Karen Hartline

Current

Chief Social Director at FutureWorks
Events Director at Mashable

Past

Events Coordinator at Blurb
Events Rockstar at Community Next
Event Planner at Greek InterVarsity

Youth Sports Director at Keva Sports Center
Sports and Recreation Specialist at Oklahoma City Community College

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Education

Madison Area Technical College
University of Central Oklahoma

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Industry

Events Services

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Karen Hartline’s Summary

My career background includes dressing up as "Pippi Longstocking" every day for work, making money at cheerleading camps over the summers, teaching gymnastics to pre-school kids, organizing sports camps and leagues, planning events for fraternity/sorority students and making Community Next fun for all. Now, I'm planning events for Mashable, which promises to be challenging, exciting and crazy!

My goal for working has always been to have fun and more recently has developed into being passionate about what I'm doing. I love meeting people and creating fun environments for them to connect. When others have a good time, that's when I feel successful.

Karen Hartline’s Specialties:

event planning, sports tournaments and leagues, and just all around having fun

Karen Hartline’s Experience

Chief Social Director

FutureWorks

(Privately Held; Public Relations and Communications industry)

April 2009 — Present (4 months)
Events Director

Mashable

(Privately Held; Online Media industry)

May 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

I work hard so you can play hard ;) My first responsibility with Mashable was the 7 City U.S. Summer Tour where we met over 3500 people. Now working on monthly events to bring together the tech elite and allow web companies to show off what they're doing. I *love* what I'm doing and the people I'm interacting with. What a great job!

Interested in partnering with Mashable? Let's work together to make things happen and get your business in front of the right people.
Events Coordinator

Blurb

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

January 2009 — April 2009 (4 months)

Making sure the world knows about the awesomeness of Blurb, a creative publishing platform which allows you to create and print your own books. I rock meetups, parties, expo booths, as well as the Casbah.
Events Rockstar

Community Next

(Internet industry)

September 2007 — April 2008 (8 months)

Helped coordinate the Community Next conference series. First conference I worked on was "Platforms" in Sunnyvale, CA. Some of the top Facebook app developers were brought in for 2 days of presentations and panels. I assisted with speaker and registration coordination.

After Platforms concluded, plans for the next conference "Next Generation of Media and the Web" went into effect. I secured a unique venue in Hollywood, which the attendees raved about, created web pages, managed all registration, speaker coordination, VIP dinner plans for 50+ people, promotion, ticket sales, and onsite logistics. This event sold out with almost 300 people and was profitable.
Event Planner

Greek InterVarsity

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

June 2004 — March 2008 (3 years 10 months)

I managed conferences for 800+ fraternity/sorority students in multiple locations each year. I also planned fun things, like our annual 100-hole golf fundraiser (yes, it can be done!) and our Greek Staff meetings in Orlando at a kickin' resort, where our team bonded by the pool during the day and night! Don't forget being web content manager and doing what I could to assist 50+ staff across the U.S.
Youth Sports Director

Keva Sports Center

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Recreational Facilities and Services industry)

October 2003 — May 2004 (8 months)

I was paid to be a big kid and run the youth sports program from kids 3-8 years old. Also organized fun events like Day with Dad, annual New Year's Eve Family Fun Bash and Parent's Night Out. Was on-site manager for many Saturday soccer, volleyball and basketball tournaments and leagues for older kids, teens and adults. Lots of problem solving on those days!
Sports and Recreation Specialist

Oklahoma City Community College

(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Recreational Facilities and Services industry)

January 2002 — October 2003 (1 year 10 months)

What didn't I do here? I was in charge of adult power volleyball leagues, the college's Intramural program, Teen Xtreme and Youth Sports camps over the summer, and non-competitive youth sports programs including soccer, basketball and t-ball for kids 4-9. Fun times!

Karen Hartline’s Education

Madison Area Technical College

Meeting and Event Management 2007 — 2008

Completed classes:
Fundamentals of Meeting Management
Meeting Coordination
Registration/Housing Logistics
Intermediate Excel
Macromedia Flash-Beginner
University of Central Oklahoma

B.S. , Recreation Management/Kinesiology , 1995 — 1999

Activities and Societies:

Delta Zeta