Mark Van Baale

Current

Education Chairperson at Social Media Club - Kansas City

Past

Lead Organizer for Kansas City at Twestival
Direct Marketing Campaign Manager at John Deere
Web e-Business Analyst at John Deere

Web Content Analyst at John Deere
Web developer intern at Geonetric Technologies

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Education

University of Iowa - Henry B. Tippie College of Business

Recommended

6 people have recommended Mark

Connections

193 connections

Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Mark Van Baale’s Summary

--> Voted in to serve as the Education chairperson on the Social Media Club Kansas City executive board

--> Involved in marketing/advertising industry for over 8 years

--> Background in web design/direct & interactive marketing

--> Lead organizer for Kansas City Twestival in Sept. 2009
- Lead team of 15 people on committee to plan event
- Used social media tools to generate donations and awareness for local charity resulting in $3,000 raised at event
- Designed and managed WordPress blogsite for Twestival event: http://kansascity.twestival.com

---> On planning team for Kansas City Twestival in Feb. 2009
- Used Twitter, Facebook, blogs to encourage donations and raise funds for charity: water. $3,700 raised total.
- Kansas City in top 15 of all cities in world for $ raised

---> Deep passion and experience using social media tools to connect and interact with people. Known as a "Connector" helping people to learn how to use social media for their business or personal use.

---> Active involvement with Social Media Club Kansas City: http://www.socialmediakc.com

Mark Van Baale’s Specialties:

Email marketing, internet marketing, web site strategy, web design, web content management, interactive marketing, social media

Mark Van Baale’s Experience

Education Chairperson

Social Media Club - Kansas City

(E-Learning industry)

October 2009 — Present (2 months)

Responsible for:
- Membership welcome and management
- Provide educational opportunities to the SMCKC group at various events
- Expand social media literacy
- Manage and be responsible for the Education Committee
Lead Organizer for Kansas City

Twestival

(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

August 2009 — September 2009 (2 months)

Lead team of 15 committee members in selection of local charity to support for Twestival and raised donations for the charity. Raised $3,000 and 100% of the money went directly to the charity.
Direct Marketing Campaign Manager

John Deere

(Public Company; DE; Machinery industry)

June 2007 — September 2009 (2 years 4 months)

Managed direct marketing campaigns (direct mail) for Ag Advertising and Marketing Communications department.
Web e-Business Analyst

John Deere

(Public Company; DE; Machinery industry)

2004 — 2007 (3 years )

Managed various customer-facing websites on www.deere.com.
Web Content Analyst

John Deere

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Machinery industry)

February 2001 — 2004 (3 years )

Developed and managed web content for many customer-facing websites. Also initiated e-mail marketing for my department so we could start engaging customers through e-mail campaigns.
Web developer intern

Geonetric Technologies

(Internet industry)

2000 — 2000 (less than a year)

I was a web developer summer intern at Geonetric where I developed websites for various clients.