing the College-Career Transition
Parents and Their Newly Professional Children
Resources for Students and New Professionals
Brought on project by McLean-Cowan Design to create content and communication navigation for this classic supper club in Sherwood, WI.
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Walleye Weekend 40th Anniversary
Hired by the Director of Festivals to write content used in multiple ways to celebrate the 40th anniversary of this large annual multi-day event held in Lakeside Park. Content appeared on FDL Festivals website and Facebook page, and in news releases used to generate coverage by area media outlets.
Walleye Weekend Tournament Release
Walleye Weekend 40th CoChairs Release
Walleye Weekend Founders' Benche Dedication Release
Follow the Fish: Highschoolers Create Signage / FB post
Bauer Physical Therapy
Brought on project by McClean-Cowan Design to create content and communication navigation for a solo physical therapy practitioner. Neither the designer nor I made screen shots of the redesign at the time of the launch, and soon thereafter the business owner left solo practice and joined a group practice with its own website. Files here show the content I wrote from my own research, and a few design plans from the designer.
Longtime freelance writer for this independent, award-winning Chicago neighborhood newspaper focusing on the Near-West, West, and South sides of the city. Content released both online and in print.
9/2022 Morgan Arts Complex Creates Gallery and Event Space in Bridgeport
03/2022 Chicago Returns, COFI, National Immigrant Justice Center Work to Improve Community
03/2022 Chicago Fire Soccer Team Looking to Build Training Facility on CHA Land
09/2021 Gazette COVID Coverage Wins APEX Award
6/2021 Commission Addresses Root Causes of Food Insecurity
4/2021 Potential Buyer Would Keep Mercy Open
2/2021 Community Organizes to Save Mercy Hospital
9/2020 Chicago's Oldest Hospital Could Close as Early as February 2023
9/2020 Local Healthcare Facilities Offer Coronavirus Testing
5/2020 International Nurses Work in Illinois through the Help of Chicago Bilingual Nurse Consortium
Open Circle website
Gifted website creation, including navigation and initial content, to my church, Open Circle Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Fond du Lac, WI. All work done by me in Dreamweaver. At the time, the fellowship was three years old and did not yet have regular pastoral leadership or office staff. In the years since, website responsibility and revision is handled by staff.
University of Wisconsin-
Fond du Lac
Hired to produce content for multiple issues of the Annual Report to the Community, which was published online and in print. Some stories were also featured as website news content.
UW-FDL became part of UW-Oshkosh in 2018. At that time, its original online presence was removed. Some of my work is saved and available via PDF; some via print scans; some only via original word documents. See my print clips to read additional content created for this client.
Online Report to the Community 2016
Alumni Profile: Jim Misudek, Out of the Park, p. 6
Holocaust History Brought to life through Eva Schloss, Stepsister of Anne Frank, p. 8
Schloss Personal Story Very Different from Anne Frank, p. 9
Online Report to the Community 2015
Professor Gustin Faculty Sabbatical, p. 4
Alumni Musicians Still Harmonizing, p. 8
Alumni Profile: Tim Zedler, p 11
Online Report to the Community 2014
Alumni Profile: Jeanna Zuehlke , p.3
Online Report to the Community 2013
Alumni Profile: Kyle Kaniecki , p.3
Students Study in Florida Keys , p. 4
Building Local and National Community with Habitat for Humanity, p.6
Learning to Relate: Campus Love Stories, p.8
Online Report to the Community 2012
Alumni Profile: Katie Larson, p. 3
Alumni Profile: Ger Xiong, p. 6
Student Leaders Enhance Campus, p. 8
Online Report to the Community 2011
Student Discovers Love for Research, p. 4
Cancer Research Links Student to Two Campuses, p. 5
Alumni Profile: Brendan Wood-Taylor, p. 7
'Teaching is Coaching'--Coach Knar Honored, p. 8
Web Exclusive Coach Stories
Bergers Pay it Forward, p. 12
Bergers' Book Bag Fund Makes a Difference, p. 13
Online Report to the Community 2010
Study Abroad Programs--Connecting to Other Cultures, p. 3
Tutoring Partnership Benefits Students, p. 6
Family Harmony, p. 8
First Campus Student Recalls...., p. 10
Husband and Wife Juggle Family and Education, p. 12
Online Report to the Community 2009
Student Government Association Profiles in Leadership, p. 3
Deans Reflect on Rich Campus History, p. 8
Family Friendly: UW-FDL draws students across generations, p. 12
"Fore"-tunate Timing, p. 13
Online Report to the Community 2008
Dean Henken Reflects on 40th Anniversary, p. 8
Scholarship Investment Returns Life-long Benefits, p. 12
Serving Students; Campus Partnership; Career Appreciation, all p, 13
Madison Alum Supports UW Students Close to Home
UW-Fond du Lac
Other web content
Campus News 2018
50th Campus Anniversary Memories / Webpage
UW-FDL Partners with Children's Museum
Campus News 2016
Living History: Holocaust Survivor Eva Schloss Wants World to 'Never Forget'
Eva Schloss Personal Holocaust Story Very Different from Anne Frank's
Campus Anniversary Celebration 2008
UW-FDL Campus 40th Anniversary Features
Recollections of three Deans:
(Plus article on scholarships)
UW Oshkosh
University re-structuring brought the campuses in Fond du Lac, Manitowoc and Fox Valley locations into satellite branch status with UW-Oshkosh. I was hired to write both web content and news releases for these geographically related campuses.
Students Attend Nobel Conference / Nobel Blurb
Fox Valley Students Partner with Community for Video Production
Wendy Eagon Retires from Campus Children's Center
Student Spotlight on Laila Khan
Student Spotlight on Lori Maloney
University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Composer of content and communication design for the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Worked with a University design employee to create updated site design.
LEEP3 Distance Education Program (new content, old design)
Program descriptions (repackaged from revised web content into print recruiting folder prior to website redesign)
Website redesign prototype (new design, new content)
Composed content and communication design for
GSLIS Publications Office website.
Loyola University Chicago
Early adopter and encourager of online communication at my university employer. Provided content creation and editing, as well as navigation and editorial/design input, while working in collaboration with technology staff on the original Loyola University Chicago website. Created additional content for events and features. Managed staff creating online content for students.