Eric McErlain

Current

• Vice President at CounterPoint Strategies

Past

• Contributor at The Sporting News
• Lead Blogger, NHL FanHouse at AOL Sports
• Program Manager, Web Communications at Nuclear Energy Institute

• NHL Columnist at NBC Sports.com
• Senior Writer at Nuclear Energy Institute
• Manager, Executive Communications at GXS
• Director, Editorial Services at PSINet
• Senior Manager at MCI

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Education

• The Catholic University of America

Recommended

11 people have recommended Eric

Connections

436 connections

Industry

Public Relations and Communications

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog
• My Blog

Eric McErlain’s Summary

After 20 years in corporate communications -- marketing communications, employee communications, speech writing, online content management and creation -- I'm looking to help clients better leverage their efforts online in media relations and reputation management.

Eric McErlain’s Specialties:

Media relations, online communications, messaging, blogging, content management, sports marketing and reputation management.

Eric McErlain’s Experience

• Vice President

  CounterPoint Strategies

  (Privately Held; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  February 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)

• Contributor

  The Sporting News

  (Privately Held; Publishing industry)

  October 2007 — July 2009 (1 year 10 months)

  Hockey blogger for The Sporting Blog.

• Lead Blogger, NHL FanHouse

  AOL Sports

  (Public Company; TWX; Internet industry)

  March 2007 — July 2009 (2 years 5 months)

  Lead blogger on a team of six writers contributing NHL coverage to the AOL Fanhouse, the Web's most popular sports blog in terms of traffic. Personally recruited team members and coordinate coverage with editors at AOL Sports. Also produce handheld video segments for Fanhouse TV.

• Program Manager, Web Communications

  Nuclear Energy Institute

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Think Tanks industry)

  April 2006 — February 2008 (1 year 11 months)

  Responsible for content management across all of NEI's Web properties including public Web site, member Web site and the Blog, NEI Nuclear Notes. Completed re-design of public site in 2007. Also head NEI's online outreach activities via Blogs and other social media.

• NHL Columnist

  NBC Sports.com

  (Public Company; Broadcast Media industry)

  October 2006 — June 2007 (9 months)

  Wrote weekly column on the NHL from the perspective of the online hockey community.

• Senior Writer

  Nuclear Energy Institute

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  June 2004 — April 2006 (1 year 11 months)

• Manager, Executive Communications

  GXS

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  October 2002 — May 2004 (1 year 8 months)

  Director of executive communications and employee communications programs.

• Director, Editorial Services

  PSINet

  (Public Company; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  1998 — 2001 (3 years )

• Senior Manager

  MCI

  (Public Company; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  1996 — 1998 (2 years )

Eric McErlain’s Education

• The Catholic University of America

  BA , Politics , 1985 — 1989

  Activities and Societies:

  Editor-in-Chief, The Tower (student newspaper)
  Sports Director, WCUA-FM Radio
  Rugby Club

Additional Information

Eric McErlain’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog
• My Blog

Eric McErlain’s Interests:

Online communications, media relations, media accountability

Eric McErlain’s Groups:

Founder, Sgt. Gerard W. "Roddy" Burke Scholarship Fund
Member, Professional Hockey Writers Association

•    Sports Marketing and PR Pros
•    Sports Marketing 2.0
•    The Classic MCI Alumni Group
•    CUA Alumni
•    PR 2.0 Lab
•    AOL CONNECTIONS
•    PSINet Alumni
•    Comsat Alumni
•    Hockey Biz
•    Seafood Traceability Group

Eric McErlain’s Honors:

2007 MarCom Creative Awards:
Gold Award for NEI Nuclear Notes Blog
Gold Award for new design of www.nei.org
2007 #1 NHL Blog by Sports Media Challenge
Forbes Best of the Web, 2003 and 2005.
Finalist, 2004 Weblog Awards, Best Sports Blog

Eric McErlain’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

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