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High School Sales

Location:
Pompano Beach, FL, 33063
Posted:
September 10, 2010

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Resume:

Lamar J. Morgan

**** ** **** ******, ******* Creek, FL 33063

Telephone: 954-***-**** Email: *****@*****.***

Marketer Extraordinaire

. Goal-driven, team-playing executive linchpin who thinks "outside-the-

box"

. More than 20 years experience with corporate, government & media

people

. Able to attract high-profile customers into exclusive business

relationships

. Have created international buzz and generated national news media

attention

Professional Strengths

* Active Listening * Critical Thinking * PR

Optimization

* Wi-Fi Hot Spot Creation * Wi-Fi Digital Frame Promotion

* Scripted Video Production

* Journalism * Social Media Marketing

* Public Speaking

Key Achievements

. Covered Grand Opening of Walt Disney Work as a student photojournalist

for Florida Technological University(now University of Central

Florida).

. Wrote the Amiga Atlanta, Inc. proclamation, signed by Gov. Zell

Millerand staged the organization's 10th Anniversary Banquet -

including co-hosting by PBS and CNN. This event attracted the

attention of Amiga computer enthusiasts from around the world.

. Created an international buzz bringing Fox News to Middletown, CA for

the town's annual western festival ("Middletown Days") for the first

time in its history with help from 30 high school students. See

www.squidoo.com/MDF.

. Promoted two shopping center festivals - one of which was honored with

a letter of commendation from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. See

www.budurl.com/familyfun.

. Participated as a teaching assistant for Golden State University Grad

School course in Contemporary Public Relations for Adjunct Professor

Susanne LaFaver. My expertise involved social media.

. Introduced splash page advertising using Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi digital photo

frames to California's Quiet Wine Country (Lake County, CA).

. Set up the first FREE Wi-Fi hot spots complete with video conferencing

capability in Hidden Valley Lake and Kelseyville, CA.

. Co-founded the Lake County Social Media Group as a Meetup Group to

help provide education in Social Media to the surrounding community

and online. See www.meetup.com/LCSMGroup.

.

Awards

. Suburban Press Journalism Award- Orchard Park High School, Orchard

Park, NY 1968. Top honors for journalistic excellence.

. Georgia Special Olympics Certificate of Appreciation - Emory

University, Atlanta, GA. Four years of Amiga Atlanta, Inc. being the

closing act of "Olympic Town" for the Special Olympics-Georgia Summer

Games.

. Middletown Area Business Association Plaque of Appreciation -

Middletown, CA. Seven years of services as the business mixer

coordinator.

Education

1973 - University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL. Graduated with BA

degree in Communications.

1999 - NIA Academy of Public Records Research, Jupiter, FL. Certified as

information research specialist.

2000 - Chattahoochee Technical College, Smyrna, GA. Completed 84-hour

private investigation course.

2010 - Coconut Creek Citizens Academy, Coconut Creek, FL. Completed 9-week

course.

Employment

4/2010 - 6/2010 Software Your Way, Coral Springs, FL 33076. Sales and

Marketing.

9/2006 - 8/2009 Hidden Valley Lake Association, Hidden Valley Lake, CA

95467. Marketing.

7/2002 - 12/2005 Securitas Security Services USA, Inc., Rohnert Park, CA

94928. Security protection.

1/2001 - 6/2001 Lucent Technologies, Atlanta, GA 30367. Engineering

administrative support.

1/1999 - 1/2001 Fidelis Enterprises, Inc., Atlanta, GA 30326. Sales and

marketing.

2/1983 - 1/1999 Bear Stearns & Co., Inc. Atlanta, GA 30326. Investment

banking.

Technological Marketing Innovations

. Created a process for connecting a printed display ad promoting three

businesses to an online web page and simultaneously creating PR buzz

in the local media.

. Created a means for a restaurant to pre-sell seafood before it was

ordered using crowd mechanics via Twitter.com.

. Integrated the 30 Boxes Online Calendar into restaurant birthday

promotions to make the planning and scheduling of birthday

celebrations at restaurants efficient and profitable.

. Became a Foursquare Super Mayor throughout Northern California and

Southern Florida, focusing primarily upon Chamber of Commerce

locations...by design.

Showcase of Important Resources

. Lamar Morgan's Work - http://budurl.com/LamarMorgan

. Lamar Morgan's Examiner Column - http://budurl.com/SanFranExaminer

. Power Networking Talk Show - www.talkshoe.com/tc/1833

. Synergistic Business Marketing Blog - http://cdmm.blogspot.com

. Clustering Online Daily - http://paper.li/clustering



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