Grant Faulkner

Responsible for strategic organizational development, high-level fundraising, cross-sector partnerships, board development, pro-bono volunteerism, employee engagement, diversity cultivation, public relations, and public speaking on behalf of company and causes. Oversaw successful program revamps through two significant web rebuilds and program expansions that serve a global community of nearly 500,000 writers, which includes 950 community organizers, 1,200 libraries, and 10,000 classrooms. Speaks regularly at national conferences and writes articles on creativity and writing for national publications. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: • Expanded National Novel Writing Month's revenue by 25% through diverse revenue streams. • Developed major donor program, tripled revenue from corporate sponsorships, and secured major grants from the NEA, California Arts Council, Apple, Amazon Literary Partnership, and Amazon Web Services. • Grew number of participants from 250,000 to nearly 500,000 people. • Enlarged Come Write in Program to support more than 1,200 libraries’ writing communities. • Created strategic partnerships, including those with NCTE, NWP, 826, PEN, Edutopia, the New York Times Learning Network, the Center for Science and the Imagination, Wesleyan University, We Need Diverse Books, Six-Word Memoir, Litquake, the Bay Area Book Festival, and the Oakland Book Festival. • Implemented DEI policy and training program for staff and board. • Oversaw NaNoWriMo's social media expansion, tripling its Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram followers. • Started NaNoWriMo Writers Board, which includes a number of bestselling authors.

Led online communications strategy and message development for national nonprofit across websites, social networking platforms, email newsletters, videos, and apps to educate teachers, legislators, administrators, and the press about NWP's effectiveness. Worked with network of 200 writing projects to help them develop communications approaches and strategies for their local audiences. Teamed with nonprofits to lead national advocacy campaigns. Consulted on print publications, including annual reports, brochures, and books. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: • Led redesign of NWP’s website to address readers' content needs, enhance site usability, and integrate multimedia features. The redesign resulted in 100% increase in traffic within one year and received an award from the Society of National Association Publications. • Planned online expansion of content, including the redesign of two email newsletters, the creation of new online spaces on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter, and the development of an iPhone application. • Developed award-winning content on innovative educational practices for improving the teaching of writing across the curriculum for kindergarten-university teachers. • Advised directors of writing projects across the nation on digital strategies. • Led media outreach campaigns and placed stories in national publications.

Provided communication support to all levels of executive leadership with a wide range of business writing capabilities, including creating internal and external messages; crafting executive talking points, speeches, and employee messages; and producing articles for publication in newsletters and on company intranet sites. Managed central information portal for 25,000+ employees; created editorial strategy to reflect company’s key messages; directed staff and freelance personnel; and tracked and analyzed readership data. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: • Oversaw design, development, and implementation of revamped employee news portal to support the company’s strategic direction, integrate multimedia features, and better address user needs. • Led design, development, and implementation of Market Beat, an online financial news site. • Organized enterprise-wide meetings for 1,000+ employees to provide a forum for executive/employee dialogue. Developed talking points to address key issues. • Worked in tandem with PR staff and marketing on internal and external campaigns, including its emerging affluent business, online investing, government affairs, and community relations’ initiatives.