About me
About me:
My name is Ashley, and I grew up in Bradenton, Florida; a relatively small town in the Tampa Bay area. You’re probably more familiar with our closest neighbor, the city of Sarasota. Think: beaches, elderly snowbirds, palm trees, and manatees.
I graduated from Hollins University, a liberal arts women’s college in Southwestern Virginia, in May 2008 with a B.A. in Business and French, and my “concentration” or specialization was in business communications.
Through a series of internships I discovered my passion was sharing information with people: communicating! I left college determined to start my career as a successful public relations professional. I got a little derailed a long the way, but quickly found my way to where I wanted to be.
Now I work for a non-profit that provides support and services to children and adults with autism and other developmental disabilities. As the communications coordinator I am charged with developing and maintaining collateral material such as the bi-annual newsletter, organizational website, annual report, brochures, etc., internal and external communication and correspondence, development and fund raising including researching and writing grants, and anything that happens to come along that seems like it should fall under “communications”.
Outside of my thrilling professional life details, I am a wannabe foodie/budding cook, a crafty/artist/creative soul who loves to art journal, visit galleries, make craft projects, knit, etc. I’m a vintage lover and Cotes-du-Rhones junkie and a bonafide cat person who is “owned” by two furballs, Mattie (Matisse) and Marcel (get the art connection yet?).
- That’s me!
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Geoff Livingston | September 28, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Ashley:
I know you’re into social change, and came across your profile on Twitter. You’ve developed a good rep in NGO circles.
I was wondering if you have any fundraising initiatives you are considering for the fourth quarter. If so I wanted to invite you to join a unique group of people we are recruiting for, a philanthropy advisory council, called Razoo zooGooders.
Razoo — the giving technology behind Give to the Max Day, the local giving experience in Minnesota that raised $14 million in 24 hours http://bit.ly/razgivemn — launched a widget, which is the first of its kind to allow a Web site owner to fundraise from appeal to final transaction, all while keeping a donor on their Web site or blog. zooGooders are the advisory council using the widget. They will get promoted on the social web as experts, will convene to discuss ways to use the widget for fundraising best practices, participate in fundraising contests (may as well if your going to do it anyway), in exchange for advising Razoo on improvements to the widget.
It’s a really neat program, and some amazing people and nonprofits will be part of it. We’ve made sure it’s not just one more Ask of people — we made sure to create a lot of true benefits that make it worth everyone’s while. I’d love to tell you more about it if you’re interested.
Let me know,
Geoff