Samples of Ruth's
work -
As proof that "I can
write about anything!" (tm), here are some of my
recent projects.
Writing
Writing
(left to right, above) the annual new-president profile
for the magazine of the Society of Higher Education Facilities
Officers, a feature about marketing careers in education
for the DECA magazine, a profile of a leading figure in broadcasting
for the magazine of the Broadcast Cable Financial Management association,
an article about how association publications cope with reduced
ad revenues for the magazine of the
Society of National Association Publications.
Newsletters/Desktop
Publishing
Redesigning, editing and producing
the monthly newsletter of the local Apple computer users' group;
editing and producing the self-published book The Crows of
Hidden Creek for its author; researching, writing, designing
and producing a history of the Delaware chapter of the
American Institute of Architects (AIA); revamping and producing
a promotional brochure for a Yoga trainer; proofreading a magazine
about Jewish culture.
Miscellaneous
Managing the 2002 communications
contest for the New York State School PR Association.
Other recent projects
...
Writing
Writing
features about (left to right, above): writing effective
cover letters, for the magazine of the American Association of
Medical Assistants; diversity in HR advertising, for the magazine
of the Society for Human Resource Management; and the challenges
of maintaining campus residence halls, for the magazine of the
Society of Higher Education Facilities Officers;
the impact of the Metro subway
system on DC and suburban Maryland for the Washington Post;
area house-and-garden tours for a magazine of the Patuxent
newspapers; donors and fund-raising efforts for the newsletter
of the University of Maryland School of Medicine alumni newsletter;
trends and changes in home economics education for the
magazine of the American Council on Technical Education; getting
government contracts for Working Woman magazine; e-commerce
trends and concerns for an IBFI special report and the magazine
of the National Paper Trade Association;
diversity initiatives for an AllFirst Bank newsletter; career
issues for spouses of expatriates, for HRMagazine of
the Society for Human Resource Management; verifying quotes
for the Editorial Eye newsletter; getting kids involved
in school foodservice for the American School Food Service
Association (ASFSA) magazine; costumes for Beanie collectible
toys for Beans! magazine; job-hopping, sign-on bonuses
and teaching in the information technology profession for ITRecruiter
magazine; black women fighting cancer for Jubilee
magazine; protecting older people against telemarketing
fraud for the National Committee to Protect Social Security
and Medicare's Secure Retirement magazine;
new voluntary guidelines on "social
accountability" for a newsletter of the National Association
of Printing Leadership; office decor for the Greater Washington
Society of Association Executives's Executive Update;
profiles of (left to right, above): the head of
the Maryland School for the Blind for Jubilee magazine;
the new president of APPA/The Association for Higher Education
Facilities Officers magazine; and "lunch ladies"
- members of ASFSA;
profiles of various business leaders
and local company histories for the Baltimore Business Journal;
industry news for the webpage of IBFI- The Association
for Document, Information and Forms Management; and publication
critiques for Newsletter Design newsletter.
Newsletters/Desktop
Publishing
Writing, editing and producing newsletters for (above, left to right)
the:
Alliance for Minority Participation (AMP) of The College
Fund (biennial), Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the International
Society of Arboriculture (MAC-ISA; quarterly), Preservation
Society (biennial), Associated Landscape Contractors
of America (monthly), Baltimore Architecture Foundation
(monthly), Food Marketing Institute (monthly),
American National Metric Council (biennial) and Unique
Resources contracting company.
This included implementing a new design for ALCA and
moving FMI's newsletter from print to web-only.
Designing and producing a poster for the 1999 holiday house tour of the
Preservation Society; conference program for the Association
of School Business Officials-MD/DC;
and house-for-sale flyers for a neighborhood Realtor.
For information about projects
I could do for you, please contact me at ruth@writerruth.com or Ruth@writerruth.com.