April Crews

A report on cybersecurity within the BIM industry

The third edition of this toolkit for homeowners, published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was released in 2023 and offers basic guidance and tools for homeowners and occupants to learn about building codes and how they can make homes more resilient against earthquakes, flooding, hurricanes and other natural hazards.

I researched flood grants that the 2023 administration provided to regional and state governments and wrote content for the entire blog post.

I wrote the communications plan for the 2021 HJF employee survey campaign, a campaign that used email marketing and intranet blog posts to encourage employee participation in an employee survey about employee satisfaction. I also drafted the timeline and all content for the emails that were sent to employees, and the blog posts that would be posted on the HJF intranet.

I drafted this internal guide for Vertex employees that needed guidance on punctuation when writing documents such as case studies, research papers, etc.

I created the original content for this direct mailer for the campaign of Rep. Rita Mayfield of Illinois.

I line edited this vocational guide "Adolescent Competencies for

Family Planning Service Providers" for health service providers to assist them in understanding gender norms and more in the area of family planning.

I created content for 12 emails for this campaign targeting technology transfer professionals who would be interested in partnering with HJF to market their inventions and other works. The content language that I crafted for those emails was also used for this press release that kicked off a technology showcase. The showcase highlighted selections of the more than 230 technologies HJF has available for license that range from therapeutics and treatments to vaccines and devices.

Each April, Rebuilding Together brings together volunteers across the nation for National Rebuilding Month, an annual call to service, to help solve the urgent need for safe homes and communities for those in need.

In 2023, Rebuilding Together affiliates will work with over 14,000 volunteers – veterans, older adults, families, and disaster survivors – to provide essential, health and safety home repairs, including flooring repairs and replacement, and weatherization repairs.

I collected information for and wrote the draft for the ALS Association Annual Report for Fiscal Year ending in January 2018. The report highlights corporate sponsorships, organizational leadership, and provides a FY18 Financial Summary, research activities, care services to ALS patients, fundraising and advocacy activities including the Walk to End ALS campaigns - mission-related fundraising activities that raise funds to advance treatments and help serve those with ALS, a chronic, fatal, neurological disease.

I wrote this social media post and determined the best time to schedule it to announced the anniversary of National PTA's Founders Day on February 17th, 2019. The post garnered a reach of over 21,000 views and the engagement of over 1,000 teachers, parents & other education advocates that included 225 shares and 161 likes.

REACH: 21,795 | ENGAGEMENTS: 1,564

It’s Time to Get Serious About Encouraging Women and Black Girls to Pursue STEM
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said: “Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that.”
Right now, many young middle school Black girls are unaware of the contributions of Black women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Lacking this knowledge and, as a result, the role models that might inspire curiosity, young Black girls are often not encouraged and do not pursue STEM elective...

I wrote this blog post from research from press releases, website content and video footage gathered from the 2019 ALS advocacy conference.

TOP Step Consulting is an expert in Professional Services Automation (PSA) - a project-based software that operates in real-time, specifically NetSuite OpenAir and FinancialForce. TOP Step has provided PSA implementation of NetSuite OpenAir PSA for eight years and became a FinancialForce solution provider in 2014.

I created all copy and questions for this survey to determine the types of mementos that members of the church congregation would like to have for its 75th anniversary celebration. The survey was my idea and was agreed upon among other ideas from members of the task force.