RedTale Communications, LLC

Seeing your story, concepts, ideas, and work come to life through visual communications is the best way to understand one another and make things happen. RedTale Communications offers graphic recording, sketchnoting, tailored illustration, narration, visual communications and more to present your information in new and exciting ways. If you are looking for more ways to tell your story, we should chat.

Chief Illustration/Hope Officer

Redtale Communications LLC

Curated my daily illustrated quotes during the pandemic and shared 90 of them in four seasonal journals that can be purchased on https://shopccmd.com/product-category/redtale-communications/

Book Author, "90 Days To Write Your Way to (Winter, Spring, Summer, & Fall)"

MBO Partners

Created storyboards, illustrations, graphic recording charts, and rich pictures to represent organizational capabilities in a way that demonstrates value, bonded teams together, generated strategic discussions, and helped unify companies and their customers so they can all speak the same way about what is going on around them. Deliverables included rich pictures spread across shorter reports to help explain what was going on, how we got here, and how things worked.

Sketchnoting | Red Teaming | Design Thinking

Noblis

•	Supported military planners, strategists, and policy makers to represent enemy and alternative perspectives towards developing plans, strategy, lines of efforts, and Commander's end states;
•	Co-facilitated and participating in operational design (developing shared understanding, group learning, problem framing) workshops (20+) to aid planners, operators, analysts, and strategists in developing appropriate and necessary steps, uncover faulty logic, and explore alternative futures, establishing current and future frames, providing expert problem solving;
•	Tailored Red Team (alternative analysis, devil’s advocacy, and enemy perspectives) support to Campaign planners, cyber strategists, and policy makers;
•	Conducted intelligence support to planning and strategic development by refining and discussing meaningful priority cyber intelligence requirements;
•	Represented enemy, friendly, or competitor perspectives with specific emphasis on enemy control, communications, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR), operations, planning, and training efforts;
•	Analyzed platform IT (PIT) industry norms, cyber incident reports and mitigations, policies, and plans to support kick off of DoD-wide working group and PIT strategy development;
•	Provided unorthodox and non-traditional approaches to elusive cyber issues;

Red Teaming | Cyber Threat Intelligence | Design Thinking

Sally Daniel Training Company

•	Delivered (25+) presentation and communication skills courses to strategic consultants; 
•	Provided in depth training, guidance, and consultation to improve briefing presence; 
•	Generated critical assessments and feedback for students in simulated briefing modules

Corporate Training Specialist

Summit Solutions

* Conducted root cause analysis for business processes, communications, and technical tools/training;
* Recommended changes to improve organizational effectiveness and efficiency based on strategic
objectives and organizational strategy;
* Developed visually appealing information graphics to present organization statistics, metrics, and emerging topics that required additional focus and addressed future planning objectives.

Intelligence Analyst, Strategic Consultant

BCT LLC

* Designed and hosted ten unique 'Ask the Hacker' sessions with certification and accreditation professionals;
* Conducted network defense and trending analysis to influence future defense strategies;
* Designed and delivered open source research plan for obtaining emerging threat and technology
information on information assurance and information security issues from industry sources;
* Coordinated network defense mission areas to aide in efficiency across incident response teams;
* Researched network events to propose policy updates and network defense investments;
* Developed table tops and training for information assurance and information security issues;
* Populated intelligence for attack trees, attacker's goals, network defense capabilities, recovery costs, and notional probabilities of attack and defense successes for strategic decision makers;
* Conducted extended enterprise information assurance assessments for maturing the capabilities and improvement strategies;
* Delivered all customer strategic communications: briefings, white papers, website content, ghost written correspondence to stakeholders, partners and leaders throughout government;
* Developed and provided communication skill curriculum for senior executives for more effective briefing and communication techniques.

Cyber Intelligence Analyst, Corporate Communications Specialist

Booz Allen Hamilton

Worked with Special Projects to identify critical information for high priority targets;
* Identified to work with analytic cell on emerging hostile groups, individuals and websites;
* Created analytic profiles to substantiate ongoing operations against high value targets, authored
analytic standard operating procedures (SOP) for cyber analysts;
* Developed sharable network defense resources between customers and mission partners;
* Provided open source analysis on electrical power grid and Supervisory Control and Data
Acquisition (SCADA) systems for ongoing modeling and simulation efforts;
* Researched and examined specifications, user behavior, and critical infrastructure by exploring
the unclassified web, trade magazines, blogs, social networking sites, and technical journals;
* Designed and delivered an extensive analysis and production training plan for more than sixty
inbound military, contractor, and government civilians;
* Briefed senior military leaders on high priority intelligence targets/centers of gravity;
* Co-authored SOP for open source research lab to initiate and maintain best practices.

