Helping you
tell stories
to connect
with others

Connecting with your audience is difficult enough. If you don’t have the confidence, time or skills to produce and edit stories that help you build relationships, connecting can feel like drudgery. That’s where I can help.

Maybe the most important thing I’ve learned over the years is that everything we do is about relationships. That’s why I love to tell great stories that help organizations and businesses like yours connect with people so you and your audience can make an impact together. I’ve been doing that for close to three decades, leading the communications efforts of college athletics departments at the NCAA Division I, NCAA Division III, NAIA and junior college levels, as well as for various non-profit, ministry and business organizations.

I can help you with your writing and editing needs, including:

  • feature story/article writing

  • copywriting (website pages, email messages, social media posts, etc.)

  • news/press release writing

  • major copy editing

  • line editing

If you need to have someone help you plan and organize your content strategy and focus your church’s or non-profit organization’s communications efforts, let me know.

Whether you want to tell great stories to help build and strengthen relationships or figure out your overall communications strategy, I’d be honored to be your teammate on your journey.

  • Following a career as a sports information and promotions director in college athletics, I moved into full-time Christian ministry, serving with:

    Fellowship of Christian Athletes (national director of communications)

    Mobberly Baptist Church (director of communications)

    Converge (director of communications)

    In these positions, I’ve worked with two large, international organizations (FCA and Converge) and on the ground at a multisite church. I’ve led the storytelling and media/public relations efforts, and worked alongside a group of talented professionals and volunteers at each stop.

  • For approximately 15 years, I worked in college athletics as a sports information director. In that role, I led the communications efforts for several college athletics departments at various competitive levels, including:

    University of Texas at Arlington (NCAA Division I)
    Berry College (NAIA and NCAA Division III)
    Young Harris College (Junior College and NCAA Division II)

    In addition, I have served in assistant roles at:

    Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo (NCAA Division I)
    University of Texas at Arlington (NCAA Division I)
    Illinois State University (NCAA Division I as an undergraduate assistant)

    In 2000, I served as the press officer for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team, which recorded the program’s best-ever record (27-3-1) and featured several future Major League Baseball players, including future National League Most Valuable Player Ryan Howard, future American League Rookie of the Year Bobby Crosby, and future stars such as Mark Teixeira and Mark Prior.

    While serving as a sports information and promotions director I earned national writing awards from the College Sports Information Directors of America and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.

  • Over the years, I’ve written articles for and about small businesses that helped raise awareness and bring those businesses new customers. These articles include feature articles, short newsletter pieces and news releases.

    Having worked full-time for one regional chamber of commerce and part-time for another (not to mention growing up around the industry as the son of a long-time chamber of commerce CEO), not only do I understand the impact and needs of small businesses, but they are near and dear to my heart.

  • Magazine editing experience:

    Directions, official magazine of the Greater Rome (Georgia) Chamber of Commerce, editor

    FCA Magazine, official magazine of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, executive editor

    Mobberly Magazine, official magazine of Mobberly Baptist Church, founder and editor

    Converge Point, official magazine of Converge, editor

    Website/newsletter editing experience:

    University of Texas at Arlington Athletics

    Berry College Athletics

    Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce

    Young Harris College Athletics

    Fellowship of Christian Athletes

    Mobberly Baptist Church

    Converge

    College Athletics Media Guides:

    Illinois State University (golf)

    University of Texas at Arlington (men’s basketball, women’s basketball, baseball, softball, golf, tennis, volleyball, track and field)

    Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo (volleyball, women’s basketball, baseball, soccer)

    Berry College (men’s basketball, women’s basketball, men’s soccer, women’s soccer, volleyball, golf, tennis, cross country)

  • Education:

    Bachelor’s of Science in Public Relations, Illinois State University (Normal, Illinois)

    Attended American River College (Sacramento, California) as a freshman and sophomore.

    Awards:

    Illinois State University Graduate of the Year in Public Relations alumni award

    NAIA National Writing Contest, season preview division, second place

    NAIA National Writing Contest, feature

    CoSIDA Fred Stabley Writing Contest, feature story division, second best in region

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