Dana Miranda, CEPF®

Wild Rose, Wisconsin, United States Contact Info
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I'm a personal finance author and journalist, and a Certified Educator in Personal…

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Volunteer Experience

  • Campaign Manager

    Ruth Caves for Assembly

    - Present 3 months

    Politics

  • Treasurer

    Waushara County Democrats

    - Present 9 months

    Politics

    I've been volunteering with the Waushara County Democrats since April 2023, and in November 2023, I was elected to join the executive committee and serve as treasurer for the party.

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    Presenter — Just Bakery

    JustDane

    - 2 years 2 months

    Economic Empowerment

    I teach Just Bakery students how to make money through freelance writing and provide one-on-one mentorship for students who want to pursue writing opportunities.

    JustDane helps transform individual lives and social systems to create a just and equitable community.

    The Just Bakery program is a 12-week educational and vocational training program. The program works with individuals who are experiencing significant barriers to employment (homelessness, criminal conviction history…

    I teach Just Bakery students how to make money through freelance writing and provide one-on-one mentorship for students who want to pursue writing opportunities.

    JustDane helps transform individual lives and social systems to create a just and equitable community.

    The Just Bakery program is a 12-week educational and vocational training program. The program works with individuals who are experiencing significant barriers to employment (homelessness, criminal conviction history, lack of education, and/or a lack of work history or skills) and are learning.

  • Copy editor

    Hong For Assembly

    - 4 months

    Politics

    I edited policy documents and consulted on social and website content for the campaign of Francesca Hong, Democratic representative for Wisconsin's 76th Assembly district (Madison).

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    Member & Speaker

    ACES: The Society for Editing

    - 6 years

    I’ve presented these sessions at the annual ACES conference for editors including those in newsrooms, publishing houses and universities:

    🎤 “Headlines That Work: How to Capture Readers’ Attention on Any Platform” — presented for ACES members in a webinar in Feb. 2020.

    🎤 “Beyond SEO: How to Link for Style & Clarity” — presented to about 50 attendees at ACES 2019.

    🎤 “Women in Management” — annual panel. I sat on this panel at ACES 2018 and 2019, alongside entrepreneurs…

    I’ve presented these sessions at the annual ACES conference for editors including those in newsrooms, publishing houses and universities:

    🎤 “Headlines That Work: How to Capture Readers’ Attention on Any Platform” — presented for ACES members in a webinar in Feb. 2020.

    🎤 “Beyond SEO: How to Link for Style & Clarity” — presented to about 50 attendees at ACES 2019.

    🎤 “Women in Management” — annual panel. I sat on this panel at ACES 2018 and 2019, alongside entrepreneurs, corporate editors and copy editors from the Washington Post.

  • Writer & Editor

    Cancel Corona

    - 3 months

    Health

  • Data & Services Coordinator

    PAVE: Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment - UW Madison

    - 1 year

    Education

    PAVE is a sexual assault and domestic violence prevention and awareness organization. The UW-Madison chapter was dedicated to promoting education and awareness to University of Wisconsin students.

    As Data & Services Coordinator, I collected and analyzed data and information to assess the effectiveness of our service to students. Additionally, I assisted with volunteer management, event planning, hiring and the everyday management of the organization alongside a staff of eight.

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    Project Grow - Volunteer Coordinator

    AmeriCorps

    - 1 year

    Children

    As the Volunteer Coordinator, I planned Project Grow's activities with children in the community and managed the volunteers who participated in them. I was responsible, alongside the program director, for ensuring we worked within our annual budget and met the service goals set forth by Americorps.

  • Volunteer / Event Coordinator

    WISPIRG - UW Madison

    - 1 year

    Civil Rights and Social Action

    I ran a food drive for our Hunger & Homelessness campaign and volunteered with campaigns to advocate for funding for regional transportation, environmental responsibility and affordable education.

Publications

Projects

  • Writing for Social & Digital Media: A Community Writing Workshop

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    Through this writing workshop at Utah Valley University, in cooperation with Dr. Jacqueline Preston of UVU, I lay a foundation for a unique approach to digital media by situating writing as a rhetorical act and demonstrating how you can write for social and digital media to achieve your purpose and reach your audience.

    The workshop took place over four sessions:

    1. Adopting a Rhetorical Lens for Writing for Digital Media Contexts - An Introduction
    2. Exploring Written Social…

    Through this writing workshop at Utah Valley University, in cooperation with Dr. Jacqueline Preston of UVU, I lay a foundation for a unique approach to digital media by situating writing as a rhetorical act and demonstrating how you can write for social and digital media to achieve your purpose and reach your audience.

    The workshop took place over four sessions:

    1. Adopting a Rhetorical Lens for Writing for Digital Media Contexts - An Introduction
    2. Exploring Written Social and Digital Media
    3. Exploring Visual, Audio, and Interactive Digital Media – Expanding Your Reach
    4. Digital Publishing -- Design and Development

    See project

Languages

  • Spanish

    Limited working proficiency

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

Organizations

  • National Writers Union

    Member

    - Present
  • Authors Guild

    Member

    - Present
  • Freelancers Union

    Member

    - Present
  • ACES: The Society for Editing

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    - Present

    International members' alliance of editors working in digital media, traditional print media, corporate communications, book publishing, academia, government and beyond.

  • Online News Association

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