PR Resume
Allan W. Garske
3101 Guilford Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21218-3420
Mail: Box 27442, Baltimore 21285-7442
agarske@hotmail.com (410) 880-2483 Weblog:
https://allan366.tripod.com/AllanG/

PROFILE

Writer, editor, photographer, public relations specialist able to produce
and place material in a variety of media.

People skills include ability to work with government administrators and
staff, elected officials, community groups, association management and
volunteers.

Establish positive ongoing relations with the press. Press contacts have
included THE BALTIMORE SUN, THE WASHINGTON POST, U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT,
NBC NETWORK NEWS

Anticipate and function effectively in "crisis" situations.

INTERNET

Using Internet, created Emailing list of press, politicians and community
groups to receive news releases and opinion pieces. To view weblog archive,
go to https://allan366.tripod.com/AllanG/

PUBLIC RELATIONS

As state-level public relations director counseled county and city mental
health chapters on publicity and fund raising.

Assisted in educational meetings for Maryland General Assembly, Brooklyn
(New York) medical professions.

Conducted public education programs in Baltimore and Brooklyn.

ELECTRONIC MEDIA

As public relations director for the Baltimore City Department of Social
Services produced A CHILD IS WAITING television program designed to recruit
foster care and adoptive homes.

Arranged for and produced weekly radio program.


PRINT MEDIA

Design, write and edit newsletters, brochures, annual reports, magazines.
Supervise writers, photographers, designers, printers.

EMPLOYMENT

Baltimore City Department of Social Services
Maryland Association for Mental Health
Brooklyn Tuberculosis & Health Association

EDUCATION

DEGREES:

JOURNALISM BA, RADIO-TELEVISION SPECIALTY,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

ASSOCIATE BA
Devils Lake Junior College, Devils Lake, North Dakota

SEMINARS:

GLOBAL PR BLOG WEEK 1.0
http:// globalprblogweek.com

CRAFTING THE OP-ED: EXPERT INSIGHTS ON GETTING YOUR PIECE PUBLISHED,
The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore

MOVING A PUBLICATION ON-LINE
Society of National Association Publications (SNAP), Washington, D.C.

LATEST TRENDS IN NEWSLETTERS,
The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

MILITARY

USAF Weather Observer stationed in England near London.