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Connect, inspire and engage
through strategic communication

Skills

Collaborating with leaders to develop strategic, data-driven, communication plans to foster engagement

Expertise shaping brand narrative and voice

Ability to distill complex topics into user-friendly content

Writing copy for multiple channels, including email, web, print and video

Editing copy

Web coding and design

Canva, PhotoShop, InDesign and Microsoft proficiency

Professional
Certifications

Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt designation

Trained in change management principles using GE CAP methodology

HTML5 and CSS3 certified by Udemy

Advanced Google Analytics Certification

Inbound Marketing Certified by HubSpot Academy

Social Media Certified by HubSpot Academy

Awards

LifeNet Health Executive Choice Award

LifeNet Health Excellence Award

Riverside Health System Shared Solutions winner

Best of Chesapeake awards for Enterprise Reporting, News Analysis

Golden Quill award (Press Club of Western Pennsylvania) for “Through the Years” millennium series

First place for flood coverage (Keystone Press Awards)

Best cancer series in a Pennsylvania newspaper (American Cancer Society)

Empathy is at the heart of communication

Professional communicators often focus on skills, knowledge and experience as our most important tools. In my view, something much more basic and fundamental distinguishes the best of the best. Your ability to write, plan and strategize all matter, of course — but what matters more is your capacity for empathy.

Get more insight into communication-related topics by exploring my blog.

Contact me

Please reach out by email at wshetman@gmail.com.