More About Becky Olson

Strengths:

Visionary, Organized, Attention to Detail, Self-Motivated, Hard Working, Enthusiastic.

Skills:

Excellent writing and communication skills including training materials, articles, speechwriting, and authoring a book, "The Hat That Saved My Life."

Humorous keynote speaker – including the ability and experience to speak to very large audiences.

Financial strengths include budget management and oversight

Breast Friends Work:

President and Co-founder of Breast Friends

Program Manager-Prison Outreach & Hats Project

Work one-on-one with patients, friends and family members

Co-manage day to day operations

Manage all financial activities of the organization

Board Development

Fundraising

Speech Writing and Professional Keynote Speaker

Other Volunteer Work In The Community (Past and Present):

Serve as co-chair of the Susan G. Komen Co-survivor initiative

Conduct seminars on Compassionate Care to medical professionals as part of continuing education programs.

Twice monthly visits to local women's prison cancer support group

Offer budgeting assistance to those who desire to better manage their finances

Served in top state leadership roles for Toastmaster’s International, including District Governor in 1993-1994.

Conducted 2 separate 8 week "Youth Leadership" programs to 5th graders as part of school curriculum.

Served as legislative aide in the Oregon Senate

Served on the City of Medford Budget Committee

Volunteered to fundraise for Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Career - Sales and Management - Retired:

Worked in sales including motion picture and advertising sales.

Retired from yellow page sales and management after 15 years, from 1990-2005.

Top sales rep inside and outside sales

Managed numerous sales teams.

Sales Manager for New Products - Wrote and delivered training to consultants across the company for new audio product. Responsible for roll out and sales success of the new product – broke all sales goals in first 12 months.

While in the film industry, created processes for revenue tracking and collection, negotiated for film distribution rights and worked with national theatre chains for movie bookings. Two films in our inventory won Academy Awards the year we obtained distribution right.

Awards and Honors:

2007 Local Hero Award presented by Susan G. Komen for the Cure/Kuni BMW for outstanding work in the breast cancer arena

Toastmaster's International Communication and Leadership Award 2005

Distinguished Toastmaster Award (DTM)

Numerous career awards for sales, quality/accuracy and customer service awards 1990-2005 including:

Education and Training:

Graduate of the Bill Gove Speech Workshop 2006

B.A. in Communications from Marylhurst University 2003

Wrote and presented 6 week training sessions on goal setting to sales teams.

Wrote and presented 8 week training session on time management

Personal:

Mother of 5 grown children - Grandmother of 3 – Married since 1980. She and her husband Bill, live in Beaverton, Oregon.



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