Who Are You and Why Should I Care? Crafting Your Best Introduction

Deanna A. Mims

MarketDone

• As owner of a public relations and marketing consultancy for the last 5 years I’ve lead, each year, between 25 and 40 firms through this exercise, with an accumulated number of team members over 125, through this exercise
• Locally and around Florida, I offer a variety of workshops and presentations, and this one is the most widely requested and attended
• For 3 years, I produced monthly networking workshops for intra and entrepreneurs on personal branding, message and collateral development under one of my entities, Tallahassee Entrepreneurs Network
• In a membership development role for 15 years with several nonprofit associations, I’ve created targeted B2B and B2C campaigns for varying demographics
• Vice president of Communication for ASTD (American Society for Training and Development), crafting programs and bios for speakers and board
• Serving as mentor for the Jim Moran Institute and Women in Communication organization at Florida State University, I critique resumes and cover letters, write job descriptions and Introduction sections for websites