6/16/10

Resume

In 2008 Meaghan Edelstein began her blogging career, writing about her personal experience with cancer. Through her blog and self branding Edelstein gained national attention. Edelstein went on to found Spirit Jump, a grassroots nonprofit organization with a mission to provide hope and comfort to the many men, women and children battling cancer.

Through her blog and nonprofit organization Edelstein has become heavily involved in Social Media. Edelstein has been producing national social and mobile media conferences for Global Strategic Management Institute (GSMI) since 2009 and is the Senior Editor for Social Axcess a new media blog powered by GSMI.  Edelstein is also a regular contributing writer for Mashable. You can read her published articles HERE.  Edelstein is also a licensed attorney in the state of Florida.





Most Recent Media Appearances 

  • Guest Post on Tech Tonic - 7/28/10
  • Quoted In Inc. 7/14/10 
  • Women Magazine Summer 2010 Feature
  • Quoted In Palm Beach Post - 6/2/10
  • Good Morning America Feature Piece - 6/12/09
  • Good Morning America Feature Piece - 3/21/10
  • ABC's Nightline With Diane Sawyer - 3/22/10
  • NPR
  • Feature On TLC’s Miami Ink
  • Cure Magazine Fall 2009 Feature
  • Featured on South Florida's CBS 2009 

Most Recent Speaking Engagements

Social Media Strategies Summit, Las Vegas: Speaker: Social Media 101 Back to the Basics

ITEXPO East: Moderator

Blogworld: Speaker Kick Cancer Panel

Gravity Summit Panel at UCLA: Speaker on Social Media Meets Social Good Panel

Washington DC on The Hill: Speaker for Cervical Cancer Awareness


NTEN: Speaker On Panel:Beyond Traditional Fundraising: Utilizing the Web and Social Networks to Secure Donors. 


Education 


Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Juris Doctor, December 2008

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA - Bachelor of Arts, December 2000
 

Awards

In July, 2009 more than 46,000 people visited the Great Nonprofits Web site, and 1864 reviews were posted about more than 120 cancer-fighting organizations. The 2009 Cancer Fighter Award for the Southern Region went to Spirit Jump.  Spirit Jump won by receiving the most positive reviews out of all the Southern Cancer Charities including American Cancer Society and Fran Dresscher's Cancer Schmancer Foundation.

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6/15/10

Meaghan Speaking At Events

Gravity Summit At UCLA Part 1



Gravity Summit At UCLA Part 2


Gravity Summit At UCLA Part 3


Gravity Summit At UCLA Part 4
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6/14/10

Meaghan Has Interviewed:

 Coca-Cola Global Senior Brand Manager AJ Brustein.

Definitions 6 Director Interactive Strategy Paul McClay.

Definition 6 Creative Director Paul Iannacchino.

Dunkin' Donuts Interactive Marketing Manager Ben Smith.

Kodak CMO Jeffrey Hayzlett.

Senior Vice President and GM of Digital for SyFy Craig Engler.

Head of Online Jamie Oliver Ltd. Monisha Saldanha.

Senior Manager of Vertical Markets for PayPal Judy Chang.

Wildfire co-founder and CEO Victoria Ransom.

Co-founder and CEO of Flowtown Ethan Bloch.

Vice President of Development and Public Affairs for LA's Best Catherine Stringer.

Social Media Specialist for the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation Melissa Jones.

StudioGood CEO Chris Noble.

Founder of InvisiblePeople.tv. Founder Mark Horvath.

Development Director of Architecture for Humanity Barb Alvarado.

Heifer International Portland Volunteer Coordinator Noland Hoshino.
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6/13/10

Facebook Pages created and ran by Meaghan

These are only Facebook platforms that have been created and ran by Meaghan. In addition to these three, Meaghan has and does run dozens of Facebook platforms for various companies.  While the number of "likes" is important the interaction between brand and their audience is always the most sought after.  All three Facebook platforms have high engagement on a regular basis.





Facebook.com/cardsforcancer started in February with over 8,200 Likes
















Facebook.com/SpiritJump with over 2,500 Likes
















Facebook.com/IKickedCancersAss with close to 1,000.  This is one of the brand new Community Pages started in late May 2010
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Pre-Social Media Resume

Prior to entering the exciting world of social media Meaghan Edelstein spent many years growing her legal and political career. Her extensive background in these fields has provided Edelstein with the tools necessary to manage teams, create quality content, as well as, assure all information shared socially meets legal and professional standards.

  • Mediator, ADR Clinic at Nova Southeastern University - Shepard Broad Law Center, Ft. Lauderdale, FL - 2008
  • Teaching Assistant,Nova Southeastern University-Shepard Broad Law Center, Ft. Lauderdale, FL - 2006-2007
  • Legal Intern, Florida State Attorney’s Office, West Palm Beach, FL - 2006
  • Immigration Paralegal, Polatsek & Sclafani, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, FL - 2002-2003
  • Senior Congressional Aide, United States House of Representatives; Holyoke, MA- 2001-2002
  • Field Director, Election Committee for U.S Congressman John W. Olver, Amherst, MA — 2000
  •  Judicial Advisor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA - 1997-1999
  • Paralegal, Attorney Edelstein, esquire, Northampton, MA -1997-2001
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6/12/10

Conferences Meaghan Has Attended

The social media field is ever changing and in order to stay up-to-date on all the newest tools, platforms and brands its imperative to attend as many useful conferences as possible. Here are the most recent conferences Meaghan has attended:





















 
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6/11/10

Contact Meaghan



Cell: (561) 755-2595


Twitter: @cancerlost
 
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