nick glass

founder and executive director

About

Founder & Executive Director at TeachingBooks.net

Country

united states

City

berkeley

Industry

publishing

Skill

books, teaching, educational technology, curriculum design, research, public speaking, training, publishing, editing, social media, creative writing, e learning, content development, blogging, staff development, curriculum development, proofreading, social networking, community outreach, literature, instructional design, published author, public relations, fundraising, copy editing, web content, grant writing, ebooks, history, press releases, nonprofits, program management, newsletters

Experience

pooh corner bookstore event and promotions coordinator

highsmith inc.

1996-1 - 2000-1 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Designed, promoted and implemented all events and programs for the four-store business, including hundreds of book events. Regularly wrote press releases and worked with media to increase book, event and store exposure. Acted as liaison with the school and library markets, creating special book projects. Sold, discussed, and wrote about books & educational products.

athletic department student services development skills specialist

university of wisconsin-madison

1997-1 - 1998-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

Tutored and advised student-athletes regarding their time management and study skills.

assistant to the director of scouting and administrative assistant

san francisco giants

1988-2 - 1991-1 · 3 yrs

Participated in many aspects of running a baseball team (budgets, salary analysis, player development and scouting, medical communications, personnel management, etc.). Developed and maintained database programs for salary, scouting and statistical research.

assistant editor

knowledge unlimited

1997-1 - 1997-1 · 1 mo

Wrote multicultural social studies curricula, including teacher guides and poster sets, for an educational publishing company.

baseball analyst

major league baseball

1987-1 - 1988-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

Assisted in developing, testing and training MLB’s first statistical scoring computer system.

founder and executive director

teachingbooks.net

2000-1 - Present · 26 yrs 9 mos

TeachingBooks.net is an easy-to-use website that adds a multimedia dimension to the reading experiences of children's and young adult books. Our online database is developed and maintained to include thousands of resources about fiction and nonfiction books used in the K–12 environment, with every resource selected to encourage the integration of multimedia author and book materials into reading and library activities.