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Tim Cigelske
Social media specialist, running coach & writer | I like craft beer
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Info
- Director of Social Media at Marquette | Writer and adjunct professorHigher Education | Greater Milwaukee Area, USSummary
Professional goals: 1) Help make Marquette the most useful, respected and best-connected social networking university in the country 2) Earn an MBA from Marquette's Graduate School of Administration 3) Grow a community of fitness enthusiasts and craft beer lovers through http://draftmag.com/blogs/beerrunner and 4) hone my website skills and monitor trends by maintaining http://teecycle.org.
UPDATE 2011: Marquette named one of the Top 10 most influential university Twitter accounts alongside Stanford and Harvard: http://go.mu.edu/mutop10
Specialties: I specialize in multimedia communication and social media strategy and execution. In my spare time, I enjoy coaching and using my writing skills to freelance about fitness, running and craft beer.Experience- 2012 - PresentAdjunct Professor / Marquette University
I teach Media Writing and PR Writing in Marquette University's J. William and Mary Diederich College of Communication.
- Oct 2012 - PresentDirector of Social Media / Marquette University
Lead and manage Marquette's nationally top-10 ranked social media initiatives.
- 2008 - PresentSenior Communication Specialist / Marquette University
Launched Marquette's nationally-recognized social media initiatives, including Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Tumblr and Pinterest. Duties also includes media relations, article writing and guidance and counsel to colleges, staff, faculty and departments throughout the university. Marquette has twice been named one of the 10 most influential university Twitter accounts by Klout.com. Promoted to Senior Communication Specialist in 2011 and Director of Social Media in 2012. Website: http://marquette.edu/social
- 2008 - PresentSocial Media Speaker, Instructor & Consultant / Self Employed
I teach classes and speak on harnessing social media and technology for business and personal use, including Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, smartphone apps and email marketing. I've spoken or led classes with Visit Milwaukee, Wauwatosa Chamber, PRSA Southeastern Wisconsin, Wisconsin Association of Collegiate Registrars, The PR Social Media Summit, UWM Small Business Development Center, Nicolet Recreation Dept., Shorewood Recreation Dept. and others, including individual consulting.
- 2007 - PresentWriter / DRAFT Magazine
I created a fitness column for the weekly MKE and Milwaukee Magazine called Train With Tim that morphed into a blog for DRAFT Magazine covering the intersection of beer and fitness called The Beer Runner: http://draftmag.com/blogs/beerrunner In October 2010, I started a daily beer and running streak that I chronicled in the blog that culminated the next year in a 30-mile run at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver. The streak was covered by Runner's World, Wired Magazine and others. In addition to the blog, I write articles for the magazine, which included "The Deadliest Catch" producer Thom Beers and a cover story on "Man v. Food" host Adam Richman.
- 2007 - PresentFounder and web administrator / Teecycle.org
Teecycle.org is a website I started to sell vintage T-shirts and donate 10 percent of each sale to restore urban rivers and trails in the Milwaukee area. The business has been featured in stories and interviews by Fox 6, the Journal Sentinel, WUWM Lake Effect, The Onion, Marquette Magazine, tcritic.com and many others.
- 2006 - PresentFreelance Writer / Journalist and Writer
I write about travel, fitness and craft beer for publications that have included Budget Travel, Trail Runner, Toastmasters Magazine, DRAFT Magazine, Adventure Cyclist, Wisconsin Trails, AAALiving Magazine, Milwaukee Magazine and The Onion. The New York Times cited an article I wrote in their travel section. The article also appeared on the front page of Yahoo.com.
- Jan 2010 - Jun 2012Marathon and Half Marathon Running Coach / Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America
I spent five seasons coaching the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation's Team Challenge and DetermiNation Milwaukee through the American Cancer Society. Duties include recruit, train and mentor individuals of all fitness levels over a 14-16 week program to race a marathon or half marathon to benefit and raise money for non-profit causes. Role also included presenting and recruiting at public informational meetings, devising training schedules and fitness education, running weekly practices and racing with and supporting the team during event weekend in Las Vegas, Napa, Madison and other locations.
- May 2005 - Jun 2008Writer / MKE
General assignment reporter for arts & entertainment weekly with a 25-35 year-old target demographic. Responsible for generating story ideas, writing, editing, blogging, website updates, social media promotion and more. Articles included a wide range of subjects and involved such activities as a first-person account of working on the job with a construction worker to chronicling the long-term experience of a woman training for her first marathon.
- 2006 - 2006Restaurant reviewer / The Onion
Reviewed restaurants for The Onion's local Milwaukee entertainment section which included everything from casual burger diners like Sobelman's to fine dining.
- Sept 2004 - Aug 2005Reporter / Wisconsin State Journal
General assignment reporter responsible for covering breaking news, the police beat, feature stories and more.
- 2000 - 2004Election Coordinator and Writer / Associated Press
My position began as a role to prepare for and coordinate the gathering of statewide poll results for major elections so the Associated Press could designate a winning candidate. It led to a full-time reporter position leading up to and during my senior year that included articles published on the worldwide wire that appeared in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, CBS, MSNBC and more.
- Jan 2003 - May 2003Business Section Intern / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
This internship included covering daily news items as well as large-scale projects such as a complete overview and analysis of money managers in the Milwaukee area, which appeared on the front page of the business section in the Sunday edition.
Education-
2000 - 2004Marquette UniversityBachelor's in Journalism
Activities: Honors Program, Marquette Tribune reporter and editor, Society of Professional Journalists feature writing first-place award winner, Wisconsin Newspaper Association featuring writing first-place award winner, Resident Assistant (two years) -
1996 - 2000Beaver Dam High School
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Interests:Vintage T-shirts, recycling, running, cycling, craft beer, social media
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Tweets
- 7 tools for thinking http://t.co/3zT7vQA4lp I especially like No. 6.
- @ejbenjamin Tonight @TeecycleJess jumped on top of the toilet to evade a centipede. I'm surprised she hasn't burned the house down yet.
- All you need is the last one. RT @ThoughtCatalog: 10 Ways To Be Less Awkward http://t.co/2lwrnOKR8F
- RT @TheBeerRunner: Here's how to ensure that your Facebook news feed is filled with beer and running - http://t.co/Ijw884HwrM
- @jeffreyjhulbert is this property still for sale or rent? If so @TeecycleJess would like to take over as realtor.
- @leiftheviking I gotta hit you with more questions! Have any of your own to add?
- When your dog photobombs you it's like... http://t.co/nqveGh1ENq
- Congratulations Herbert Lowe, Jamie Overman, Marissa Evans, Joe Scannell, Sarah Butler, Jonathan Cleveland, Jim... http://t.co/e5d9MlkwYF
- Rumor has it the real motivation behind this deal is that Yahoo wanted to secure the rights to http://t.co/7tvhI020YF.
- RT @MarquetteU: ICYMI: The Bill Cosby GIF to end all GIFs. http://t.co/lU2ILqi3xU By @myklnovak. #mu13
- @AJBombers ha! Do you have an alert set up for hashtag #bacon?
- @alecbrooks I plan on printing it out and referring to it next time I have an ethical dilemma. #ethicsmadeeasy
- @mkedave Flickr is OVR! http://t.co/7k84cPbCM9
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Status
- I have the #mubb sweats.
- "Can daddy find that Tame Impala song on his phone?" - My daughter the hipster
- "He's OK, but I liked him better when he was Cardinal Bergoglio" - Hipster Catholics
- Can anyone recommend a podcast that teaches derivatives? I'd like to listen to it while I sleep.