Technical Communications Strategist.
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Shawneda

Technical Communications

Tinkering with things on the computer has been fun for Shawneda since she sat in front of her first MS-Dos monitor in elementary school. Don't ask if she died from dysentery on the Oregon Trail... she'll never tell. Inquire about the importance of design-thinking when creating your website, performance improving instructional design, and usability when you have a few minutes. From humble beginnings as a self-published author trying to "figure out marketing" Shawneda has charted an unconventional path into Technical Communications. On her journey she discovered her sweet spot in STEM is where empathy, human-computer interaction, and design-thinking produce clearly defined results for stakeholders and the audience.

Trendy Social Content Strategist

​Your distinct flavor and brand is the best tool for long-term search optimization and an effective content strategy. Discover your authentic mix, create your brew, and serve your audience---the TRUTH. Create a strategy based on who you are, why you'll work well together, and how to get started when you put Shawneda's reputation for fun and engaging tactics with consistent results using strategic marketing, branding, and business communication skills to work for you. Shawneda combines her insatiable love for reading -- research makes her giddy-- writing, creativity, and technical savvy with her passion for celebrating others success to create the winning strategy for your trendy social content.  

Author

If you like characters who warm your heart, get on your nerves, and make you miss your best friend you'll enjoy a read from the Wholeness or Natural Sistahs series. Devotionals for women dedicated to living your best life, regardless of the past. Blogs to inspire and entertain you until the next book is released.
By Shawneda is for ~all you sexy readers, all the sexy readers~ (to the melody of 'Single Ladies'.) You can listen to inspiring chick lit you'll love by Shawneda. Reading changed, shaped, and saved Shawneda's sanity. Books are an irreplaceable part of her life, podcasts, and blogs. ​

For Readers

Every episode of the By Shawneda podcast is all about one thing...  BOOKS. 

In the first season hear book one of the NATURAL SISTAHS series. My Crowning Glory follows the hairnanigans of Anisa Links and her circle of friends. Listen along as Anisa shares their big dreams and friendship adventures. 

For AND AUTHORS

I'll be sharing all the fun (at least to me) amazing tools, in-depth tutorials, and resources I discover when I leave the office for my fellow 'AND AUTHORS' committed to connecting with readers. We're pursuing our publishing careers alongside our corporate, civil servant, and nonprofit endeavors. I applaud authors who want to write full-time and I found freedom when I realized I don't want to join them. 
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Grateful. Unapologetic. AND AUTHOR. 

 

Trendy Social Content Strategist

The desire to make my foster Dad proud of me led to learning how to help people find my book. My quest to live his advice to make sure no matter what I did... I "wrote", led to the last ten plus years of marketing adventures in social media and content optimization and becoming a technical communicator.