LYNN M.
KORDUS
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:
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Experienced corporate communications, public relations,
media relations, and training professional
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Accomplished manager of
projects, community relations, corporate contributions programs/budgets,
special events, vendors and internal staff; experienced provider of high-quality
customer service
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High degree of international awareness and cultural
sensitivity (especially in the
Lynn M. Kordus Communications – Public
Relations
October
2001 – Present & November 1999 – May 2001 (fulltime)
October
1995 – November 1999 (part-time)
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Current work includes:
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Communications/public
relations work with Creative Communication & Design, Wausau, Wisconsin USA
(recently completed a rewrite of a client’s web site, developed press releases
and public relations plans for clients, media relations follow-up with editors
for clients);
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Initiated grant work with
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Recently completed
a 50+, year-long series of articles on local businesses that appeared in the Wausau Daily Herald under the auspices of
the Wausau/Marathon County Chamber of Commerce and the Daily Herald.
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International projects have
included:
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working with the Arab
Advisors Group,
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proposal to the American
Chamber of Commerce in
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proposal to Amideast, the Regional Information Technology Institute
(RITI), and the Fulbright Commission, all in
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proposal in partnership with
Dr. Sherif Kamel,
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investigation of possible cooperative activities with Les Janka,
president, ARTOC
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U.S.-based clients have
included the National Education Association, Wausau Homes, the Wausau/Marathon
ASSOCIATE LECTURER – ENGLISH
January 2005 – May 2005 (part-time)
August 2004 – January 2005
(full-time)
Teaching/taught
Communication II/English 102 and/or Communication I/English 101
COMMUNICATION
INSTRUCTOR
January
2005 – May 2005 &
August
2004 – December 2004 (part-time)
Teaching
two sections of Written Communication totally online utilizing the Blackboard
system; have also taught Marketing Communication, Communication, Business
Vocabulary, and Technical Reporting
MANAGER – MEDIA RELATIONS & SPECIAL
EVENTS
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Led and managed all aspects of the media relations and
special events operation of this three-year-old university for U.A.E. national
women (direct reports in
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Developed media relations and special events strategies,
procedural and operational guidelines, staff job descriptions
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Managed, coordinated, and implemented numerous events
including a student trip to international theater festival in France, regional
university-sponsored UNESCO conference on the role of Arab women in
development, open houses in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and the university’s
faculty/staff Convocation/Conference/Retreat
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Educated university staff (including Vice President,
Provost, deans) and faculty as to the elements involved in and value of
integrated communications, as well as strategies for successful design,
implementation, and evaluation
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Supervised development and completion of CD-ROM which
served as the university’s image communication vehicle
COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT, July
1999-November 1999
EXTERNAL RELATIONS PROJECT MANAGER, March
1999-July 1999
SENIOR PUBLIC RELATIONS COORDINATOR, July
1992-March 1999
EDITORIAL POSITIONS,
August 1979-July 1992.
Wausau Insurance Companies
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Provided consulting, editing and writing services to
company business centers
(including
Wausau Benefits, International, Sales)
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Coordinated and implemented media relations and public
relations programs (including press releases, features, press kits, case
studies, Q&As, white papers)
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Directed and implemented production of company’s
employee, retiree, and customer publications (including weekly, monthly,
bi-monthly, and quarterly newsletters,
monthly magazine, quarterly financial reports, and annual report), including
supervising outside vendors and internal staff
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Developed presentations and speeches for senior
management, including company’s President and CEO
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Planned and produced sales promotion materials
(including brochures, videotapes, training manuals)
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Provided expert English grammar and proofreading
abilities to department
co-workers and business center clients
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Taught business communication to company employees
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Served on the company’s Internet and Intranet Task
Forces, which developed the company’s first Internet and Intranet sites
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Managed the company’s corporate contributions program
and special events
Professional experience also includes
newspaper journalism at the Wausau Daily Herald; paralegal experience in
corporate law and estate planning; teaching at the university, technical
college, workshop/seminar, and high school levels; excellent writing,
interviewing, editing, and research expertise.
EDUCATION:
MA, Communication (Public
Relations Emphasis), 1996
BS, secondary education,
English, writing and communication, 1978