Cathryn Hrudicka

Current

• Chief Imagination Officer, CEO, Principal at Creative Sage™

Past

• CEO, Principal, Account Executive, Consultant at Cathryn Hrudicka & Associates
• Partner, Associate Recording Engineer, Composer, Sound Designer, Music/Audio Writer & Editor at Links Sound

Education

• San Francisco State University
• Beloit College
• Mills College

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Recommended

2 people have recommended Cathryn

Connections

147 connections

Industry

Professional Training & Coaching

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog
• My Blog

Cathryn Hrudicka’s Summary

At Creative Sage™, we help organizations, project teams and individuals innovate to create outstanding management and marketing strategies, communications, solutions, services and products.

We design custom-tailored, modular creativity and innovation programs, and we consult with, train, mentor and coach people in every level of the workplace who are currently employed in corporations, on project teams, in their own businesses, nonprofit organizations, or in the arts. We also partner businesses and nonprofit organizations on projects that make the world a better place.

Additionally, we coach and mentor people who want to revolutionize "retirement" or are going through transitions and want to live more creative, meaningful lives. We design modular programs for executives and all employees who are approaching retirement and want to re-engineer their lives for greatness after they leave their current workplace.

We bring your inner innovator out of hiding. We help you innovate to be great!

Creative Sage™ grew as a new branch from my flagship company, Cathryn Hrudicka & Associates, where we help you get the word out and get new clients through our marketing communications, public relations, social media and strategy consulting and training programs.

Our team of talented associates implements marketing, public relations, branding, print and online publishing campaigns. We write first-rate copy, manage projects, develop and edit publications. We create e-letters, blogs, podcasts, video and multimedia productions.

In addition to working with businesses and trade associations, we offer nonprofit organizations consulting, coaching and mentoring in the areas of marketing, social media and online community building, public relations, fund-raising and strategic planning, and event production.

We bring your message to the world, and the world to you.

Cathryn Hrudicka’s Specialties:

Management consulting, innovation training, executive coaching, creativity and innovation consulting & coaching, social media, public relations, copywriting, editing, publications development, nonprofit management, fund-raising.

Please send me an email at: sage at CreativeSage.com if you would like an emailed package with more details about my company and background. Find me on Facebook:
http://profile.to/Cathryn_Hrudicka_Creative_Sage/
Twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/CreativeSage

Cathryn Hrudicka’s Experience

• Chief Imagination Officer, CEO, Principal

  Creative Sage™

  (Management Consulting industry)

  2000 — Present (8 years)

  Innovation and workplace creativity consulting and training; executive coaching and management consulting; transition and pre-retirement coaching; coaching creatives; teamwork and collaboration consulting.
  
  We also offer executive retreats, and staff and board retreats for nonprofit and philanthropic organizations. We foster collaboration and the development of social entrepreneur projects as well.
  
  Our clients include Fortune 500 and 1000 companies, small-to-medium size companies, nonprofit and philanthropic organizations, work teams, and individuals. A complete client and services list, publication history, speaker and training briefs, and other background information may be obtained by emailing or calling us via our blog sites, or through LinkedIn.
  
  http://www.CreativeSage.com/blog
  
  http://www.CreativeSage.com
  
  More information and references are available upon request.
  
  There is also a new artist blog site for Cathryn Hrudicka:
  
  http://www.CreativeSageArts.com/blog

• CEO, Principal, Account Executive, Consultant

  Cathryn Hrudicka & Associates

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  1988 — September 2008 (20 years)

  Specializing in integrating social media, social networking & online communities with innovative public relations and marketing outreach programs. We also offer social media training/mentoring services to other marketing & PR pros.
  
  We are a full-service public relations, communications & content development company. We provide writing, editing, audio, video & multimedia services and work with a team of talented associates.
  
  Our clients include Fortune 500 and 1000 companies, small-to-medium size companies, nonprofit and philanthropic organizations, and individuals. A complete client and services list, publication history, speaker and training briefs, and other background information may be obtained by emailing sage at CreativeSage.com
  
  Contributing author to "Age of Conversation 2: Why Don't They Get It?", to be published in Sept. 2008.
  
  http://www.CathrynHrudicka.com/blog
  
  More information and references are available upon request.

