Anita Denning

Takoma Park, MD USA
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Professional Experience

Are you seeking an adept communications professional? Someone who can think strategically about goals, audiences, websites, social media, publications, and events? And with the project management and technical skills to make it all happen? Someone tech-savvy and globally minded with an unrelenting focus on innovative communications solutions? I am an expert writer, editor, designer and strategist. I have mastered plain-language writing style to communicate complex subject matter, have guided publications from inception and messaging through printing, have managed staff and contractors, and have streamlined the production process. I have a complete understanding of today's news cycle and am skillful at pitching stories. Moreover, given my experience with the non-profit, consulting, government, academic and advocacy worlds, I have a clear understanding of the interconnected nature of Washington's professional environs. Let's explore how we might work together to achieve great things!

Expertise

Content Editor (online)
8 Years
Graphic Designer
11 Years
Writer
16 Years

Specialty

Government
10 Years
International
10 Years
Law
6 Years

Industries


Nonprofit
6 Years
Other
15 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

16 Years

Other Work History

Outreach & Communications Director, American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative Management & Program Analyst, Communications Division; Bureau of Economic Analysis Editor, Communications Division; Bureau of Economic Analysis News & Media Coordinator, Rebuild America; D&R, International Communications Associate, Federal Energy Management & Weatherization Assistance Programs; D&R, International Internships: U.S. House of Representatives, Georgetown University, The Freedom Forum, Black Entertainment Television, Combined Health Appeal

Technical Skills

AP editorial style, GPO editorial style, Chicago editorial style, and publication-specific style guides. Conceptualization, design, branding, and production management Strategic and communications planning, messaging, and program and contract management. Conference and exhibit management, vendor relations, and targeted promotions.

Computer Skills

Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Various Website Content Management Systems, Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Professional, Quark, FrontPage.

Associations

International Association of Business Communicators

Showcase

Branding, Messaging and Design

Jordan: An Orphan's Words Fuel a Lawyer's Passion
(ABA Rule of Law Initiative 3/5/2013)
This human interest story was originally written to support an ABA Facebook and Membership campaign.
2014 Program Book - Africa
(ABA Rule of Law Initiative 3/21/2014)
One section of an annual report presenting rule of law programs geographically/thematically and featuring first-person stories to demonstrate programs' human impact. Keywords: DRC | Guinea | Mali | Zambia | Women's Rights | Transitional Justice | Pre-Trial Dentition | Justice Reform
Jordan: Fighting Domestic Violence, One Community at a Time
(ABA Rule of Law Initiative 3/21/2014)
This human interest story shares how an ABA ROLI program helps anti-domestic violence advocates reach Jordan's remote communities via a mobile outreach effort.
2014 Program Book - Middle East and North Africa
(ABA Rule of Law Initiative 3/21/2014)
One section of an annual report presenting rule of law programs geographically/thematically and featuring first-person stories to demonstrate programs' human impact. Keywords: Egypt | Jordan | Libya | Syria | Legal Education | Human Rights Documentation | Anti-Corruption | Women's Rights | Civic Ed

Strategic Communications Tools and User Guides

Using BEA Data, guide for secondary students
(U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis 2/1/2008)
This data guide was created for use by teachers in middle school classrooms, with the idea that it would help students better understand the economic concepts presented through the data on bea.gov
Using the BEA Website
(4/1/2007)
Designed for use by laypeople and the media, this website user guide featured graphics and plain-language concepts to encourage fuller use of BEA data.
Internal Newsletter
(ABA Rule of Law Initiative 5/10/2012)
This internal e-newsletter shares how communications can help please donors, information about web statistics and Facebook analytics and external resources.

Website and Social Media Management

Homepage
(ABA Rule of Law Initiative 3/5/2012)
The ABA ROLI website (4,000+ pages) underwent a redesign and migration in 2012. Within the context of the ABA content management system, CQ5, we were able to implement several new features to enhance usability, including a searchable publications database, a newsroom and more comprehensive multimedia offerings.
Women's Rights Thematic Area
(ABA Rule of Law Initiative 3/5/2012)
In addition to presenting our work by region and country, the website also presents ABA ROLI's work by its seven thematic areas. This sections includes information about our work to combat the rape crisis in DRC and to promote women's rights in Eurasia, among others.
Facebook
(ABA Rule of Law Initiative 10/1/2010)
As part of our 20th anniversary celebration, ABA ROLI established its social media presences (Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn). They each cross-promote website content, media coverage and events, with particular success among international audiences.

Resume

2014 Resume
(12/7/2024)

International Development Research

Asymmetric Power Endowments and NEPAD: Predicting the flow of foreign direct investment
(Georgetown University 5/1/2003)
Award-winning graduate research exploring the developmental, political, economic, and technological attainments of African nations. My methodology created a qualitative framework for comparing the ease with which African nations are likely to receive inflows of foreign direct investment.
Thesis Brochure
(Georgetown University 5/1/2003)
A briefer, stylized, plain-language version of my thesis evaluating African nations' likelihood of receiving foreign investment, based upon the evolving sources of global power.