Education Director

CHRIS SHANK

Wildwood, Missouri 314-***-**** adjvw6@r.postjobfree.com

Online portfolio: https://shankchris79.wixsite.com/website

Professional Skills and Achievements

Extensive experience in executive management, budget management, for-profit training and development, non-profit governance, partner/sponsor acquisition, instructional design, learner/member process and engagement, department/personnel management, leadership training, public speaking, copywriting, program development, agency networking, communications, and marketing.

Co-Founder and consultant in business education and development

Director of association and convention programming, certification, and accreditation.

Creator of member engagement programming and learning tracks in LMS

Creator and host of multiple national podcasts and broadcasts

Work History

Co-Founder/Education Director

Pro Painter Network— Denver, CO (working remotely from St. Louis, MO)

05/2020 - Current

Co-founded the Pro Painter Network and wrote all PPN standards, membership programming and process, and partner deliverables.

Served on the Executive Leadership Team with the Creative Director and Operations Director to determine strategic direction, budgets, and communications.

Established and facilitated the PPN Advisory Panel with business partners and national sponsors, and led efforts in sponsor/partner acquisition.

Lead the programming design team in creating all PPN general resources (mission, guideline, marketing materials), Roadmap To Profit (business scaling system), Caliber 10 (mastermind groups), education presentations and videos, podcasts, conference presentations, sponsor/partner prospectus, etc.

Managed all content access and LMS design to improve user experience and assist PPN members to access content for training, connection, events, and new member/ sponsor engagement.

Advised for all marketing and communications.

Presented and lined up presenters/schedules for online events (Waypoints, Deep Dive, Happy Hour, The Adventure Begins, Caliber 10 Meetings and C-10 Summit) and regional conference events.

Consulted with all teams to continue refining and scaling all membership offerings, sponsor fulfillment, and education/training deliverables for PPN and iMay Media.

Co-Director/ Education Director

Painting Contractors Association (PCA)—Maryland Heights, MO

05/2015 - 05/2020

Served on the Executive Team with the Finance Director which provided direction for all strategic planning, budgeting, membership process, education,marketing, and industry partnerships.

Directed the Education and Membership departments and budgets responsible for all content development, outreach, marketing, community partnerships, and member engagement in a trade association representing 350,000 business contractors nationwide. Hired and supervised marketing managers, outreach coordinators, education managers, brand managers, event planners and administrative assistants.

Traveled with the Board Chair to meet with industry partners and sponsors to plan support for annual programming and operations. Created and presented proposals for contributions and involvement.

Created/Directed PCA’s Trade Best Practice Series training videos/curriculum (15 videos).

Created and fulfilled prospectus benefits for all sponsors, including Sherwin Williams and Benjamin Moore, and creatively engaged partners in education and outreach. Created and maintained full, annual education calendars and speakers bureaus.

Created and instituted Pathways and Member To Leader which offered new members pathways for member engagement and leadership development. Member To Leader was copyrighted to set a new standard for association engagement, contractor training and networking, new member process, leadership training, and service recognition.

Directed the installation and facilitation of three Learning Management Systems (LMS) and integration with Association Management Systems (AMS), and administered Accreditation for all member companies.

Created robust year-round education schedules with high-caliber, business development educators and technical instructors for over 150 education sessions a year including live seminars, online webinars, podcasts, in-the-field live-streaming, and training videos. Created, produced, and hosted the association’s first podcast with 50k plays in its first year. Media and content engagement, internal and external, increased year over year.

Orchestrated and innovated all convention programming with keynotes, 40 educational sessions, Master’s Class trainings, Workshops, Throw-Down Debates, leadership training, peer-to-peer brain melds, and networking events.

Launched and led a professional networking group in St. Louis for Education/Prof. Development Directors. Currently building credits towards an ASAE’s CAE (Certified Association Executive) Certification.

Established a Peer-To-Peer specialist network (Ask-A-Peer) which harnessed the technical expertise of association members and assisted in shifting reliance away from external, consultant-heavy education to internally trained expert panels and roundtables. Instituted training for mentors, group facilitators, and council representatives to facilitate member engagement.

Regularly introduced and formally presented innovative leadership design and organizational health concepts to the Board of Directors, staff, and ancillary committees tasked with engaging members and non-members in the industry.

Director of Adult Education and NEXT Engagement

Living Word United Methodist Church—Wildwood, MO

06/2008 –05/2015

Executive Team member responsible for education, membership, community connection, events, and affinity groups.

Wrote and developed NEXT, a comprehensive constituent engagement program founded on the psychology of cognitive flow which included progress mapping, challenge assessment, challenge matching, evaluation scheduling, peer-to-peer mentoring, and leadership identification and training. It was introduced to other communities at the district level. I received a commendation by the author of Flow Psychology, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, who stated that my application of Flow in a community program was one of the finest iterations of his ideas that he had seen to date.

Assisted the interfaith community by serving on a panel of young leaders and presenting a conceptual overhaul for young leader development(CAUSE and LEADER-FIT).

Served as Anchor/Host organization coordinator and primary contact on the Serve St. Louis steering team, a consortium of organizations and churches collaborating on a community service event in the St. Louis and surrounding area involving over 70 organizations and churches, and hosting 5,500 participants in a single year.

Identified and organized community service opportunities for growing volunteerism. Established all-church community service days—GO!--which served 45 different agencies and sent out over 550 participants into the community. Collaborated with leaders in the Rockwoodschool district (Partners In Education) to provide service and resources to under-privileged families.

Regularly spoke publicly in front of audiences of 700+; researched, wrote, and implemented new curriculum for education and small groups; and served on a Pastoral Care Team providing on-call emergency response and hospital visits.

Director Of Youth and Family Education

St. Lucas—St. Louis, MO

01/2007 to 06/2008

Coordinated all youth, young adult, and family programs in a church of 1,000 members including education, curriculum development, community service, work camps, and committee oversight.

Graduate Studies and Internship

Dallas, TX

11/2002 to 01/2007

Healthy Families Education Specialist

S.C.A.N. (Stop Child Abuse and Neglect)—Ft. Wayne, IN

06/2001 to 11/2002

Initiated case-management services to at-risk and high-needs families, provided weekly home visits and education in parenting strategies, child development,family health and home safety. Trained teams and mentored peers in child development screening, parental education, and progress tracking. Networked with community agencies to provide services and resources for underserved families and their children.

Education

Master of Arts: Theology/Education (w/emphasis in training/development)

Dallas Seminary - Dallas, TX

2006

Bachelor of Science: Criminal Justice

Taylor University – Ft. Wayne, IN

2001

Additional Information

Online resources

www.propainternetwork.com

Paint ED podcasts – www.soundcloud.com/paint-ed-podcast, or look up Paint ED on any podcast app (all before June 1, 2020)

Trade Best Practice Series – https://pcapainted.org/trade-best-practices/

Linked In profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisshank2000

Online portfolio: https://shankchris79.wixsite.com/website

Instagram: @educationguy

Other materials available upon request:

References

Philosophy of Education/Programming

Membership programs/ conference structure/ training curriculum

Writing samples

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