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Experience
Work
Full-Spectrum Project Management
Jodi leads the management of complex projects, ensuring that every detail aligns with your broader goals. She brings a meticulous, hands-on approach to each stage of your initiative, from brainstorming to final implementation. Services include:
• Idea Generation: Crafting innovative concepts that connect with your audience and align with organizational objectives.
• Venue Scouting: Identifying the ideal locations to elevate the impact of your event or initiative.
• Narrative Crafting: Developing powerful stories and messages that authentically represent your brand or cause, while ensuring they resonate with diverse audiences.
• Participant Engagement: Recruiting, managing, and coordinating key participants, including speakers, influencers, and stakeholders, to create a dynamic and impactful experience.
• Logistical Advancement: Overseeing all event preparation, from securing permits to ensuring safety and security protocols, ensuring seamless execution.
• Material Production: Managing the creation and distribution of all event-related materials—whether print, digital, or promotional—ensuring high-quality content that aligns with your message.
• Media Coordination: Handling all aspects of media outreach, ensuring your event or initiative receives the attention it deserves across local, national, and international outlets.
• Idea Generation: Crafting innovative concepts that connect with your audience and align with organizational objectives.
• Venue Scouting: Identifying the ideal locations to elevate the impact of your event or initiative.
• Narrative Crafting: Developing powerful stories and messages that authentically represent your brand or cause, while ensuring they resonate with diverse audiences.
• Participant Engagement: Recruiting, managing, and coordinating key participants, including speakers, influencers, and stakeholders, to create a dynamic and impactful experience.
• Logistical Advancement: Overseeing all event preparation, from securing permits to ensuring safety and security protocols, ensuring seamless execution.
• Material Production: Managing the creation and distribution of all event-related materials—whether print, digital, or promotional—ensuring high-quality content that aligns with your message.
• Media Coordination: Handling all aspects of media outreach, ensuring your event or initiative receives the attention it deserves across local, national, and international outlets.
Strategic Presence Maximization
Jodi specializes in crafting and executing strategies that position your brand, organization, or political figure for success in today’s competitive landscape. With her expertise in communications and international relations, Jodi ensures that your strategy maximizes impact, whether you're a global company, a politician, or a nonprofit. Services include:
• Strategic Brand Positioning: Helping you craft a unique, clear, and compelling identity that stands out in the market and resonates with your audience.
• International Relations & Global Strategy: Offering strategic guidance for organizations and politicians aiming to navigate global challenges and leverage international opportunities.
• Political Strategy & Public Affairs: Advising political figures and organizations on messaging, strategy, and media relations to shape public perception and influence policy outcomes.
• Reputation Management: Designing strategies to maintain and enhance the reputation of individuals and organizations, both locally and globally, ensuring your brand remains resilient in a fast-changing world.
• Crisis Communication: Developing and executing communication plans that effectively manage high-stakes situations, safeguarding your brand or organization’s integrity during critical moments.
• Strategic Brand Positioning: Helping you craft a unique, clear, and compelling identity that stands out in the market and resonates with your audience.
• International Relations & Global Strategy: Offering strategic guidance for organizations and politicians aiming to navigate global challenges and leverage international opportunities.
• Political Strategy & Public Affairs: Advising political figures and organizations on messaging, strategy, and media relations to shape public perception and influence policy outcomes.
• Reputation Management: Designing strategies to maintain and enhance the reputation of individuals and organizations, both locally and globally, ensuring your brand remains resilient in a fast-changing world.
• Crisis Communication: Developing and executing communication plans that effectively manage high-stakes situations, safeguarding your brand or organization’s integrity during critical moments.
Detailed Material Management
PRECISION AND PREPARATION
Jodi meticulously manages all materials for events, ensuring accuracy and alignment:
- Synergizing policy, analysis, research, data, and messaging.
- Drafting and reviewing comprehensive memos and briefings.
- Drafting, editing, and approving impactful speeches, scripts, and remarks.
