Biography

About Mara Woloshin
When you work with Mara you gain insights from her more than 20 years of experiences. She’s seen the best — and the worst — marketing practices in the U.S. and uses lessons learned to help you master your market. A highly respected and nationally recognized practitioner, Mara’s credentials include:
• Principal of Woloshin Communications Inc. for nearly two decades.
• Adjunct faculty at Marylhurst University, since 1989, teaching courses in media relations, PR ethics and law, communications research and planning, and graphics for the communications professional.
• Two decades of campaign development and implementation for small and medium-sized for- and nonprofit businesses.
• Conducted small business/nonprofit workshops for more than 8,700 attendees.
• Past-president of the Portland, Oregon chapter of the Public Relations Society of America,
(PRSA). She is the PRSA accreditation (APR) co-chair for Oregon.
• Recipient of PRSA’s William Marsh Lifetime Achievement Award, 2003
• Accepted into the College of Fellows of the Public Relations Society of American, 2005


As a keynote speaker, Mara also brings audiences humorous, yet poignant lessons about business communications basics in her engaging presentation “Growing up Goldberg.”

KEYNOTE: 
As a keynote speaker, Mara also brings audiences humorous, yet poignant lessons about business communications basics in her engaging presentation “Growing up Goldberg."

WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS

Choose from any combination of these seminars; customized seminars and trainings also available: 

• The Self-Marketer Toolbox :Answering questions such as “where are my customers?" - this seminar offers practical solutions for medium and small for-profit businesses.
• Getting Ready for Fundraising - Nonprofit businesses need to maximize every resource they have at their disposal. If your nonprofit organization wants to learn marketing secrets that will grow and sustain funding, this seminar is for you.
• Effective Public Relations & Advertising - Including how to use the Internet to your advantage, Mara tells stories from her years of experience that get to the point about strategies and tactics that work.
• Marketing to Women Consumers - New facts, demographcis, tactics and tips
• Presentation Skills for the nonspeaker

Mara frequently provides individualized workshops and seminars to clients.  Often at the very last minute 
Trainings have been developed for:

Matrix Development/Legend Homes, Kaiser-Permanente, Oregon Medical Professional Review Organization, Cancer Center of Portland, Oregon Chiropractors Association, Willamette Valley Hospice, Salem Hospital Regional Rehabilitation Center, Oregon Mediators Association, World Affairs Council of Oregon, League of Women Voters, Human Services Council, Consulate of Mexico, Oregon Childrens Foundation, Special Olympics Oregon, Polk County Commission for Children and Families, Boys & Girls Aid Society of Oregon, Edwards Center,  Technical Assistance for Community Services, Oregon Child Development Coalition, Goodwill Industries of Oregon, United Way of the Columbia-Willamette, United Way of Bentron County, Oregon .