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And some of you who are here from my #FWA #furryweekendatlanta thread might be like “what do you know!” I mean great question. So anyways I have a Masters in Communication and Public Engagement, a second Masters in Science and Society; and am finishing a Doctorate in Science Communication rn.

I did outreach and engagement in marine science in undergrad but finished with a BA in History; then went on to program manage an NSF funded project in a museum around informal learning and how people learn in museums (social learning/communication)

In that job I was fully in charge of a multi million dollar non-profit budget that was reported to the feds so when it comes to looking at #FWA and their tax returns… let’s just say I have some questions ;)

Then I went on to work 6 years at MIT in another non profit office where I managed a network of large scale science events across North America and liaised with international partners on best practice in event creation and event management.

I also did grant writing and grants oversight (running a grant program where we got a large grant from private funder then did pass through funding to multiple other organisations for activities). I ran multiple national events of my own and did evaluation.

I was responsible for rebranding our annual meeting, rebranding our website, rebranding our annual report, growing our network over 441% in my time there and I was our social media manager and ran all the web stuff bc we were on a TIGHT budget.

Then I worked for NASA in Houston as an outreach and engagement coordinator before COVID axed my position and I decided to go back for my doctorate. 🙂‍↕️ while at Uni instead of JUST studying I’ve also run a massive philanthropic outreach project

I’ve served on multiple internal and external committees, been a funding reviewer for science organisations in the EU, published a few papers and presented my work internationally, OH and I won Colours in sports because I guess it’s not enough to be academically gifted 🏇🏻

So when I talk about events and events management, community building and serving others, I really *am* an expert. I’d also be happy to walk through how @furryweekend.com can make changes in their business structure and future management to improve the experience for everyone.

However, I want to be clear I’m not doing free work or labour for an organisation that has the capacity to pay for that kind of thing. 🙂