Jodi meticulously manages all materials for events, ensuring accuracy and alignment:
- Synergizing policy, analysis, research, data, and messaging.
- Drafting and reviewing comprehensive memos and briefings.
- Drafting, editing, and approving impactful speeches, scripts, and remarks.
Cross-Team Collaboration
UNIFIED EFFORT FOR GREATER IMPACT
Jodi facilitates collaboration and works closely with various teams to ensure cohesive and effective plan execution.
Jodi facilitates collaboration and works closely with various teams to ensure cohesive and effective plan execution.
Efficient Workflow Management
MEETING DEADLINES WITH EXCELLENCE
Jodi organizes and supervises staffing and workflows for statewide events, ensuring all deadlines are met with exceptional quality.
Jodi organizes and supervises staffing and workflows for statewide events, ensuring all deadlines are met with exceptional quality.
Crisis and Disaster Management
LEADING THROUGH ADVERSITY IN TIMES OF CRISIS
Jodi leads with calm and precision, coordinating effective responses:
- Natural disasters: forest fires, droughts, tornadoes, flooding.
- Other crises: police shootings, protests, coordination with US Capitol Police.
Jodi leads with calm and precision, coordinating effective responses:
- Natural disasters: forest fires, droughts, tornadoes, flooding.
- Other crises: police shootings, protests, coordination with US Capitol Police.
CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING LEADERSHIP
DRIVING FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
Jodi oversees the fiscal year earmark application process, ensuring transparency and efficiency:
- Coordinating with legislative, communications, outreach, and senior leadership.
- Communicating with constituents and reviewing over 600 applicants.
- Advising on eligibility and recommending grants.
- Coordinating press announcements for grant awards.
Jodi oversees the fiscal year earmark application process, ensuring transparency and efficiency:
- Coordinating with legislative, communications, outreach, and senior leadership.
- Communicating with constituents and reviewing over 600 applicants.
- Advising on eligibility and recommending grants.
- Coordinating press announcements for grant awards.
State Fair Booth Excellence
SHOWCASING WITH STYLE
Jodi advises on the theme, design, and content for the Senator's state fair booth, ensuring a compelling and engaging presence.
Jodi advises on the theme, design, and content for the Senator's state fair booth, ensuring a compelling and engaging presence.
Comprehensive Tour Planning
STATEWIDE ENGAGEMENT
Jodi plans and implements annual county tours, ensuring the Senator visits all 89 counties in Minnesota with impactful engagements.
Jodi plans and implements annual county tours, ensuring the Senator visits all 89 counties in Minnesota with impactful engagements.
Media-Driven Events
Jodi excels at designing and executing media-driven events that capture attention and spark meaningful conversations. From personal stories to high-profile roundtables, Jodi’s expertise in crafting narratives that resonate ensures your event gains the media coverage and public interest it deserves. Services include:
Media Event Production: Planning and producing media-centric events that generate press coverage and engage key stakeholders, ensuring your event stands out in the media landscape.
Story Development & Pitching: Creating compelling stories that connect with the media and your audience. Notable examples include the powerful story of Alyssa Magnuson’s journey through her daughter’s elevated blood lead levels, or the impactful CHIPS semiconductor roundtable.
Media Outreach: Managing all aspects of media coordination, from press releases and media partnerships to live event coverage, ensuring your message reaches the right audiences at the right time.
Global Media Strategy: Leveraging Jodi’s international experience to coordinate media outreach across borders, helping your brand or political initiative gain traction globally.
Media Event Production: Planning and producing media-centric events that generate press coverage and engage key stakeholders, ensuring your event stands out in the media landscape.
Story Development & Pitching: Creating compelling stories that connect with the media and your audience. Notable examples include the powerful story of Alyssa Magnuson’s journey through her daughter’s elevated blood lead levels, or the impactful CHIPS semiconductor roundtable.
Media Outreach: Managing all aspects of media coordination, from press releases and media partnerships to live event coverage, ensuring your message reaches the right audiences at the right time.
