About

My name is Emily, and I am a 20-something from Michigan. Myers-Briggs tells me I’m an ENFJ. My top five strengths, according to StrengthsFinder, are learner, achiever, focus, strategic, and connectedness. In other words, if I’m not learning, I’m bored, and if that learning doesn’t relate to the bigger picture or serve to make change, I get impatient.

The work I do directly represents what I care about. As an associate with DVQ Studio, I help clients learn about, plan, and create smart communications.

My love of communications does not always come from the work itself – it comes from the power communications can have. I believe strategic communications can improve how people and organizations work, deepen organizational knowledge and networks, and lead to real community or industry change.

I try to be holistic about my work, especially because so many things interest me, but the inevitable question is, “But what do you do?” Then I’m forced to be specific: planning, research, messaging and positioning development, writing, editing, social media, project management, and so on. I love my job because I can be a hybrid of many different roles.

In addition to my work, I’m obsessed with community and currently support the following organizations in some capacity: Blandford Nature Center, League of Women Voters, Michigan Women’s Commission, and Michigan Give Camp, as well as a few other projects that are in development.

This blog is a blend of the personal and professional, because it’s hard to distinguish between the two in my work and play. If you’d like to connect about this blog or anything else, please reach me by email, follow me on Twitter, or introduce yourself on LinkedIn.