United States
D.B. Anderson has served as Associate Director of Communications and Manager of Content Strategy for a non-profit membership association, and a senior business analyst at The College Board. In these roles she authored over 50 books and other publications, and was lead project visionary and manager for several software applications.
She has long been involved in economic justice issues for under-served populations, particularly in the area of access to higher education, and is an experienced manager of public benefits programs. D.B. has conducted presentations and consulted for numerous universities including Cleveland State, Walden, Concordia College, Georgian Court, Tulane, and more. D.B. has also held leadership positions at Broward College, University of Tennessee, Southern College of Optometry, and Nova Southeastern University.
Education
She holds a Bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts and earned a Master's degree in Library & Information Science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. D.B. is a trained business requirements analyst who was personally mentored in the Rational Unified Process by Brian Lyons at Number Six Software.
Awards
D.B. was a key member of a website redesign team that won "Best in Class 2011' from Interactive Media Awards and "Outstanding Achievement 2011' from the Web Marketing Association. She was recognized by Gawker Media, Inc. as the author of the #1 Independent Post on the Kinja platform for all of 2014.
Email
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DB's cover story explains that access to financial assistance and economic justice is often hindered by overly detailed, buzzword-laden, technical writing. Create compelling content by discovering the key to success: Understanding your audience.
Re-imagining federal student assistance programs, prepared for the Obama administration Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan.
"Where are all the celebrities?" That's a question many supporters of #BlackLivesMatter protests are asking. At this moment of great unrest, some are feeling a lack of leadership from those who have worldwide media platforms.
As the Black Lives Matter movement grew in reaction to the lack of indictments in the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, Michael Jackson's 1995 song "They Don't Care About Us" was resurrected at the grass roots level in many cities including Ferguson, New York, and California.
A guy with a concealed carry license tried to tell me that he was a "Good Guy with a Gun," and that I should be grateful to people like him. I'm not.
Interviews & Accolades
DB in conversation with Willa Stillwater about the cultural, political, and economic factors that influence the media ecosystem.
Winners are selected by judging the entered creative using seven criteria: design, ease of use, copywriting, interactivity, use of technology, innovation and content.
New author DB Anderson put out a great piece about Michael Jackson's "They Don't Care About Us." Published in mid-December, she still scored our #1 most popular post of the year with "Sony Hack Re-ignites Questions about Michael Jackson's Banned Song."
This week I am so excited to be joined by D.B. Anderson, author of two of the most popular articles in our Reading Room.