OBJECTIVE: An accomplished

professional with an

entrepreneurial spirit seeking a

challenging position that will take

advantage of my unique

combination of skills, including

advanced communications,

marketing/sales, new media,

building & sustaining collaborations

and overall development.

DDaapphhnnee TTaayylloorr SSttrreeeett

RReessuummee 7195 53

rd St., Pinellas Park, FL 33781

727-498-7867 ▪ dts.streetmedia@gmail.com

Biographical Sketch: 2011 Daphne Street has spent more than 18 years as a professional in nonprofit environments focusing on a broad range of interests from the fine and performing arts to behavioral healthcare. She currently serves as Grants Specialist for Operation PAR, Inc. and has been with the agency for approximately seven years, collectively. A media studies and communications scholar, Ms. Street also works as a freelance writer and communications consultant, helping businesses develop targeted marketing materials, presentations and communications, marketing, advertising and business plans along with graphic design and multi-media development. Having first-hand experience in the power of new media to reach and engage target audiences with customized messages, she works with these tools to help strategically reduce barriers associated with traditional advertising and media relations. Ms. Street is an effective public speaker and has facilitated multi-media presentations on topics such as social media for nonprofits, values-centered marketing, new media communications, social networking ROI strategy & measurement and communications planning. Ms. Street is a native to Pinellas County, Florida and is committed to helping strengthen communities using her unique skills and experience. To this end, she currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Pinellas County Coalition for the Homeless (PCCH) and as Co-Chair of the PCCH/Homeless Leadership Network Communications Committee. Ms. Street also serves on the Communications Committee for the Tampa Bay Healthcare Collaborative. Since 2005, Ms. Street has been providing communications consultation, writing and graphic design services to the LiveFree! Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition of Pinellas County. In 2007, Ms. Street was appointed to the JWB Children’s Services Council of Pinellas County’s Task Force on Youth and Sexual Activity —the Task Force initiative ended as scheduled in 2010.

1996 - Present: Street Media: Integrated Communications and Marketing--Self-Employed

1999 - 2001: Operation PAR, Inc.--Grants and Resource Development Specialist

2003 - 2005: Boley Centers, Inc.--Residential Rehabilitative Specialist

2006 - Present: Operation PAR, Inc.--Grants Specialist

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Daphne Taylor Street 7195 53

rd Street, Pinellas Park, FL 33781 • Phone: 727-498-7867 • Email: dts.streetmedia@gmail.com

SSKKIILLLLSS SSUUMMMMAARRYY:: WRITING TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATIVE

Grants, contracts, reports, editing, press releases, communications plans, strategic plans and media materials

Contributed in securing federal, state, local and foundation support

Graphic design and copywriting: brochures, ads, newsletters, web, logos, social marketing tools

Training and presentation design—interactive and multi-media

Versed in myriad writing styles: AP, APA, MLA, AMA and ABA

MS Windows, Mac and Lotus operating systems

MS Word, Power Point, Outlook, Excel, and SharePoint

Adobe Acrobat Pro, InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator

HTML coding

Quark

Internet and database searches

Social Networking and New Media business applications

Developed web-based virtual activity for Recovery Month 2009

Strategic communications planning

Grant development, including program design

Project management and team leadership

Contract management and accountability/ reporting

Research: data collection, analysis and reporting

Public speaking, training, presentations and coordinating community events

Boley Centers Management Training Program—certificate

Operation PAR’s Leadership Training

EEMMPPLLOOYYMMEENNTT:: Grants Specialist Operation PAR, Inc. Pinellas Park, FL March 2006 – Present

Create successful grant applications/complex project management, including original program design and budgets, to state and local governments and foundations and assist with successful federal grant applications. Research and recommend available funding opportunities; track funding trends, legislative trends and strategic planning and mission alignment; lead grant development process with finance department, outcomes/research, program heads, executives and community partners/collaborators.

Served as contract manager on select projects to include funder relations, project implementation, timely reporting, coordination with programs and finance dept. to ensure contractual mandates were met or exceeded including spending down all allocated funds. Assist with project implementation as needed.

Communications services, including providing agency-wide and community-wide trainings on strategic communications practices and development of strategic communications plans. New media integration. Draft business and sustainability plans, training materials, marketing materials, copywriting, press releases and media relations. Assist in developing and sustaining community collaborative relationships to include partners on funding opportunities. Selected to participate in Operation PAR’s Leadership Training program—developed several of the trainings and formatted all training Power Point presentations. Designed and facilitated multi-media trainings on communications/new media topics.

Communications Consultant/Freelance Writer/Graphic Artist Self-employed Pinellas Park, FL January 1996 - Present

Prepared communications plans, business plans, strategic plans, marketing plans, reports and other documents, press releases, copywriting, ghost writing, grant writing and contracts.

Graphic design to include branding tools: logos, letterhead, packaging, ads; marketing materials: brochures, posters, trade show backdrops, social marketing tools, etc.

Business management: vendor management; finance: bookkeeping, budgets and invoicing; marketing, contracts and customer service Residential Rehabilitative Specialist Boley Centers, Inc. St. Petersburg, FL August 2003 – July 2005

Supervise residents dually diagnosed with psychiatric and substance abuse disorders in a group home environment

Completion of Boley Centers Management Training Program

Grant writing services as requested by executives

Serve on Pinellas County Coalition for the Homeless Resource Development Committee and Research Committee Grants & Resource Development Specialist Operation PAR, Inc. Pinellas Park, FL September 1999 – December 2001 Also served as an admissions and detention screener for the Pinellas and Pasco Juvenile Detention Centers through Operation PAR.

Promoted three times within six months. Wrote, edited and conducted research for federal, state, local and foundation grant opportunities.

Developed resource materials for the agency: fact sheets, media kits, press releases, brochures and annual reports to name a few.

EEDDUUCCAATTIIOONN:: Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL Major: American Studies/Communications St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg, FL Major: Mass Communications/Classical Voice Performance University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL Major: Mass Communications

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Serve as communications consultant for the LiveFree! Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition of Pinellas County

Serve as Co-Chair of Homeless Leadership Network/Pinellas County Coalition for the Homeless Communications Committee

Serve on Pinellas County Coalition for the Homeless Board of Directors

Served on JWB Task Force on Youth and Sexual Activity

Member of Grants Collaborative of TB