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HeatSmart Alliance: 2024 in Review

HeatSmart Alliance: 2024 in Review

With 2024 now behind us and the first months of 2025 underway, here’s a recap of what the HeatSmart Alliance has been up to! We’ll start by discussing our coaching and outreach efforts. Upcoming blogs will put the spotlight on membership growth and changes in our organization, as well as what our technology working group accomplished last year.As many of you know, the Alliance was formed in 2020 by a group of Massachusetts residents who wanted to address carbon pollution. Specifically,…
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HeatSmart Alliance: Website make-over

HeatSmart Alliance: Website make-over

As the Alliance's Communications Working Group Lead,  I drove the effort to resdesign and revamp the website by: Putting together a wireframe with instructions on how to present the organization's activities and goals to a website designer; Helping select images for the website and produce them; Writing and editing section titles, captions, and copy for the entire website; and implementing SEO and ADA best practices. Now that the new website is complete, I help maintain…
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Social Media

Social Media

This is the social media strategy that I helped develop for the HeatSmart Alliance on Linkedin. It will be implemented in August of 2025. We decided to post weekly, with a view to getting people interested in installing heat pumps. The content will range from technical information-- how heat pumps work and what they do; to organizational updates- what the HeatSmart Alliance is up to; to encouraging awareness of opportunities for learning more about heat…
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Undergraduate Commencement, Manhattan College

Undergraduate Commencement, Manhattan College

This is an Undergraduate Commencement Speech that I wrote for the President of Manhattan College, May 17, 2024 Good morning. I am honored to be here with you on this both solemn and joyous occasion, and to say some words to conclude the ceremony, which is an important moment for the entire Jasper community. To Provost Roy and our deans, thank you for leading us through the commencement proceedings and for your service to our…
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Remarks for the students at the Dream Charter School, South Bronx

Remarks for the students at the Dream Charter School, South Bronx

Written for the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Catherine Colonna Ladies and gentlemen, Dear students, It is so inspiring to be here, at Dream today. I want to thank everyone who made it possible for me and my team to visit; discover this elegant space; and learn about the projects that Dream has for the future, which are bold and bright. I have so much admiration for Dream: From what I have learned, the organization started…
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Opening for the Transatlantic Business Forum

Opening for the Transatlantic Business Forum

Written for Ambassador Philippe Etienne Dear friends, It’s wonderful to see such a dynamic group of leaders and innovators all in one place. As you may know, I took on my role as France’s new ambassador to the United States in June. As I become better acquainted with New York, I am thrilled to discover the level of entrepreneurial energy that is present among French companies here and to see the ties they are forging…
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Unveiling of a Statue of the Little Prince, 5th Ave

Unveiling of a Statue of the Little Prince, 5th Ave

Written for Ambassador Laurent Bili Dear friends, It’s wonderful to be here with you today, to celebrate Antoine de Saint Exupéry and his timeless novella, The Little Prince, a beautiful piece of literature that still carries a universal message today. As you know, this year marks the 80th anniversary of the publication of The Little Prince. In honor of this special occasion, the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Catherine Colonna, will be unveiling a…
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Award speech for the economist Jeffrey Sachs

Award speech for the economist Jeffrey Sachs

Written for Ambassador Philippe Etienne Dear Jeffrey Sachs, Dear Sonia, It is a great pleasure to welcome you to the consulate general this morning to celebrate the work and accomplishments of Mr. Jeffrey Sachs. Mr. Sachs has excelled in so many ways that it is hard to find a single word to describe him.  The term public intellectual or global thought leader comes to mind. Although millennials and Generation Z would probably refer to you…
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Award Speech for Matthew Yokobosky, Curator of Fashion and Material Culture, the Brooklyn Museum

Award Speech for Matthew Yokobosky, Curator of Fashion and Material Culture, the Brooklyn Museum

Written for acting Consul General Damien Laban Dear Matthew Yokobosky, Dear friends, It is a pleasure to welcome you to the French Consulate this evening to honor and celebrate the work of Mr Matthew Yokobosky, one of the most exciting and creative museum exhibition designers and curators of our time. Mr Yokobosky who has conceived and overseen more than 100 expositions at major institutions, such as the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburg, the Whitney,…
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Dream Factory: Brooklyn’s Historical Landmarks

Dream Factory: Brooklyn’s Historical Landmarks

This is a blog that I wrote for the Dream Factory, Brooklyn. If you live or once lived in Brooklyn, you already know it’s a great place to be and see. If you haven’t, come check it out; you won’t regret it! It’s teeming with life and is home to many unique historical landmarks. The Brooklyn Bridge Park Starting – or ending – at the Manhattan Bridge in DUMBO (which means Down Under the Manhattan…
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