Christopher Turman

Current

Senior Vice President (Washington, DC & Moorefield, WV) at National Strategies Inc.

Past

Senior Fellow at Americans for the Arts
Congressional Candidate (Democratic Primary) at U.S. House of Representatives
Fundraiser & back-up for National Treasurer at Dean for America

2 more...

Education

School for International Training
The George Washington University

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Public Relations and Communications

Websites

Current Client

Christopher Turman’s Summary

Over my more than fifteen year career, I have worked in the public policy, political, issue campaign and communications arenas. Prior to joining the staff of National Strategies, I was an independent consultant working with nonprofit organizations and political candidates on fundraising, communications and development strategies.

Strengths include:

• Helping organizations identify opportunities for growth;

• Managing complex relationships within organizations and with partners/affiliates;

• Developing public policy agendas and proposals;

• Identifying federal legislative and regulatory opportunities combined with a track record of successfull interaction with federal and state elected officials;

• Building and managing diverse coalitions;

• Executing grassroots campaigns and mobilizing supporters;

• Developing media strategies & press coverage;

• Raising revenues through direct mail acquisition & appeal campaigns and through direct solicitation of high-dollar donors;

• Marketing & Event Planning: Producing publications & collateral materials; organizational & issue branding; focus group & public opinion polling research; planning conferences & fundraisers;

Christopher Turman’s Specialties:

I take pride in my writing abilities.

Additional Information

Christopher Turman’s Websites:

Current Client

Christopher Turman’s Interests:

Public Relations, Crisis Management, Marketing, Cause Marketing, Media Relations, Earned Media, Government Relations, Public Policy, Grassroots, Project Management, Consulting, Fundraising, Event Planning, Lobbying, Technology, e-commerce, Brand Management, Communication, Politics, Advertising, Professional networking, entrepreneurship, social software, peer production, google, ebay, citizen journalism, participatory culture, blogs, blogging, machinima, MMOGs, MMORPGs, online gaming, virtual worlds, in-game economies, user-generated content, open APIs, web 2.0, remix culture, mashups, GenerationC, GenX, vlogging, videoblogging, eCommerce, trendwatching, lifecaching, online storage, box.net, web hosting, servers, yahoo, microsoft, the long tail, nouveau niche, mobile internet, convergence, open source software, AJAX, lulu.com, trends, prediction markets, googlezon, Google Maps, Amazon, del.icio.us, tagging, memetrackers

Christopher Turman’s Groups:

American Society of Association Executives, Direct Marketing Association, Democratic National Committee, Democracy for America, West Virginia Democratic Party, ACLU, Institute for Women's Policy Research, Institute for Policy Research, SEIU, The White House, (former intern), Chestnut Hill Academy, Springside School, TiVo, (current client)