Intelligence Analyst

Researched, compiled, and authored vendor profiles for clients using market research databases,
open source, industry journals, and conference materials to initiate vendor identification and
proposal efforts;
* Created vendor profiles for client selection for major IT outsourcing and offshoring engagements;
* Planned, organized, and implemented professional conferences and recruiting events.

Commercial Competitive Intelligence Researcher

Sheppard Pratt

Taught fifth and sixth grade students with learning disabilities and emotional disorders,
ultimately leading to creative problem solving skills and a wealth of patience
* Created daily lesson plans and Individualized Education Plans (IEP) to correspond with regulated
educational goals, social skill recommendations, and curriculums
* Developed curriculum enhancement tools to encourage the application of social skills with adults
and peers in the forms of tailored cartoons coupled with specific behavior management plans
* Co-chaired weekly family counseling sessions for students and family members and provided daily
crisis counseling and emotional support

Special Education Elementary School Teacher & Adjunct Family Therapist

A Thinker Who Draws, Illustrator, Sketchnote Artist, Graphic Recorder: Focused on spreading hope using #graphicrecording #sketchnoting #illustration #art #emotionalintelligence

I'm a thinker who draws, and you'll often find me with pen in hand, drawing while listening.  Illustrating concepts helps me understand information in a far greater way than just hearing or reading whatever content I'm learning. 

Throughout my life, I always found that I would remember pictures better than words alone. After nearly 20 years on a winding path of experience, I decided that this valuable skill could be used to help others understand better, too. Now I spend my days bringing conversations to life and creating art for clients of all kinds. Whether I am drawing live for your event, creating a tailored illustration for your story or book, or just drawing a daily quote about hope, I'm visualizing everything.

I believe that in a world filled with words, more pictures will always do. I've found that starting small and working your way is always best. Bring me your stories and watch them come to life in a new way.

RedTale Communications was founded in February 2020 to help people tell their stories through visuals and narration. If you are finding yourself in the same meetings over and over again or stuck in a project that lacks the creative influence and flow you desire, contact us to hear more about how we can help.

Wade Forbes

Integrity Nonprofit Consulting, LLC

𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒐𝒏𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 

Drawing on my experience as executive director and in other lead positions, I partner with organizations that want to optimize a pathway to long-term sustainability.

⭐ Assessed operations processes and workflows for a small nonprofit and developed recommendations for long-term sustainability.
⭐ Successfully led leaders of a public housing organization through the process of forming a separate entity and obtaining 501(c)(3) status to solicit private funding to increase affordable housing stock.
⭐ Coached a small marketing firm in billable hours process improvement, increasing up-to-date monthly billing by 80%. Created two onboarding guides, one for new customers and one for new employees. 
⭐ Worked with a nonprofit founder to develop polished proposal templates for increasing the organization’s ability to create a pitch to nonprofit partner and donor prospects quickly. 
⭐ Collaborated with a nonprofit board to revise their vision, values, and mission statements and created strategy-aligned business model and community impact statements.

Founder | Principal

Colton Strawser Consulting

Recruited to oversee continuing organizational development and process improvement.  
★Improved communication of operational procedures by creating process manuals on internal wiki (Confluence)
★Drafted Employment Policies/Employee Handbook

1099 Contract/Remote

Director Of Operations

Branch County Community Foundation

Developed and implemented business strategies including strategic staffing, preparing operation and grant budgets, and oversight of grantmaking and fiscal sponsorship programs. Provided integration of long-term sustainability and impact strategies into day-to-day operations.  Managed up to seven operations, project, and program staff.  Trained and oversaw activities of over 20 volunteers. Spearheaded the acquisition of $12M in local donations to community projects and endowment funds.

