Biography
Stephanie Colman has a ten-year history of progressive public relations experience, both in an agency and in-house setting. She has worked with a variety of clients including non-profit, education, healthcare and consumer. In 2002, she accepted the opportunity to turn a hobby into a career, forming a strategic partnership with a professional dog training school. Working as a pet dog trainer, she gained a solid education in learning theory and behavior modification. An unusual and bold career move, it afforded numerous opportunities to utilize her public relations and strategic planning skills to help grow and promote the business, while helping her develop solid presentation and instructional skills as she taught novel behaviors to two different species at the same time.
Throughout her time as a dog trainer, she never lost touch with what she considers to be her true passions: writing and helping others by working with non-profit organizations. Her varied background has helped her develop a multi-faceted skill set which includes audience-specific writing, media relations, community relations, graphic design, website management, event planning, social media, teaching, and on-camera presenting. She excels in a fast-paced environment, is deadline oriented and enjoys opportunities to multi-task. Most importantly, she is committed to helping others and has a deep-rooted respect for those organizations and individuals who do the same.
She is eager to return to non-profit work.
“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.” -Woodrow Wilson
