1. Daphne Taylor Street
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OBJECTIVE: An accomplished
professional with an
7195 53 St., Pinellas Park, FL 33781
727-498-7867 ▪ dts.streetmedia@gmail.com entrepreneurial spirit seeking a
challenging position that will take
advantage of my unique
combination of skills, including
advanced communications,
WORK EXPERIENCE marketing/sales, new media,
2006 - Present:
Operation PAR, building & sustaining collaborations
Inc.--Grants
2003 - 2005: Boley
Centers, Inc.--
Specialist and overall development.
Residential
Rehabilitative
1999 - 2001: Specialist
Operation PAR, Inc.--
Grants and Resource
Development
Specialist
1996 - Present:
Street Media:
Integrated
Communications
and Marketing--
Self-Employed
Biographical Sketch:
2011
Daphne Street has spent more than 18 years as a professional in nonprofit environments focusing on a
broad range of interests from the fine and performing arts to behavioral healthcare. She currently
serves as Grants Specialist for Operation PAR, Inc. and has been with the agency for approximately
seven years, collectively. A media studies and communications scholar, Ms. Street also works as a
freelance writer and communications consultant, helping businesses develop targeted marketing
materials, presentations and communications, marketing, advertising and business plans along with
graphic design and multi-media development. Having first-hand experience in the power of new media
to reach and engage target audiences with customized messages, she works with these tools to help
strategically reduce barriers associated with traditional advertising and media relations. Ms. Street is an
effective public speaker and has facilitated multi-media presentations on topics such as social media for
nonprofits, values-centered marketing, new media communications, social networking ROI strategy &
measurement and communications planning. Ms. Street is a native to Pinellas County, Florida and is
committed to helping strengthen communities using her unique skills and experience. To this end, she
currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Pinellas County Coalition for the Homeless (PCCH) and
as Co-Chair of the PCCH/Homeless Leadership Network Communications Committee. Ms. Street also
serves on the Communications Committee for the Tampa Bay Healthcare Collaborative. Since 2005, Ms.
Street has been providing communications consultation, writing and graphic design services to the
LiveFree! Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition of Pinellas County. In 2007, Ms. Street was appointed to
the JWB Children’s Services Council of Pinellas County’s Task Force on Youth and Sexual Activity —the
Task Force initiative ended as scheduled in 2010.

2. Daphne Taylor Street
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7195 53 Street, Pinellas Park, FL 33781 • Phone: 727-498-7867 • Email: dts.streetmedia@gmail.com
SKILLS SUMM ARY:
WRITING TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATIVE
 Grants, contracts, reports, editing, press  MS Windows, Mac and Lotus operating  Strategic communications planning
releases, communications plans, strategic systems  Grant development, including program
plans and media materials  MS Word, Power Point, Outlook, Excel, design
 Contributed in securing federal, state, and SharePoint  Project management and team leadership
local and foundation support  Adobe Acrobat Pro, InDesign, Photoshop,  Contract management and accountability/
 Graphic design and copywriting: and Illustrator reporting
brochures, ads, newsletters, web, logos,  HTML coding  Research: data collection, analysis and
social marketing tools  Quark reporting
 Training and presentation design—  Internet and database searches  Public speaking, training, presentations
interactive and multi-media  Social Networking and New Media and coordinating community events
 Versed in myriad writing styles: AP, APA, business applications  Boley Centers Management Training
MLA, AMA and ABA  Developed web-based virtual activity for Program—certificate
Recovery Month 2009  Operation PAR’s Leadership Training
EMPLOYMENT: COMMUNITY
Grants Specialist
 Serve as
Operation PAR, Inc. Pinellas Park, FL
communications
March 2006 – Present
consultant for the
 Create successful grant applications/complex project management, including original program design and LiveFree! Substance
budgets, to state and local governments and foundations and assist with successful federal grant
Abuse Prevention
applications. Research and recommend available funding opportunities; track funding trends, legislative Coalition of Pinellas
trends and strategic planning and mission alignment; lead grant development process with finance
County
department, outcomes/research, program heads, executives and community partners/collaborators.
 Serve as Co-Chair of
 Served as contract manager on select projects to include funder relations, project implementation, timely
Homeless Leadership
reporting, coordination with programs and finance dept. to ensure contractual mandates were met or Network/Pinellas
exceeded including spending down all allocated funds. Assist with project implementation as needed. County Coalition for
 Communications services, including providing agency-wide and community-wide trainings on strategic the Homeless
communications practices and development of strategic communications plans. New media integration. Communications
Draft business and sustainability plans, training materials, marketing materials, copywriting, press releases Committee
and media relations. Assist in developing and sustaining community collaborative relationships to include  Serve on Pinellas
partners on funding opportunities. Selected to participate in Operation PAR’s Leadership Training
County Coalition for
program—developed several of the trainings and formatted all training Power Point presentations. the Homeless Board
Designed and facilitated multi-media trainings on communications/new media topics.
of Directors
Communications Consultant/Freelance Writer/Graphic Artist
 Served on JWB Task
Self-employed Pinellas Park, FL
Force on Youth and
January 1996 - Present
Sexual Activity
 Prepared communications plans, business plans, strategic plans, marketing plans, reports and other
 Member of Grants
documents, press releases, copywriting, ghost writing, grant writing and contracts.
Collaborative of TB
 Graphic design to include branding tools: logos, letterhead, packaging, ads; marketing materials: brochures,
posters, trade show backdrops, social marketing tools, etc.
 Business management: vendor management; finance: bookkeeping, budgets and invoicing; marketing, contracts and customer service
Residential Rehabilitative Specialist
Boley Centers, Inc. St. Petersburg, FL
August 2003 – July 2005
 Supervise residents dually diagnosed with psychiatric and substance abuse disorders in a group home environment
 Completion of Boley Centers Management Training Program
 Grant writing services as requested by executives
 Serve on Pinellas County Coalition for the Homeless Resource Development Committee and Research Committee
Grants & Resource Development Specialist
Operation PAR, Inc. Pinellas Park, FL
September 1999 – December 2001
Also served as an admissions and detention screener for the Pinellas and Pasco Juvenile Detention Centers through Operation PAR.
 Promoted three times within six months. Wrote, edited and conducted research for federal, state, local and foundation grant
opportunities.
 Developed resource materials for the agency: fact sheets, media kits, press releases, brochures and annual reports to name a few.
EDUCATION:
Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL Major: American Studies/Communications
St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg, FL Major: Mass Communications/Classical Voice Performance
University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL Major: Mass Communications