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Book Credits : ''The Spirit of Opportunity: How Free Enterprise Lets Entrepreneurs at Winsupply Earn Their Own Success'' by Richard W. Schwartz with Teresa Zumwald (2020) ''For the Love of Dayton: Life in the Miami Valley, 1796-1996'' (1995) and the revised edition (2001) by Teresa Zumwald ''The University of Dayton Research Institute – Sponsored Research: 40 Years of Progress'' (1999) by Teresa Zumwald ''Dayton Ink: The First Century of the Dayton Daily News'' (1998) by Teresa Zumwald
Enter your professional bio here : Opening her own shop in 1989 was an experiment that's never ended for Teresa Zumwald: a speechwriter, executive speech coach, executive communications adviser and three-time corporate history book author. At Zumwald & Company, LLC, she works 1:1 with leaders to write and deliver speeches and presentations that change how people think or behave. Since 2012, her speeches have won 27 international, national and regional awards including 20 Cicero Speechwriting Awards from Vital Speeches of the Day. Among her clients are board chairs, C-suite leaders, entrepreneurs and subject matter experts from the Fortune 500 and other U.S. and international firms including the former owner of two global manufacturing companies based in Europe. She has also collaborated as the writer of a business book, authored by an executive, that was published in 2020 for stakeholders of a private corporation. A second edition is now in progress. In addition, she leads executive communications projects, working closely with executives, managers and administrative staff as well as graphic designers, web developers, videographers, photographers and printers. Over the years, her award-winning writing has been recognized by eight professional organizations, and her work has been published in 50 magazines, journals, corporate publications and online. Before creating Zumwald & Company, Teresa was a communications specialist for Geographic Information Services at Woolpert, a national architecture, engineering and geospatial firm. She has also been a reporter/copy editor for the department of University Communications at The Ohio State University, and a writer/copy editor for Diagnostic Medicine magazine in New Jersey. Teresa earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from The Ohio State University and later trained under an international speechwriter and speech coach. Specialties include: Speechwriting – Speeches | High-Stakes Presentations | Video Scripts | Event Scripts | Training Scripts Speech Coaching – In-Person Coaching | Virtual Coaching | Speaker Audits Executive Communications – Strategic Communications | Talking Points | Opinion Pieces | Statements | Ghostwriting | Blog Posts | LinkedIn Articles Speaking & Training – Event Speaking | Custom Training | Writing Coaching | Panel Facilitation | Emcee Work https://www.zumwaldandcompany.com/services/ https://www.zumwaldandcompany.com/work/speechwriting-featured-projects/ https://www.zumwaldandcompany.com/awards/ https://www.zumwaldandcompany.com/clients/ https://www.zumwaldandcompany.com/work/executive-communications-featured-projects/ https://www.zumwaldandcompany.com/work/corporate-storytelling-featured-projects/
Writing Credits : Speeches, speech coaching and executive communications for leaders at Advance Auto Parts, Winsupply Inc., InnoSource, KingFish + Partners clients, Westfall Gold clients, The Salvation Army, John Snow Inc., Lion Group Inc., Accel Inc., Inclusive Leaders Group, Unplanned Good Inc., Trusaic, CorporateLounge, Resonetics, The University of Dayton Center for Leadership, The Entrepreneurs Center, Crayons to Classrooms, Women in Business Networking (Better Business Bureau), Women's Business Enterprise Council Ohio River Valley, and other corporate leaders and keynote speakers who prefer to remain confidential.
Awards and Recognition : 20 Cicero Speechwriting Awards from Vital Speeches of the Day (2014 to date) Five speechwriting awards from APEX® Awards for Publication Excellence (2012-2020) One speechwriting award from the American Advertising Federation of Dayton (2014) One speechwriting award from the International Association of Business Communicators (2013) Legacy portfolio: Seven awards for collateral, 12 awards for articles, four awards for interviews, three awards for books Appointment, International Association of Business Communicators (IABC): Currently serving as chair for IABC's international Program Advisory Committee (PAC) for 2023–2024. Before that, Zumwald served for one year as vice chair and two years as a member of IABC's PAC. The PAC works collaboratively with IABC staff to ensure that the IABC World Conference is a high-value professional development experience aligned to the needs of the global profession.
Skills (Select all that apply) : Articles, Blog posts, Books, Speechwriting, Scripts, Essays, Ghostwriting, Op-Ed, Event production, Coaching, Communications strategy, Conference/meeting coverage, E-books, Ideation, Project management, White papers
List any memberships you have with other organizations : Professional Speechwriters Association (PSA), International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), Toastmasters International
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