turns out, tech
is mostly people.*

I managed NTC's social presence across Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, creating content around events, programs, opportunities and everything happening across Nashville's technology community.

The calendar moved quickly. A job fair needed registrations. A leadership program needed applicants. An event needed attendees. Each one had a different audience and a different reason for asking someone to stop scrolling.

I also monitored performance and used engagement to understand what was resonating and where messaging could be adjusted.

The Nashville Analytics Summit was one of NTC's largest annual events, bringing together more than 40 speakers and around 200 attendees.

I supported the event from planning through execution — coordinating with speakers, managing logistics and helping maintain communication and engagement as the event moved from promotion to the actual room.

It taught me that event communications aren't just the emails and social posts that get someone there. They're also all the tiny pieces of information that make hundreds of people know where they're supposed to be and what they're supposed to do.

ELITE was a six-week program for emerging leaders in Nashville's technology community, focused on leadership, communication and strategic thinking.

I helped manage the program, coordinate events throughout the experience and organize the graduation that brought the cohort together at the end.

Unlike promoting a one-day event, this meant thinking about the participant experience over time — keeping people informed, engaged and connected from the beginning of the program through its final celebration.

I also helped plan and execute NTC's annual holiday party, working with external stakeholders and vendors to bring the event together.

My role included developing promotional materials, coordinating vendor booths and supporting the attendee experience — a mix of communications, logistics and a lot of details that nobody notices when they're working correctly.

It was one of those projects that made the range of the job especially obvious: one minute you're writing promotional copy; the next you're solving an event problem in real time.