at Loyola College in Maryland
Washington D.C. Metro Area
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- Adjunct Professor at Loyola College in Maryland
- Producer/Director & Emerging Technologies at Social Security Administration
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- Morgan State University
- Morgan State University
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Chris Heidelberg PhD’s Summary
I have approximately 20 years in the entertainment field as a producer, director, host and writer and I have produced more than 200 national pieces, worked as a lead coordinator on numerous marketing and public relations for governmental, corporate and private entities on location and in studio. I have produced films, packages and live events for the White House, The Center for Medicare Services, The National Archives, The Department of Health and Human Services, and other government organizations. I have also conducted live presentations at events as both the speaker and the event host for several events for corporate, non-profit, educational and government organizations in Washington, Los Angeles, San Antonio, Atlanta, Miami, Seattle, and Chicago. I also procured government services and managed all of my projects as a federal project officer. Recently, I have been creating podcasts, blogs, video sharing sites and other new media entities for governmental, educational, small business and non-profit groups.
Chris Heidelberg PhD’s Specialties:
Media production - Producer, director, writer, casting, production management etc
Marketing/Public Relations - Coordinating, managing, conceiving, writing, planning and execution of live events and marketing, advertising and public relations campaigns
New Media Consulting/Research/ Training & Speaking
Public Speaking, training, event hosting
Chris Heidelberg PhD’s Experience
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Adjunct Professor
Loyola College in Maryland
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year)
I utilize my public relations, advertising, marketing, public affairs, broadcast, radio, technology, filmmaking, event management, corporate training & keynote speaking skills, social media expertise, and media production skills in concert with my academic research and applied research of edutainment and convergence to develop, nurture, coach, direct, evaluate and collaborate with my students so that they are critical thinkers, active listeners, creative collaborators, interactive communicators, and experienced practitioners and teachers of the communications and process from video to print to public relations to radio to online to convergence devices. My students all leave the class with an integrated public communications portfolio, the ability to demonstrate their competencies publicly, the ability to market their skills, the ability to conduct basic market research, the ability to collaborate effectively with others to produce products and solve problems, and the ability to communicate in person and on multiple platforms utilizes convergence technologies and devices.
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Producer/Director & Emerging Technologies
Social Security Administration
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
July 1989 — Present (20 years 1 month)
I am responsible for the original creation of content for distribution on multiple platforms including but not limited to the Internet, television, radio and cell phones. I write, produce, direct, cast, sometimes host and supervise post productions for national productions. I also am an emerging technologies specialist with expertise in social research, usability (how people use technology), edutainment (methods utilized to teach using human capital and technology), convergence (emerging technologies and how to utilize them as content delivery systems on multiple platforms in tandems), and artistic designing and publishing of blogs, social networking tools, social bookmarking sites, video sharing sites and how to market with these sites along with podcasts and rss for distribution and wikis for feedback from stakeholders.
Chris Heidelberg PhD’s Education
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Morgan State University
PhD , Higher Education -Edutainment & Convergence , 2003 — 2008
Dissertation titled - Edutainment & Convergence: How Can Entertainment Techniques And Techology Be Utilized In Higher Education From The Entertainment Professionals Perspective.
Founder & Publisher of Edutainment & Convergence' Blog - A Scholarly Blog of Education, Politics and Interviews based on the academic research (Summer 2007 - Present).
http://edutainmentandconvergence.vox.com
Edutainment and Convergence on Vodpod
http://www.vodpod.com/edutainmentandconvergence
Video web sharing site on edutainment and convergenc
Morgan State University
MS - Telecommunications Management - Media Production
2001-2003
Media Project - "The Business Is Show Business" - Producer/Host
Media Interviews - The Honorable Michael Powell - Federal Communications
Commission Chairman - College Park, MD 2002- Activities and Societies:
- Founder & Publisher of Edutainment & Convergence Today: The Scholary Blog of Education and Entertainment based on the dissertation research http://edutainmenttoday.wordpress.com
Edutainment Today On You Tube
http://www.youtube.com/edutainmenttoday
Video web sharing site on edutainment and convergence
Technorati site - http://www.technorati.com/edutainmentandconvergence
Vice President Morgan State Student Government Association 2002-2005
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Morgan State University
MS , Telecommunications Management - Media Production , 2001 — 2003
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Chris Heidelberg PhD’s Interests:
New technology, traveling, sports, reading, writing poetry, photography, video, gadgets, games and learning.
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