Anne Marie DiNardo First Vice President, ANWC C-SPAN, Community Producer (202) 626-4606 amd93@yahoo.com

COMPUTER SKILLS

Strong Knowledge of HTML, Photoshop, Pagemaker, Microsoft Word/Access/Excel. Familiarity with ASP, CGI, Javascript, RealMedia software.

WEB SITES

• C-SPAN.org Online Community (www.c-span.org/community)
  
• C-SPAN's American Writers Series Online Book Club (www.americanwriters.org/bookclub)
  
• C-SPAN in the Classroom web site (www.c-span.org/classroom)
  
• C-SPAN's American Presidents Series Classroom web site (www.americanpresidents.org/classroom)
  
• American News Women's Club (www.anwc.org)
  
• Association of Women in Communications DC Chapter (www.awic-dc.org)
  
• Georgetown Club of Metropolitan Washington, DC (www.guclub.org)

EDUCATION

M.A. Communications, Culture and Technology, 2000
Georgetown University - Washington, DC
Thesis: Y2k as a Potential Crisis in the Global Economy and the US Banking Community's Usage of Internet Technology to Communicate Compliancy Strategy and Progress.

Graduate Coursework:

• Economics and the Internet, Paper: Online Advertising and Free E-mail services
  
• Networked Economy, Paper: Banking and the Y2K Crisis
  
• Visualization for Business, Project: Online Communities and Interface Design
  
• International Finance, Paper: Current Challenges to the European Central Bank
  
• European Union & Monetary Policy, Study Abroad Summer Program in Antwerp, Belgium
  
• Emerging Markets & the Currency Crisis, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Program

M.S. Public Relations, 1994
Boston University - Boston, MA
Thesis: Communications Technology and the Operations of the Political Press Office
Graduate Research at Political Press Offices: White House Office of Communications, Office of the Vice President, Capitol Hill Office of Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Massachusetts State Senator Lois Pines

B.S. Television-Radio, 1992
Ithaca College - Ithaca, NY
Concentration: Advertising/Public Relations
Minors: Psychology and Writing

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

New Media/Internet Technology

Project Management

Oversee Internet project lifecycle from conception to re-launch. Direct and manage project team of technical and graphics staff on site design and back-end site implementation. Work with contractors and consultants on software customization, site functionality, and server hosting.

Experience building web sites include: site conceptualization and planning; architecture, navigation, and interface design; writing and editing site content; producing LIVE streamed webcasts, editing online videoclips, and updating video-on-demand database-driven archived programming.

Online Community Building

Build, launch, and manage C-SPAN online community initiatives. Create an online environment for viewers to discuss and share ideas via interactive features using community building software and technologies.

Collaborate with department vice presidents and executive producers on integrating online community strategies with television programming to maximize viewer interaction and access to information. Projects include: Campaign 2000, the American Writer Series, and Capitol Spotlight initiative.

Troubleshoot both technical and editorial requirements for integrating interactivity into the web platform. Produce remote and in-studio chat discussions including planning, implementation, booking guests, interviewing and moderation; develop discussion topics and manage daily online forums based on current events and viewer suggestions.

Participated as moderator for panel discussion on non-profit community building at Vir-Comm 2001, industry conference for online community technology.

Computer-Mediated Education Initiatives

Spearhead development and implementation of all C-SPAN in the Classroom online services. Responsible for identifying user needs, developing production plans, and implementing projects which integrate the networks' programming, online services, and educational resources.

Worked with educators nationwide in the adaptation of teaching materials and educator projects into online features. Produced interactive multimedia teaching modules using video and audio clips; wrote and edited online lesson plans and activities for C-SPAN's programming and the American Presidents series.

Tracked and addressed feedback/inquiries from the education community. Developed e-mail surveys to gather information on teachers' usage of the Internet and C-SPAN in the Classroom online services.

Public Affairs/Community Outreach Programs

Serve on Washington, DC community boards and play an active role in the direction and development of these organizations. Help shape organization policy and structure, collaborate on annual goals and objectives, spearhead membership recruitment and retention campaigns. Consult on raising awareness, member outreach, event planning, and public relations via web sites, newsletters, and listserves.

Managed media interview requests and assisted with press outreach for various political offices including The White House Office of Communications, Office of the Vice President, Capitol Hill and Massachusetts State Senate. Wrote press releases and media alerts. Pitched stories to national, trade & local press. Earned coverage for C-SPAN in USA Today, Washington Post, Washington Times, Roll Call, and Webmaster Magazine's top 100 web sites.

Acted as key contact and coordinator for The National Cable Television Association's Family & Community Critical Viewing Project co-sponsored by the cable industry and the National PTA. Responsibilities included promoting 25 media literacy events nationwide to the cable industry and education community; registering participants and identifying partners for media literacy training; fielding inquiries from teachers and cable system participants. Developed, wrote, and produced collateral materials including newsletters and promotional kits for cable initiatives.

WORK HISTORY
1995 - Present C-SPAN Television Networks, Washington, DC

• Online Community Producer, New Media Unit (July 2000 - present)
  
• Education Communications Specialist, C-SPAN in the Classroom (December 1997 - July 2000)
  
• Media Relations Coordinator, Marketing Department (December1995 - December 1997)

1995 National Cable Television Association, Washington, DC - Public Affairs Assistant

1994 Kennedy for Senate Campaign, Boston, MA - Assistant Press Secretary

1993-1994 Political Office Graduate Studies Internships
The White House Office of Communications, Office of the Vice President, Congressional Office of Senator Edward Kennedy, Office of Massachusetts State Senator Lois Pines

LEADERSHIP POSITIONS/MEMBERSHIP

• American News Women's Club (1997 - present)
  Positions Held: First Vice President, Webmaster, Membership Chair, Newsletter Editor

• Association of Women in Communications, DC Chapter (1997 - present)
  Positions Held: VP Membership, VP Finance, VP Community Outreach, Web Site Committee

• Georgetown Club of Metropolitan Washington, DC (2000 - present)
  Co-President, Young Alumni Outreach and Webmaster

• DC Cares - Project Coordinator (1994 - present), Ayuda (helping the Spanish speaking community)
  and Sunflower House (helping inner-city children impacted by AIDS)

• United Nations Association, National Capitol Area, Young Professional Group
  
• Women In International Security, Washington, D.C.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• To be published: "Unsolved Sandal Mysteries" One of fifty original student works to be chosen by a scholarly panel for publication in Writing Humor: Creativity and the Comic Mind. (2001)

• Society of Technical Writers Merit Award, AWC DC Chapter web site (1999)

• Educause International Student Essay Contest, "E-mail As An education Tool", Third Prize (1998)

• Direct Marketing Association of America Scholarship (1992)

• Alpha Delta Sigma National Honors Advertising Society (1992)

• AE Rho National Honors Broadcast Society (1990-1992)