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Andy

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Andy

Stanton Education

B.A. Communication • May, 1993

Fort Hays State University • Hays, KS Emphasis in Public Relations/Advertising Graduated Cum Laude

Home Address 2212 General Custer • Hays, Kansas 67601 (785) 628-1555 e-mail: astanton@ruraltel.net • andydanastanton@yahoo.com

M.S. Communication • May, 1997

Fort Hays State University • Hays, KS Thesis Topic: Effects of Rhetorical Sensitivity on Customer Satisfaction in a Retail Environment

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor of Communication Studies

Student Publications Advertising Adviser Fort Hays State University • Hays, Kansas August 2005 to Present Responsible for instruction of:

COMM 100 - Fundamentals of Oral Communication COMM 345 - Desktop Publishing

COMM 208 - Communication & the Information Society COMM 655 - Advertising

COMM 642 - Crisis Management & Strategies COMM 680 - Advertising Design

COMM 657 - Advertising Management & Media Analysis COMM 680 - Special Event Planning

COMM 658 - Advertising Campaign Design & Analysis COMM 680 - Creating Infographics • Worked with students in developing various communication skills including verbal and nonverbal communication, leadership, listening and presentation skills.

• Prepared and delivered lectures, developed exams, facilitated structured learning exercises and critiqued speeches.

• Taught in a multi-media environment including audio, video, on-line and Microsoft PowerPoint presentations.

• Instructed students in publication design and use of desktop publishing equipment and software.

Co-Owner

D&A Communications • Dodge City, Kansas & Hays, Kansas January 2003 to Present Partner in communications consulting business. Projects include websites, tourism brochures, image campaigns, event planning, public relations, etc.

Director of Convention and Visitors Bureau

City of Dodge City• Dodge City, Kansas August 1999 to July 2005 Responsible for marketing the area’s attractions to tourists, convention planners, business travelers, group tour operators and travel writers.

•Supervised Visitor Information Center staff.

•Worked as a liaison between attractions, hotels and businesses to provide economic development through tourism.

•Developed and maintained websites.

•Secured funding for new events and attractions.

•Attended tourism and retail trade shows, representing the community and region.

•Member of various recruitment committees.

•Developed and maintained Convention & Visitors Bureau annual budget.

•Served on various community, regional and state committees

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Public Information Coordinator

Unified School District #443 • Dodge City Public Schools • Dodge City, Kansas July 1997 to August 1999 Responsible for all communication/marketing strategies in public school system.

•Served as chief communication officer and adviser for Board of Education and school administration.

•Organized successful $45.5 million bond election campaign to build a new high school and provide improvements to other schools in district.

•Served on district strategic planning team.

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Department of Communication • Fort Hays State University • Hays, Kansas August 1995 to May 1997 Responsible for instruction of:

COMM 100: Fundamentals of Oral Communication

COMM 130: Reveille Yearbook

COMM 345: Desktop Publishing and Publication Design

COMM 548: Public Relations

Advertising Director

Flame Engineering, Inc. • LaCrosse, Kansas 1993 to 1995 • Created national advertising campaigns for propane equipment manufacturer.

• Served as chief communication officer for company.

• Oversaw company’s coop advertising program.

• Provided support for national sales team.

Customer Service Manager

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. • Hays, Kansas 1988 to 1993 • 1995 to 1997 •Performed wide variety of duties during seven years of employment.

•Supervised front-end operation of retail store, including cashiers, cash flow and providing customer service.

•Created and published monthly cashier newsletter.

Professional Presentations

•Presented papers and participated in panel discussions at the Speech Communication Association 1996 Convention — San Diego, CA •Presented papers and participated in panel discussions at the Central States Communication Association 1997 Convention — St. Louis, MO •Various presentations at KanSPRA Fall 1998 Convention — Wichita, KS •“Cooperative Marketing for Tourism” - Kansas Center for Community Development conference, April 2002 — Salina, KS • “Tourism and Economic Development” - Kansas League of Municipalities - Municipal Leadership Academy - April 2003 — Dodge City, KS • Presented at 2002 Kansas Wind Power Conference - Lawrence, KS • Presented at the 2006 Arkansas Association of CVB’s - Little Rock, AR • Presented at the 2007 Kansas Professional Communicators conference - Dodge City, KS

