“I’ve been privileged enough to work with Jen on both a volunteer and professional level. Both times I was excited to have her as part of my team. Jen manages the Speaker Hosting Team for TEDxGrand Rapids and is organized, self-motivated and just an awesome person to be around. She made planning the event more enjoyable. I knew any commitments she took on were going to be handled, and done right.”
About
I’m a catalyst that loves to make everything I touch somehow better, faster, and more…
Contributions
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Your marketing budget just got slashed unexpectedly. How do you still achieve ROI with your revised strategy?
In a B2B sales-driven organization, and for a "quick fix", I'd recommend an informal meeting with a couple of your top producers to see what would help them the most. When marketing directly enables sales the marketing budget is more protected. Especially as attribution is getting harder and harder to track. If your company has a long sales cycle, I'd also consider changing your KPI from revenue generation to pipeline generation. How many opportunities for conversation are you serving up for your sales team?
Activity
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Farewell Mayor Rosalynn Bliss. (But not good-bye) Can’t wait to see what this powerful, kind, talented, and fun lady does next!
Farewell Mayor Rosalynn Bliss. (But not good-bye) Can’t wait to see what this powerful, kind, talented, and fun lady does next!
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It’s important for local businesses to support local organizations. We learn important lessons from others and keep engaged in our neighborhoods…
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I am thrilled to share that I am embarking on a new professional journey at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park! I will be stepping into a new…
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Experience
Education
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Michigan State University
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Activities and Societies: Varsity Volleyball Club
I was into supply chain before supply chain was cool. In fact, I was in it so long ago that they didn't even call it supply chain, they called it materials & logistics management.
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Activities and Societies: Volleyball Club
Licenses & Certifications
Volunteer Experience
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Co-Organizer, Speaker host
TEDxGrandRapids
- 5 years 1 month
Education
Leadership team and board member for TEDxGrandRapids, 2011 and 2012. Primary responsibilities include overall organization of the event and managing the speakers and their experience in Grand Rapids (www.tedxgrandrapids.org).
- Speaker; TEDxGrandRapids, May 10, 2012
http://youtu.be/rOL7PljMfGE
- Nominated by the TEDxGrandRapids board to represent Grand Rapids in the TEDxSummit in Doha, Qatar in April, 2012. -
Organizer
Save 2nd Base - Beach Volleyball Tournament
- 4 years 1 month
Health
This is an annual event that was started in my honor after being diagnosed with breast cancer late in 2009. Proceeds have benefitted The Army of Women (Dr. Susan Love), Gilda's Club of Grand Rapids and Susan G. Komen
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Marketing & Social Media Director
Millennium Park Triathlon
- 4 years 6 months
Children
This is an annual event (8th annual will be on August 1, 2015) held at Millennium Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan. All proceeds benefit Kids' Food Basket, Ottawa & Kent County Children's Advocacy Centers, and "Healthy U" at the Grand Rapids YMCA.
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LaughFest Cabinet Member
Gilda's Club Grand Rapids
- 2 years 1 month
Health
Gilda's club offers cancer support and grief counseling to patients and families. Laughfest is an annual fundraiser; a week long festival of comedy and the celebration of life and laughter.
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Board President, local volunteer
Standup for the Cure
- 5 years
Health
Standup for the Cure is a national organization that promotes health and well being through the sport of stand up paddling and by raising money for breast cancer research and local screenings at events across the US. www.suftc.org
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Regional Council Member
Inforum
- 3 years 7 months
Economic Empowerment
Inforum combines strategic connections, proven professional development programs, a respected forum for new ideas, and original research to accelerate careers for women and boost talent initiatives for companies.
Projects
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Nu Tek - Salesforce.com customization & implementation
This project spans the initial review of the organization's current CRM solution, audit of the sales' processes, selection of a new CRM solution, customization, employee training and launch. Next steps include email marketing and data integration.
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SLD Read Strategic Marketing Plan
Through a partnership with Fineline Creative and 834 Design & Marketing, 1 Bold Step worked with local non-profit SLD Read (formerly known as the Specialized Language Development Center) on a complete re-branding including name, logo, tagline and additional supporting marketing media.
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Premier Cost Recovery Website & Salesforce Integration
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Complete redesign of the website (with help from Fineline Creative on design) on the WordPress platform, content development including white papers and case studies, integration of web-to-lead forms including the audit recovery calculator (required additional customization to the Lead and Account objects in salesforce).
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LLamasoft Marketing Automation
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Complete marketing automation implementation - Analysis of current Silverpop integration, sales process and website platform resulting in a switch to Act-On for marketing automation and WordPress for the web platform. Working with Murdoch and internal LLamasoft personnel for the web design and content, I integrated the web contact forms with Act-On, Reachforce (live data append) and salesforce.com.
The Reachforce integration required customization to the Lead and Account object along…Complete marketing automation implementation - Analysis of current Silverpop integration, sales process and website platform resulting in a switch to Act-On for marketing automation and WordPress for the web platform. Working with Murdoch and internal LLamasoft personnel for the web design and content, I integrated the web contact forms with Act-On, Reachforce (live data append) and salesforce.com.
The Reachforce integration required customization to the Lead and Account object along with various lead assignment rules based on company vertical (SIC), geography and size.Other creatorsSee project
Honors & Awards
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2023 Corp! Magazine Most Valuable Entrepreneur
Corp! Magazine
The Corp! Magazine’s Most Valuable Professionals, Entrepreneurs and Young Professionals awards honor those who have made Michigan a better place to live and work through their careers, their community involvement and their passion.
https://www.corpmagazine.com/industry/business/corp-mvp-winners-gather-to-share-their-success/ -
2022 Michigan Celebrates Small Business "50 Companies to Watch"
Michigan Celebrates Small Business
Michigan Celebrates Small Business (MCSB) is the most prestigious small business awards program in the state of Michigan. The mission of the program is to honor and recognize Michigan’s small business people as well as the champions and advocates that support them.
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Grand Rapids Business Journal - 50 Most Influential Women Award
Grand Rapids Business Journal
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Susan G. Komen Excellence in Leadership Award
Susan G. Komen
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Grand Rapids Business Journal - 50 Most Influential Women Award
Grand Rapids Business Journal
Languages
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English
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Organizations
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Small Business Association of Michigan
Member, Leadership Council Representative
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Michigan Cancer Consortium
membership committee member
-The MCC is a statewide, broad-based partnership that strives to include all interested public and private organizations and provides a forum for collaboration (communication, coordination, and the sharing of resources) to reduce the burden of cancer among the citizens of Michigan by achieving the Consortium's research-based and results-oriented cancer prevention and control priorities. As a member of the Membership Committee I will be encouraging others to join the organization.
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TEDxMuskegon
Speaker
-Presented a TED-style talk titled "Yes they're fake. My real ones tried to kill me". http://youtu.be/covOrnvapPI
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AimWest (formerly glimaWest)
Founding Board Member
-Founding board member and event chairperson for glimaWest (Now AimWest – www.aimwest.org), The Interactive Association of West Michigan
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