About Me
I’m not known for keeping my feet on the ground. My friends, family and business associates will tell you I have a creative mind, unbridled optimism and abundant energy. I’m a woman full of passion for a variety of things, including my delightful family, my dogs, traveling, green living, photography, and so much more!
I’m a writer and consultant in the environmental (see pg 8), small business and tourism sectors. I live a passion for green living which has inspired me to create events, educational programs, community service organizations and retail businesses that reflect a love of nature and beautiful people, places and things.
Currently, new media has my attention. Over the past four+ years I’ve connected with wonderful people from all over the world through networks using new media tools and live events. From local community groups and businesses to international corporations and governments, the power of new media is undeniable! New media marketing, planning and implementation have been added to my arsenal of services I can provide as a service to my clients.
In January 2010, I presented the workshop “The How, What, When & Why of Twitter” at the Roanoke Regional Writer’s Conference at Hollins University. Valley Business Front Magazine published a companion article (pg 55) in their January issue. I encourage you to follow me on Twitter as @bgreen to learn more about new media and how I use it to expand my business.
I graduated from Hollins University in 1996 with an interdisciplinary Bachelor of Arts, Women, the Environment and Social Change. During my years of study, I developed the Women’s Environmental Leadership Conference, held in 1994 and 1995, presenting women leaders creating positive environmental change in government, for-profit and non-profit business. My diversified interests led to taking a travel and research semester in my senior year, 12,000 miles in 86 days, which included
- attending solar conferences in Minnesota and New Mexico
- interning with the educational Reach for the Sky program at Western Montana College
- interning with the ElderHostel program at Olympic Park Institute in Washington state
- interviewing author Terry Tempest Williams in Salt Lake City, Utah
- camping across the US from Cody, Wyoming to Grants Pass, Oregon to Lake Tahoe, California to the north rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona
I’ve been using the internet since 1992, with both MACs and PCs, thanks to my Hollins University experience.
Since graduating from Hollins, I’ve worked with community partners in the Appalachian region of southwestern Virginia to create a remote technology program, providing education, training and access to the internet. I was a partner in the creation of the Wild Harvest Sector, a program which focused on creation, management and marketing of small rural land-based businesses, educating public and private land owners about non-timber forest products and developing rural business networks to support, maintain and distribute these products. With experience in fundraising, special events, tourism, online and storefront retail, experiential education, government initiatives and foundation funding plus a passion for the environment and new media, I bring a wealth of experience and networks to the table.
For the past several years, I have worked as a consultant on a variety of projects. These services include social media marketing planning and support, article writing, press releases, grant research and submission, tourism promotions and much more!
If you would be interested to learn what I can contribute to your team, please contact me by email at bonnie at bonniecranmer.com.
