Relevant Engagements

Michigan Works! / Ferndale Career Center (2010 – present) Instructing in Workshop Program. Workshops include:

o Professional Profiles for Social Mediao LinkedIn: Strategies of Career and Businesso Facebook: Strategies of Career and Businesso Twitter: Strategies of Career and Businesso Blogging: Strategies of Career and Businesso Advanced Bloggingo The Path of the Entrepreneuro Personal Brand: Defining Your Career Identityo Current Resume and Employment Trendso Networking Your Way to Interview Successo Maximizing Social Media Platformso Introduction to Savvy Online Career Search

Helping organize quarterly Self-Enhancement Dayo Organizing all-day events as part of event teamo Using social media to assist in coordination and marketing of event

Ron Marshall Consulting and Management (2010 – Present) Entrepreneurial startup consultant and communications specialist

o 13 years of experience in journalism, marketing, and entrepreneurship to help clients achieve the goal of communicating messages clearly with authority

Mythic Group LLC (2005 – Present) Founded to develop my entrepreneurial interests and help others start, and

grow new brandso 20 client or internal brands assisted or launched, including American

Glass Block, Common Ground Radio, Eco-Logic Lawn and Landscape, Fantasy Champion Network, LeadSwag, Lyrical Chocolate, Mass Inertia, Mythic Group, NoTypos.net, and Ron Marshall Consulting & Management [RoMaCoMa]

Volunteer Experience

Children’s Leukemia Foundation of Michigan Member, CLF Hollywood Nights Movie Marathon, Novi, MI 2010 planning

committee Chair, Organizing CLF Hollywood Nights ½ Movie Marathon, Rochester, MI

2011 planning committee

United Nations Assoc. – USA, Greater Detroit Entrepreneurship Director, Young Professionals for International Cooperation Board member, UNA-USA, Greater Detroit

Canton Public Library Friends of CPL

Education

University of Michigan – Dearborn English/Journalism

Detroit Renaissance High School School of Excellence

Creative, yet analytical social media marketing and Web presence consultant seeks the opportunity to help your organization assist clients in developing Web-based executions. I apply my experience and ingenuity to solve problems and get the results our clients want out of our networked world using my social media management, WordPress Web development, program management, and creative communications expertise.

WordPress | FLinT (Facebook/LinkedIn/Twitter) media stack | Google Apps Suite

Relevant Experience

Social media management: FLinT metrics – current 6-13-11:

o Core Facebook profile: 3,300+ friendso LinkedIn: 468 connections, 33 recommendationso Core Twitter account: 2,000+ followerso Admin of 31 Facebook pages and 22 Facebook groupso Manages 12 Twitter accounts for professional useo MyWebCareer.com Career Score: 791o Klout Score: 44

WordPress Web development: o Manages 20 domainso Administrator of 19 sites using WordPress as a CMSo Practical working knowledge of LAMP development stack, CSS, and HTML5

Program management: Assisted in the organization and promotion of four regional community events with an

estimated 500+ participants with print, radio, Web, and television coverage o Committee member for movie marathon event which raised $27,000+ for children and

families affected by leukemia and other blood-borne cancers o Current chair of committee for a follow-up movie marathon event with a target of

$15,000 which raised more than $18,000 o Assisted in the organization and promotion of two local community events involving in-

kind donation and service provision from 26 businesses Arranged and oversaw speaking engagements with, and teleconferenced contributions from,

11 subject-matter experts in the previous 7 months to provide valuable guidance for clients of Michigan Works! Ferndale Career Center

Creative communications: Passion for communication design Provided B2B marketing and technical communications support services through my clients for

13,500+ print and Web pieces in over 4,000 projects, several for Fortune 50 firms Nationally published print journalist Manage the entertainment section of a local weekly publication 20+ languages

“Ron not only met deadlines, provided professional assessments and detailed recommendations, but did so in a pleasant, well-thought out manner. He was a pleasure to work with and would be an asset to any organization.”

Karen Ciesinski Shifferd, Account Representative, Budco: The Dialogue Company via LinkedIn

“Ron is one of the most passionate people you will ever meet. His dedication to clients is superb and his knowledge is vast.”

Christina McCracken, Assistant Youth Coordinator, Ferndale Career Center via BranchOut

“… [Ron’s] knowledge of the product was exceptional. He shared good ideas for business success with the product as well as great strategies to leverage a competitive edge in business in general.”

Deborah Foggio, Owner, LightWorks Enterprises, LLC via LinkedIn

Ron Marshall • Business • Creative • Community • Information • Progress • Freedom • Fun Completely committed to collaboration, community, coaching, creative content, conversation, and conversions.

linkedin.com/in/ronmarshall facebook.com/ronmarshall twitter.com/Ron_Marshall ron@romacoma.comSkype: ron.miPhone: 313-334-3900Text: 3135554321

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From 1997 to present, providing communications, technological, and management consulting services to a variety of marketing industry clients:

Personal Brand AttributesBusiness: Launched first startup endeavor in 1997 at age 21; has assisted or managed the growth and development of more than a dozen brands

Creative: From 1999 to 2008, provided creative / communications support on 11,000+ marketing and technical executions in 24 languages worth more than $3M annually

Community: Helps organize charitable events in SE Michigan such as the Children’s Leukemia Foundation of Michigan’s Hollywood Nights Movie Marathon and Self-Enhancement Day for the Ferndale Career Center

Information: Developed creative curriculum and presentations for 23 business, social media marketing, and career workshops; conducts and promotes 6 to 8 workshops weekly for a community organization, with total attendance of 1,700+ over the last 7 months

Progress: Codifier of the FLinT media stack (Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter), evangelizing the utilization of those platforms as the core group to promote business and build relationships

Freedom: Helps entrepreneurs and solopreneurs move from concept through the startup phase of their businesses, and helps existing managers reveal startup passion, speed, and effectiveness

Fun: In 2009, founded a third-party event brand, Lyrical Chocolate, to further the missions of select charities, create wealth in our community through our growth and the growth of our partners, foster creativity and channel positive human emotion, and create lasting and satisfying experiences that touch people.

linkedin.com/in/ronmarshallfacebook.com/ronmarshalltwitter.com/Ron_Marshall

ron@romacoma.comSkype: ron.mi

Phone: 313-334-3900Text: 3135554321

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