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Anne Nicolai, Writer

Anne Nicolai (askanne@nadfm.com) has been a public relations consultant since 1985 and a speechwriter for corporate executives since 1995, supporting the missions and the balance sheets of Fortune 500s, small businesses, non-profit organizations, and schools. Clients in a wide range of industries have relied on Anne’s skills in writing, marketing, sales, business development and strategic thinking. She has led teams in researching, pitching and managing strategic partnerships, responding to multi-million dollar RFPs, orchestrating national and international events, and building and managing public relations and marketing programs. Representative clients include General Mills, Hormel Foods, Jamba Juice, M&I Bank, Morton’s of Chicago, Select Comfort Corporation, Target Corporation.

Anne’s entrepreneurial ventures have included two radio programs—Night & Day with Anne Nicolai on arts and culture, and Singles Party with Anne & Friends on the single life—and DinaWorld Adventures, a high-end direct marketing company founded with a partner in 2001. Anne also has worked at Best Buy Co., Inc., as an executive speechwriter and in business development for services including Geek Squad.

An avid supporter of the arts, Anne writes gallery and theater reviews for her own blog, Night & Day, and for the Twin Cities Daily Planet. She recently started a blog on Prevention.com to chronicle her journey from couch potato writer to walking the Long Beach Marathon in October 2008.

Anne has taught undergraduate public relations writing courses at the University of St. Thomas. She will be leading a Blogging for Writers workshop at The Loft Literary Center in July 2008, and at the San Miguel Writers’ Conference in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, in February 2009. She is a public speaker and currently is writing two books.

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