• Partner, Associate Recording Engineer, Composer, Sound Designer, Music/Audio Writer & Editor

  Links Sound

  (Entertainment industry)

  March 1992 — June 2008 (16 years 4 months)

  Location recording for concerts and other events; environmental recording; audio production and post-production services, music composition, sound design. A list of clients, credits and references is available upon request.
  
  Owner/Principal Audio Engineer—Recording & Mastering/Audio Editor: Richard Links, San Francisco Bay Area
  
  Associate Engineer/Composer/Sound Designer/Audio Writer & Editor: Cathryn Hrudicka
  
  Links Sound blog sites-in-progress (to be launched soon):
  
  http://www.LinksSound.com
  
  http://www.LinksAudio.com
  
  Cathryn Hrudicka's new multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary artist blog site:
  
  http://www.CreativeSageArts.com/blog

Cathryn Hrudicka’s Education

• San Francisco State University

  Graduate, Multimedia Studies Program, Sound Design, Audio, Video, Interactive Scriptwriting, Internet

  Activities and Societies:

  Teaching Assistant, Sound Design apprenticeships with Randy Thom of Skywalker Sound, the Music Annex, Multimedia Project Management and Production internships with MuseInteractive, World Wide Art (web site), other multimedia project management experience

• Beloit College

  Interdisciplinary Arts, Anthropology, Archaelology, Sociology, Creative Writing, Filmmaking, Music, Art, Biology

  I have continued my professional studies and taken many classes at other colleges and universities during my career. Most recently, I was trained in Executive Coaching through the Center for Executive Coaching, founded by Andrew Neitlich, Management Consultant and Executive Coach. I have been asked to teach or be a guest artist or guest speaker at several colleges and universities.

  Activities and Societies:

  Please note: This list is not in chronological order. I attended Beloit College, Indiana University, and San Francisco State University in that order, followed by two recent Guest Artist/Guest Faculty presentations at Mills College.

• Mills College

  Guest Artist & Faculty for Composer Pauline Oliveros, Women in Music/Music Composition, Sound Design

Additional Information

Cathryn Hrudicka’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog
• My Blog

Cathryn Hrudicka’s Interests:

Management consulting, executive coaching, transition and retirement coaching, training, creativity and innovation expert, social media, PR, Web 2.0, new public relations, marketing, social communities, team collaboration, writing, editing, design, arts, music, music composition, sound design, sound art, film, video, audio, sound design, gardens, animals, nature, environment

Cathryn Hrudicka’s Groups:

Silicon Valley Innovation Institute, Women in Consulting (Planning Committee for San Francisco Satellite), Social Media Club Planning Committee, American Creativity Association (starting a California/West Coast Chapter), International Alliance for Women in Music, Women's Audio Mission, Nature Sounds Society, NARAS (National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences), and many other professional memberships (extensive list available upon request); founded or co-founded five professional organizations and have served on nonprofit and trade association Boards of Directors.

Trained as an Executive Coach through the Center for Executive Coaching, Andrew Neitlich, CEO

•    Executive Suite
•    Women In Consulting (WIC)
•    Creativity Champions
•    Ladies Who Launch
•    Innovative Marketing, PR, Word-of-Mouth & Buzz Innovators
•    Groundswell Book
•    Public Relations and Communications Professionals
•    Forrester
•    Winning Workplaces
•    Enterprise 2.0 Group
•    Social Media Club

Cathryn Hrudicka’s Honors:

Recent: Winner of seven National Novel Writing Month events (2001-2007). Wrote seven novels in seven years; plus participated in two National Novel Editing Month events

Contributing author to the forthcoming nonfiction book, "Age of Conversation 2: Why Don't They Get It?", to be published in September, 2008.

Also working on a nonfiction book, audio and multimedia series about creativity and innovation—proposal package is available upon request.

Lists of awards, honors, publications, media coverage, references and recommendations are available upon request by contacting: sage at CreativeSage.com

Cathryn Hrudicka’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• getting back in touch