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Beth Wood

Beth Wood

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Communications Manager at Newfields

  • Education

    • North Penn High School

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    • St. Anne's College, Oxford

      2008 - 2008
      Honours Studies Programme British & Irish Politics and Literature

      Activities and Societies: Oxford University Women's Lacrosse

    • Boston University

      2005 - 2009
      Bachelor of Arts English

      Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa; Energy Club Undergraduate Chairperson; Student Alumni Council; Making Music Volunteer; First Year Student Outreach Program. Summa cum laude

    • University of Oxford

      2009 - 2010
      Master of Science Environmental Policy

      Activities and Societies: Researcher for Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism; Summary writer for the International Parliamentary Conference on Climate Change; Oxford University Women's Lacrosse; Worcester College Women's Football Awarded distinction for thesis: 'Greenspeak, Technologies and Participation: Creating the Green Consumer'

  • Experience

    • Brookwood Media Arts

      Jun 2006 - Jun 2008
      ELearning Team Member

      • Produced and edited websites, PowerPoints and e-Learning modules for Fortune 500 client companies• Collaborated with marketing, graphic design, and programming experts

    • Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers

      Sept 2007 - Dec 2007
      Intern

      • Created podcast and website content• Attended/helped organize the annual conference in Chicago

    • Brookings Institution Press

      Jul 2008 - Aug 2008
      Publicity Intern

      • Created press packets and organized/publicized author events• Maintained/created blog entries, drafted cover copy, and designed book flyers in InDesign

    • Cephalon Inc.

      Jun 2009 - Aug 2009
      Sales Training and Development Intern

      • Piloted and researched webinar/webcasting technologies• Created a SharePoint site with the IT department to organize and track interactions with external vendors

    • Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research

      Sept 2010 - Dec 2010
      Media Intern

      • 'Dangerous Climate Change Assessment Project': Created video in Final Cut Pro 7• Communicated specific dangerous climate change impacts to policymakers based on expert risk assessments

    • Peterson Institute for International Economics

      May 2011 - Feb 2013
      Marketing

      • Launched/grew the publications department’s integrated social media strategy including RSS feeds• Designed and analyzed print and digital ad campaigns and collaborated with the Media Liaison to plan author publicity and book release events

    • The Brookings Institution

      Feb 2013 - Nov 2016

      I managed the strategic communications for the Governance Studies program at Brookings and disseminated our scholars' thought capital to the media, policymakers, and the public at large. In October 2015, I became the Managing Editor of the Brown Center on Education Policy's blog, The Chalkboard.

      • Communications Manager, Governance Studies, and Managing Editor, Chalkboard Blog

        Jul 2014 - Nov 2016

      • Web Content & Digital Media Coordinator, Governance Studies

        Feb 2013 - Jun 2014

    • New Philanthropy Capital (NPC)

      Nov 2016 - Dec 2017
      Media and Communications Manager

    • The Alan Turing Institute

      Dec 2017 - Jan 2023

      • Senior Media Relations Manager

        Sept 2021 - Jan 2023

      • Press and Communications Manager

        Dec 2017 - Sept 2021

    • Newfields

      Jan 2023 - now
      Communications Manager

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Certificate in Editing

      Poynter Institute for Media Studies and ACES: The Society for Editing
      Feb 2024

    • EdX Verified Certificate for The Analytics Edge

      EdX
      May 2015
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