Owner, Strategies Worldwide
Washington D.C. Metro Area
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- Senior Communications Counsel and Web Analyst at Emerald Strategies
- Owner at Strategies Worldwide (Sole Proprietorship)
- Communications and Public Education at BearingPoint
- Past
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- communications at Afghan Telecom
- Public Education and Information Consultant at Bearing Point
- Campaign Director at America Votes
- Communications Counsel at Overseas Strategic Consulting
- Consultant or Staff Member in 11 countries at National Democratic Institute
- Campaign CEO at Michael Coles for Congress
- Campaign Manager at Worley for Congress
- Statewide field IA, MN, MI, TX, OR, CA, NY at Jesse Jackson 88
- Education
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- University of Iowa
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Kate Head’s Summary
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Strategies Worldwide, a company building organizations, coalitions and government agencies through strategic planning, organizational development, public education and media communications for
global NGO and government clients. Kate Head has a 25 year public sector career with expertise in communications, coalitions, and elections providing a wide range of support for government, civic organizations and political leaders in 16 countries.
Kate Head’s Specialties:
Communications, Coaltions, Elections
Kate Head’s Experience
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Senior Communications Counsel and Web Analyst
Emerald Strategies
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
January 2001 — Present (7 years 7 months)
Heuristic Reviews and Log Analysis: Use best practice and evidence based design theory and research to improve Web site performance and present actionable reports for improvements.
• U.S. House of Representatives: Evaluated 200+ Congressional web sites for usability, content and disability access by creating a scorecard on 100+ critical criteria providing direction for improvement;
• Analyzed web trends for house.gov and housenet.gov – US Congressional portal and Intranet
• Heuristic Evaluations: performed heuristic evaluations for US Holocaust Museum, US Council on Competitiveness and foreign government agencies -
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Strategies Worldwide (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)
January 1999 — Present (9 years 7 months)
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Global Strategies, a company building organizations, coalitions and government agencies through strategic planning, organizational development, public education and media communications for
global NGO and government clients. Kate Head has a 25 year public sector career with expertise in communications, coalitions, and elections providing a wide range of support for government, civic organizations and political leaders in 16 countries.
• Afghanistan Ministries of Commerce, Finance, and Communications: Wrote communications plans for targeted and public audiences
• Kosovo: Directed Public Education-Information for EU-UNMIK for the Euro conversion, introduction of VAT, wage and property taxes, new pension program, commercial development and banking reform.
• Nigerian government Business Monitoring & Price Unit: Created branding and communications plans for this government office responsible for investigating corruption in national contracts -
Communications and Public Education
BearingPoint
(Public Company; Public Relations and Communications industry)
1999 — Present (9 years)
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communications
Afghan Telecom
(Public Relations and Communications industry)
2008 — 2008 (less than a year)
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Public Education and Information Consultant
Bearing Point
(Public Company; Public Relations and Communications industry)
2001 — 2007 (6 years)
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Campaign Director
America Votes
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Political Organization industry)
July 2006 — December 2006 (6 months)
Campaign Director for election cycle coordinating 36 national organizations including labor, women and environment groups in 7 states to share volunteers, polling and list, identify persuade and turnout voters.
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Communications Counsel
Overseas Strategic Consulting
(Public Relations and Communications industry)
2000 — 2006 (6 years)
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Consultant or Staff Member in 11 countries
National Democratic Institute
(Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Political Organization industry)
1993 — 2002 (9 years)
Trained government leaders and political parties on advance campaign strategies, advertising, and voter contact with parties in the Russian Federation, Malawi, South Africa, Estonia and Cambodia. Developed civic organizations in Albania, West Bank, Gaza, Egypt and Montenegro. Monitoried and evaluated the political environment in Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan.
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Campaign CEO
Michael Coles for Congress
(Public Relations and Communications industry)
1996 — 1996 (less than a year)
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Campaign Manager
Worley for Congress
(Public Relations and Communications industry)
1990 — 1990 (less than a year)
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Statewide field IA, MN, MI, TX, OR, CA, NY
Jesse Jackson 88
(Public Relations and Communications industry)
1987 — 1988 (1 year)
Kate Head’s Education
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University of Iowa
1980 — 1999
Additional Information
Kate Head’s Websites:
Kate Head’s Groups:
America Votes/Catalist
Kate Head’s Honors:
Certified Usability Analyst, Human Factors International
Kate Head’s Contact Settings
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