Global Media Strategy: Leveraging Jodi’s international experience to coordinate media outreach across borders, helping your brand or political initiative gain traction globally.
High-Stakes Coordination
COLLABORATING FOR SUCCESS
Jodi leads events in collaboration with key stakeholders, ensuring successful outcomes.
Local and National Issues:
- Save Our Stages, prescription drug costs, veterans' support.
Community Engagement:
- Ribbon-cuttings, awareness events, and cultural festivals.
Jodi leads events in collaboration with key stakeholders, ensuring successful outcomes.
Local and National Issues:
- Save Our Stages, prescription drug costs, veterans' support.
Community Engagement:
- Ribbon-cuttings, awareness events, and cultural festivals.
Diplomatic and International Relations
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
Jodi coordinates high-profile international and diplomatic events, fostering global connections:
- Fireside chats with world leaders.
- Diplomatic visits to significant state-wide sites.
Jodi coordinates high-profile international and diplomatic events, fostering global connections:
- Fireside chats with world leaders.
- Diplomatic visits to significant state-wide sites.
Cabinet-Level Engagements
DIRECT ACCESS TO LEADERSHIP
Jodi organizes impactful events with Cabinet Secretaries, enhancing visibility and engagement on critical issues:
- USDA, Transportation, Energy, Education, Treasury, and more.
Jodi organizes impactful events with Cabinet Secretaries, enhancing visibility and engagement on critical issues:
- USDA, Transportation, Energy, Education, Treasury, and more.
International Relations
STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY BONDS
Jodi manages significant international and state events, coordinates diplomatic relations, celebrating partnerships and milestones:
- Norwegian Reciprocal Troop Exchange (NOREX).
- Minnesota National Guard events and commemorations.
- Visit to Mayo Clinic with French Ambassador Philip Etienne and Senator Klobuchar.
- Meeting with Ukraine Ambassador Markarova, Senator Klobuchar and Ukrainian-Minnesota Community.
- FinnFest USA keynote panel: “Finland, the United States, and European and American Security,” with Senator Klobuchar, Finnish Ambassador Mikko Hautala and Retired Gen. Phillip Breedlove, who served as the commander of the U.S. European Command and the 17th Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) of NATO Allied Command Operations.
Jodi manages significant international and state events, coordinates diplomatic relations, celebrating partnerships and milestones:
- Norwegian Reciprocal Troop Exchange (NOREX).
- Minnesota National Guard events and commemorations.
- Visit to Mayo Clinic with French Ambassador Philip Etienne and Senator Klobuchar.
- Meeting with Ukraine Ambassador Markarova, Senator Klobuchar and Ukrainian-Minnesota Community.
- FinnFest USA keynote panel: “Finland, the United States, and European and American Security,” with Senator Klobuchar, Finnish Ambassador Mikko Hautala and Retired Gen. Phillip Breedlove, who served as the commander of the U.S. European Command and the 17th Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) of NATO Allied Command Operations.
Community Festivals and Celebrations
BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER
Jodi coordinates a wide array of community festivals and galas, celebrating the rich cultural diversity of Minnesota:
- State fairs, cultural festivals, and local celebrations.
- High-profile galas and award ceremonies.
Jodi coordinates a wide array of community festivals and galas, celebrating the rich cultural diversity of Minnesota:
- State fairs, cultural festivals, and local celebrations.
- High-profile galas and award ceremonies.
Tours and Site Visits
CONNECTING WITH COMMUNITIES
Jodi arranges insightful tours and visits to various entities, fostering connections and understanding:
- Manufacturers, nonprofits, businesses, schools, and local agencies.
Jodi arranges insightful tours and visits to various entities, fostering connections and understanding:
- Manufacturers, nonprofits, businesses, schools, and local agencies.
Championing Causes
Jodi supports and organizes numerous charity events, promoting awareness and engagement:
- Race for the Cure, Parkinson's walks, National Night Out, and more.
- Race for the Cure, Parkinson's walks, National Night Out, and more.
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