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Stanton Professional Organizations

•Kansas Professional Communicators •National Federation of Press Women •Try Southwest Kansas tourism marketing coalition - founding member •Kansas Cattle Town Coalition - founding member •Kansas Cowboy Hall of Fame - founding director •Dodge City Rotary Club •Travel Industry Association of Kansas - former board member •National Tour Association •Lambda Pi Eta Communication Honorary •Fort Hays State University Alumni Association - current board member •Kansas School Public Relations Association - former board member •National School Public Relations Association

Community/State Involvement

•USD 326 - Logan Technology & Curriculum Committee •Fort Hays State University Quality Champions Committee •Hays Hurricanes Swim Team Parent Advisory Board •Hays First United Methodist Church •Kansas Governor’s Gaming Committee 2003-2004 •Kansas Brand Image Task Force •Dodge City 2001 All-America City Delegation - Team Leader •Dodge City Area Chamber of Commerce - Board of Directors •Dodge City/Ford County Development Corporation - Board of Directors •Boot Hill Museum - Board of Directors •2000 Leadership Dodge Graduate •Boot Hill Gaming Legislative Committee •“Fly Dodge” Marketing Committee •Dodge City’s International Council of Shopping Center’s tradeshow team •Dodge City USBL Legend Basketball Development Committee •Dodge City Image Campaign Committee •Downtown Dodge, Inc. - Board of Directors •Dodge City Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassador •USD 443 Local Option Budget Election Campaign Committee •Kansas School Public Relations Association - Former Board of Director •Kansas Teachers’ Hall of Fame - Former Board of Director •KBSD Channel 6 Community Advisory Board •Dodge City First United Methodist Church Sanctuary Choir

Honors and Awards

•First Place 4-Color Advertisement - National Federation of Press Women - 2007 •First Place 4-Color Advertisement - Kansas Professional Communicators - 2007 •Kansas Tourism Award of Merit - Kansas Department of Commerce - 2003

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Stanton References

Bob Wetmore Owner Integrated Marketing 10956 106 Road Dodge City, KS 67801 (620) 408-5378 • bwetmore@starrtech.net Jana Jordan Director Hays Convention & Visitors Bureau 2700 Vine Hays, KS 67601 (785) 628-8202 • jjordan@haysusa.com John Deardoff City Manager City of Hutchinson PO Box 1657 Hutchinson, KS 67504 (620) 694-2610 • johnd@hutchgov.com John Norton Sales Manager Consolidated Printing 319 S. Fifth Street Salina, KS 67401 (785) 825-5426 • nortie@cprinting.net Marci Penner Director Kansas Sampler Foundation 978 Arapaho Road Inman, KS 67546 (620) 585-2374 • marci@kansassamper.org Chris Crawford, Ph.D Assistant Provost for Quality Management Fort Hays State University 600 Park Street Hays, KS 67601 (785) 628-4531 • ccrawfor@fhsu.edu Bill Watt, Ph.D Dean of the School of Information and Technology Professor of Speech Methodist College 5400 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, NC 28311 (910) 630-7191 • wmwatt@methodist.edu

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NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE • JANUARY 30, 2004

Kansas Tourism C oal ition R ec eives N ational Awar d Coal oalition Rec eceives National ward Wild West Kansas Tourism Coalition was recently included in the American Bus Association’s “Ten Best Marketing Ideas” for 2003. The Top 10 list was unveiled at the 2004 ABA Marketplace in New York City on January 17.

The Wild West Kansas promotion, “101 Reasons to Visit Wild West Kansas” was chosen from more than 60 entries from across the country. The 101 Reasons promotion showcases the six communities of Dodge City, Garden City, Hays, Hutchinson, Liberal and Salina to group tour operators and travel writers.