★ Led acquisition of over $12 million in local donations to community projects and endowment funds, by creating trusted, long-term relationships. 
★Led project with SaaS vendor to create initial eligibility screening tool within existing grant management software, increasing initial scholarship eligibility from 60% to 80% and saving 80+ hours annual staff time.
★ Reduced annual software costs by 25%. Developed successful B2B service proposal using scholarship application processing software.
★ Coordinated investment market projections with subject-matter experts to estimate annual operating revenue from investments.
★ Created written procedures manuals and systems documentation, and updated as needed to reflect regulatory changes.
★Developed ongoing policy review schedule; all policies reviewed at least every three years.
Staffing & Volunteers
★Hired, onboarded, managed, and developed staff - including building individual professional plans for each employee.
★ Developed board volunteer management process from recruiting to onboarding to end of service term.
★Initiated the first county-wide, multi-sector access to childcare task force; explored funding sources, including social impact investment.
★Guided Arab-American community group through IRS 501(c)(3) tax exemption application; served as governance advisor for first two years.

Executive Director | COO| CFO | Program Manager | Project Manager 

BRANCH COUNTY ECONOMIC GROWTH ALLIANCE INC

Progressed from Executive Assistant to Associate Director.

Membership Development & Retention
★Developed and maintained positive relationships with local BCEGA member businesses.
★Increased revenue by 50% in nine months with new membership/sponsorship strategy.

Communications & Community Outreach
★Prepared communications and marketing materials, including relocation proposals for new business prospects.
★Participated on community boards and workgroups; developed long-term relationships with community leaders and program directors.
★Maintained essential networks and relationships with regional and local organizations.
★ Created and implemented new workforce development programs within the county and promoting support and utilization of existing programs (tax abatements, training subsidies, etc.).

Prospect Development & Business Retention
★Responded to initial inquiries and maintained contact with prospects; developed prospect proposals; maintained the contact database.
★Scheduled and joined state economic developers on industrial business retention calls.

Associate Director/Interim Director/Executive Assistant to the Director

With over 30 years of experience in both nonprofit and philanthropy sectors, I bring a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing organizations in these fields. 

✔️𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞 - My two decades as chief executive of a community grantmaking foundation have given me hands-on experience managing small staff and budgets efficiently. 
✔️𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 - My service on various boards, including regional workforce development, early childhood, and tri-county health plan management, provides me with a broad perspective on nonprofit governance and operations. 
✔️𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐭 - Various certifications I’ve completed help me offer a well-rounded approach to my work, including nonprofit and volunteer management, HomeTown Competitiveness organizing, and leadership and management training. 
✔️𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 - My training in Lean Office, Six Sigma Green Belt, and Lean Startup methodologies enables me to introduce efficient, data-driven processes to nonprofit operations. 

⏩ Personal website: https://www.colleenlknight.net/
⏩ Business website: https://www.integritynonprofitconsulting.com/
📲 Message phone: 703-634-3643 (please leave a message)

⬇SKILLS HIGHLIGHTS

LEADERSHIP
• Collaborative Leadership 
• Multi-generational Teams
• Relationship Builder
• Tactical Strategizer
• Team Engagement 

PROCESSES & PROJECTS
• Cross-Disciplinary Teams
• Cross-sector Collaboration/Coordination
• Process Documentation
• Process Improvement
• Project Coordination (Trello, Asana)

OPERATIONS EXCELLENCE
• Continuous Improvement
• Marketing & Communications Planning
• Long-term Strategy Development
• Organizational Policies and Procedures
• Resource Management
• Strategic Planning & Strategy Implementation (annual plans & metrics)  
• Vendor Proposal Analysis

FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT
• Budgeting: development and oversight for budgets of $250K to $7M.
• Internal Controls
• Revenue Diversification Strategy Development

FOUNDATIONS & NONPROFITS
• Community Engagement
• Community Impact
• IRS Compliance
• Nonprofit startup
• Grant & Scholarship Program Procedures Development

✔ TOP FIVE CLIFTON STRENGTHS
1. Input
2. Relator
3. Achiever
4. Connectedness
5. Learner

✔ WORK STYLES
• MBTI: INTJ Conceptualizer
• DiSC Work Adapted Style: D 29 | i11 | S87 | C89
• Kolbe A™ Index: 7-5-5-3

#opentowork #opentobusiness #consulting #solopreneur #intrapreneur

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