Cullinan Properties
Trained an individual employee in giving a more effective, eloquent sales pitch

Charleston|Orwig
1. Reviewed and made suggestions on how to improve marketing strategies for new agricultural products
2. Compiled reference list of contacts
3. Created pork production questionnaire

Delaware Women of Agriculture Conference
E's of Life Presentation

Ford-Iroquois Extension Ag Day 2005
E's of Life Presentation

Indiana Design Consortium
Edited radio copy, edited seed catalog

Knoxville Women's Club
From the Midwest to the Middle East

Koenig Equipment
Wrote and voiced radio commercials

Maple Lawn Retirement Center, Eureka, IL
From the Midwest to the Middle East

Marshall-Putnam County Fair Tractor Pull
Consulting and marketing, assisting in obtaining corporate sponsors, advertising, arranging media coverage

Mexico, Missouri Chamber of Commerce
Keynote speaker for Agriculture Appreciation banquet

Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center
Emceed sessions and served as moderator and interviewer of participants toward finalized recorded audio of interview

Midwest Shows
Voiced radio spots

Milford Fun Days, Milford, IL
Opening ceremony address

Monsanto
Media training, Moderator

Morton Community Bank
Consulting, motivational speech to staff, breakfast presentations with customers; "Back from Baghdad" presentation on Middle East Trip to branch banks

National Crop Insurance Services
Speaker at annual meeting,
"Back from Baghdad - From Midwest to Middle East"

National Farm-City Council
Keynote speaker - how to be a better agricultural communicator

National Show Pig Association
Marketing and Fundraising

National Pork Board
Trained call center agents on how to properly handle phone calls and staff on how to speak to the media; hosted live call-in television program; Pork Leadership Academy media training

Northwest Municipal League
Keynote speaker - mayoral group

Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs
E's of Life Presentation

People's Bank and Trust of Pana
Illinois Ag Dinner; E's of Life Presentation

Representative Patrick Verschoore
Counseled the Representative in projecting himself more effectively
while speaking in public

Rural-Urban Rotary
Keynote speaker

Section 10 FFA
E's of Life Presentation

Soundfarm Productions
Audio voice work and marketing of historical audio documentations

Springfield Illinois Chamber of Commerce
E's of Life Presentation

Trees Forever
E's of Life Presentation

United Soybean Board
Media training, Moderator

University of Illinois College of ACES
(Agriculture Consumer & Environmental Services)
Moderator and emcee of banquets and award ceremonies

University of Illinois Office of Technology and Economic Development
Conducted staff surveys, analyzed interviews, made recommendations on how to better utilize the Vice President position

WCIA, Channel 3
Live telecast

Wisconsin Association of Meat Processors
E's of Life Presentation

WGFA Radio, Watseka, IL
"Colleen's Comments" and "Colleen's Corner" - daily agribusiness updates

WMBD Radio "Colleen's Comments"

Various Rotary, Kiwanis and Church Groups Around Central Illinois
Back from Baghdad Presentation  

Christine Todd Whitman, former head of Environmental Protection Agency
Ann Veneman, former US Secretary of Agriculture
Colleen Callahan, Colleen Callahan Communications
Gale Norton, Secretary of the Interior