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Randall Conrad Summary § Seasoned, versatile Senior Writer/Editor for web and print § Very familiar with public education, grant-making, nonprofits § Rich background in art, humanities, and public media § Long experience in web publishing for major commercial firms Education Université de Paris, General Curriculum
Senior Writer and Editor for Web and Print
Clients have ranged from Fortune Fifty IT leaders to startups and nonprofits – including: Adobe; Compaq / Hewlett-Packard; Converse; Rare Media Well Done; Silver Burdett & Ginn; the Thoreau Institute at Walden; Think! Interactive Design; and the Walden Woods Project.
§ Years of creative experience delivering powerful web and print communications § Practical experience as a chief editor for Fortune Fifty technology leaders § Executive speechwriting – PowerPoint presentations – Intranet site development § Video & multimedia scripts, testimonials, print pieces Web Writer and Editor – Nonprofit Organizations Information Architect / Writer / Web Editor § Repurposed research archives of this award-winning educational media company into an information-rich web site with appeal to multiple audiences. Tailored access and navigation to multiple learning styles. § Enhanced history, literature, and popular culture topics for students and teachers with curriculum builders and interdisciplinary links. Follen.org, a Unitarian Universalist congregation. § Developed downloadable information resources on social concerns, history, philosophy, and spiritual directions § Currently originating web pages presenting social justice information § Organizing a large public forum, with movie premiere, on “Rights in Wartime“ Successful Foundation Grant Proposal Writing for Nonprofit Organizations § Free Lanceo U.S. DOE Office of Special Education Programs – Grant Proposal Editor, CAST, Inc.o Mass. Foundation for the Humanities, Mass. DOE, Kresge Foundation – Challenge Grant Proposal Co-Writer, Walden Woods Project§ Calliope Film Resourceso NEH – Planning Grant, documentaryo NEH – Scripting Grants, documentary and dramatic programs; Production Grant, dramatic program o Five New England humanities foundations – Production Proposals o American Friends Service Committee, Episcopal Church Coalition for Human Needs, Polaroid Foundation, G.H. Shaw Foundation – Production Proposals Other Media Experience - TV and Video
§ Alternative history: Social origins of the federal Constitution
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"It should be seen by millions throughout the country." § I also re-purposed my research and writing for wider uses in public education, including university and community forums, an annotated narrative, a website with a downloadable curriculum builder for teachers, an adult-education course taught at UMass Boston, and studies in scholarly publications.
Co-Director / Writer / Producer
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"A searing, unsentimental indictment of a society which neglects
its working-class women and thereby limits their potential." § "As a portrait, it is powerful." -Janet Maslin, New York Times § Grand Prize, Best Dramatic Film, Sundance Festival, 1982.
Director / Writer / Producer § Portrait of an ex-prisoner, now a prisoners' rights advocate.. § "Evokes Hemingway at times.“ -David Denby, Boston Phoenix § Boston premiere: Institute of Contemporary Art.
Writer Classroom Videos including The Brooklyn Bridge for Silver, Burdett Ginn. § Short video script for sixth-graders about the most heroic engineering feat of the era. Writer § Script for a public television biography of the American philosopher and abolitionist Henry David Thoreau. Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Writer § Script for a public television biography of the American journalist and playwright. Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Writer § Script for a historical television drama based on a true story of Shays' Rebellion. Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Full-Time Media Teaching School of the Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston Tufts University Part-Time Media and HistoryTeaching Boston University, School of Public
Communication M.I.T., Department of Humanities University of Massachusetts, Boston,
Extension School Awards and Fellowships Grand Prize, Best Dramatic Film, Sundance Festival American Film & Video Festival C.I.N.E. Golden Eagle (twice) Governor's Commendation, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Artist's Fellowship (twice), The Artists' Foundation Fulbright Fellowship Conferences § American Literary Association. Panelist-presenter. 2002 Conference, Long Beach, CA. § Independent Feature Film. Panelist. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, sponsored by the Massachusetts Film Office. § Independent Feature Production. Organizer and moderator. Boston. § Conference supported by the Massachusetts Arts Council. § The Independent Feature Project. Steering Committee Member. Founding Conference, New York City. § U.S. Conference for an Alternative Cinema. Delegate of Boston Film/Video Foundation. Bard College. Nonprofit Service and Program Administration § Calliope.org Co-founding Principal and Webmaster. A nonprofit multimedia producer and web publisher celebrating 25 years in arts, humanities and public education. § Boston Film/Video Foundation. Co-Founding Board Member. President and Chairman, 1980-81. A nonprofit regional center for independent film, video and performance art, supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Rockefeller Foundation. |
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