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Research Presentation at the League of Historic Theatres 2024 Conference

Structuring Sustainable Success: Building Functional Relationships Between City-Entities and Nonprofit Theatres as a Means for Ensuring Longevity   I am grateful to be presenting my research at the 48th League of Historic Theatres' annual conference in Milwaukee...
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Orpheum ascending: Short, mid, and long-range planning for a historic theatre venue in Memphis

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Universidad San Francisco de Quito and Science Communication

I had the opportunity to facilitate a science communication workshop with 10 faculty members from the Universidad San Francisco de Quito at Virginia Tech's Graduate School. Here is an article about what we were grappling with concerning the future of AI....
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2023 In Vitro Biology Meeting: Presenter

Special Education Session On Sunday afternoon, June 11 there will be a special Student Networking Luncheon – Effectively Communicating Research to the Non-Scientific Community with Liz Gray, presenter with the Center for Communicating Science at Virginia Tech. It is...
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Could shared executive management be the key to fundraising success?

From: CreatiVeConnecTions Over the last five years, a trend has been emerging with several notable nonprofit theatres making a shift in executive management structures. Spurred by internal reckonings of certain institutions’ biased histories and/or the recent racial...
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The new distributive leadership model at the American Shakespeare Center connects fundraising, community engagement, and audience development

Stephanie Cabacoy. Photo credit: American Shakespeare Center Stephanie Cabacoy shares that holding the titles of Associate Director of Development and Engagement while also working on group sales for the American Shakespeare Center (ASC) may sound “superhuman-ish,”...
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Infusing Lateral Leadership into a Nonprofit

An excerpt I wrote for the upcoming GOOD GOVERNANCE GUIDE by LEISHA LARIVIERE As a thought experiment, think back to your first job. Did you have one direct manager to report to? Did they have a boss? How many layers of management were there before you reached the top...
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Extra, extra! Don’t read all about it! How to update your e-newsletter strategies to fit modern trends

From: CreatiVeConnecTions By the time you have finished reading this sentence, I will only have 3 more seconds to keep you engaged and wanting to read more than these 30 words. 3. 2. 1… The average email is read only for 11 seconds. Within the span of 30-100...
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Fort Lewis College : Faculty

After a whirlwind of a fall semester, here we are on Winter Break!  I am lucky enough to be a member of the faculty at the Fort Lewis College Theatre Department, where I spent the last several months teaching Creative Dramatics (300 Level) and Devised &...
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Devise and Conquer : Long-Form Improv Team

Wowza! With 5 sold-out shows at the Durango Arts Center under our belts, we on the Devise and Conquer Improv Team are planning more sillies for the Four Corners community. With performers who have worked at The Second City, Upright Citizens Brigade, The Bovine (and...
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Fort Lewis College : Faculty

Dec 23, 2021

After a whirlwind of a fall semester, here we are on Winter Break!  I am lucky enough to be a member of the faculty at the Fort Lewis College Theatre Department, where I spent the last several months teaching Creative Dramatics (300 Level) and Devised &...

Devise and Conquer : Long-Form Improv Team

Nov 9, 2021

Wowza! With 5 sold-out shows at the Durango Arts Center under our belts, we on the Devise and Conquer Improv Team are planning more sillies for the Four Corners community. With performers who have worked at The Second City, Upright Citizens Brigade, The Bovine (and...

MEN ON BOATS

Oct 14, 2021

After road tripping to the Grand Canyon and Lake Powell this past summer in preparation (both dramaturgically and directorially!) for Jacklyn Backhaus’ MEN ON BOATS at Merely Players, I fell more deeply in love with the story of the Powell Expedition of 1869. What a...

Merely Players: Communications Director and Company Manager

Jul 31, 2021

I am beyond thrilled to announce that I will be creating the roles of Communications Director and Company Manager for Merely Players. I have known Mona Wood-Patterson (Artistic Director) and Charles Ford (Technical Director) since I was 14 years old. They have...