The top 10 marketing ideas selected were: 1. Tourism Vancouver • “Dine-Out Vancouver” promotion 2. Greater Pittsburgh CVB • Branded package campaigns 3. Steuben County CVB • Corning and the Finger Lakes • “Experiences” campaign 4. Orlando/Orange County CVB • Online marketing 5. San Francisco CVB • Online marketing 6. Wild West K ansas • “101 R easons tto o Visit Wild West K ansas” Kansas Reasons Kansas” 7. Southwest Louisiana CVB • “Creole Nature Trail” 8. Bellingham/Whatcom County CVB • “Girlfriends Road Trip” campaign 9. Atlanta CVB • “Rhythms of the South” program 10. Santa Fe CVB • “Away. To Santa Fe” campaign Alf Nucifora, a national marketing consultant who judged the competition said, “More than 60 entries were received, all of which represented exceptional marketing strategy and execution. It very clearly revealed that good marketing is alive and well in the travel and tourism industry.”

The 101 Reasons campaign consists of a printed brochure, print advertising campaign, public relations campaign and a website, www.wildwestkansas.com. The six communities joined together in 2002 to capitalize on the ever-changing group tour market, utilizing the uniqueness of central and western Kansas to attract motorcoaches to the area. (more)

Wild West Kansas Regional Tourism Coalition 400 W. Wyatt Earp Boulevard • Dodge City, Kansas 67801 (620) 225-8186 • (620) 225-8268 fax • www.wildwestkansas.com

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“Leadership is a social role — not a mere personality trait.

By ideas, encouragement, and deeds, leaders show the way and influence the behavior of others. This is leadership!”

— Larriane Matusak

Growing Garden City with three co-existing leadership development programs

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In February of 1988, the Board of Directors of the Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce named a task force to analyze and make recommendations regarding the feasibility, implementation and operation of a Leadership Garden City Program. David Stephens, Phil Dick, Betty Jo Roberts, Roberta Mages, Bob Halloran and Carol Meyer were a part of the original task force.

Leadership Garden City is an innovative program sponsored by the Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce. Its aim is to identify, develop and motivate individuals in our area for positions of community involvement and civic leadership.

Garden City will be a place where there are all kinds of leaders; where there is a wide and varied web of relationships through which people solve their common problems; and where everybody has an opportunity to play a role in the decisions made for the community.

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Merry Christmas from Dodge Happy New Year!

Our 2004 has been quite an experience, and it looks as if 2005 will be even more exciting.

Over the holidays last year, we decided to start the process of adopting a baby girl from China. (Most of you know this already, but this is what has consumed our year).

In January, we began the paperwork to bring our daughter home and it looks as if we will be traveling to get her sometime in late February or early March.

It was six months of paperwork and waiting on the federal government, but we successfully submitted our dossier to the Chinese Center for Adoption Affairs on July 7. We’ve been waiting ever since.

While we’ve been waiting, we’ve kept ourselves busy. We’ve grown our communication consulting business, D&A Communications, and have also grown our catering business, Occasions

by D&A. Both of these ventures have kept us busy and have paid for our adoption expenses so far. Along with the new businesses came a new website, www.andydanastanton. com. This is a place where we can tell our adoption story, share some information about us and a place to promote our businesses. When you get a chance, check it out.

Jackson continues to grow and he keeps us hopping. He turned 4 in August and is very excited about getting a baby sister. We moved his bedroom to the main floor of our house in July and he loves his new dinosaur room. Jackson attended his first week of vacation bible school in June and loved it. He also spent the summer months at preschool.

This Christmas, all he wanted from Santa was a “fast motorcycle and a ‘mote-control T-Rex.” Well, Santa delivered both on Christmas morning and our house has turned into a motorcross track!

Dana continues as the Public Information Coordinator for Dodge City Public Schools and keeps Andy in line with both of our businesses.

She took on a new responsibility this fall at our church, as the director of the Cherub Choir (1st3rd grades).

Andy is still promoting Dodge City tourism as Director of the Dodge City Convention & Visitors Bureau. He has had a busy year with visitors from around the world. He traveled to New York City, Las Vegas and Tucson, Arizona working with group tour operators, economic development officials and travel

The Referral is in! We received these photos of Gracie on January 7, 2005. We will travel to get her in late-February/early March.

journalists, along with several trips to Topeka visiting with state officials.

Our passports are ready and the bags will soon be packed to head to China.

This year has been a life-changing experience and we know that 2005 will be even better. If you want to join us on our China adventure, please log on to our website, www.andydanastanton.com for travel updates.