Anne-Britt (A.B.) Orlik 9 Dolores Ct, Madison WI | 608.334.9097 | abo@WarmAtTwentyBelow.com

INTRODUCTION Inventive, resourceful communicator, facilitator and workshop leader with 25 years of successfully supporting public and private sector groups solving complex problems involving health care, education, the environment and public policy. Specialties include discovering and articulating identity, producing high-impact publications, and facilitating effective workshops, meetings and conference presentations to engage participants and enliven communities.

PORTFOLIO ARTICULATING IDENTITY: Design and facilitation of engaging, iterative sessions to craft and embody an organization’s promise, target audience and values. Can include project integration with graphic designers and even in-a-pinch logo design. Clients use results to guide advocacy campaigns, fundraising appeals, special event planning, website and annual report architecture, media release content and product naming.

• Consulting for Organizational Reflection and Effectiveness (CORE)—startup identity/logo and later, full brand platform

• Midwest Environmental Advocates—full brand platform (with graphic designer) • prepared + peaceful—startup logo and print collateral • Wisconsin Alliance for Women’s Health—startup identity/logo (with graphic designer) • Wisconsin Board of Commissioners of Public Lands—brand articulation and implementation

(with graphic designer)

PUTTING WORDS TO WORK: Organization, content and design (or design coordination) of books, proposals, policy briefings, brochures, presentations, surveys, websites and other communications.

• Accent Business Communications—book, workbooks, workshop “wheel” • Anne Forbes and Partners in Place—hands-on project materials and web content • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan—annual reports, presentations, policy briefings,

brochures, web content, conference materials, requests for proposals, grant applications • Midwest Environmental Advocates—brand implementation in online and print media • Process Research Solutions—case studies • Wisconsin Board of Commissioners of Public Lands—biennial report, brochure, project

summaries, website architecture and content • Wisconsin Public Health and Health Policy Institute—academic paper and policy briefing

 

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PORTFOLIO (continued) BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER: Public participation sessions, private retreats and workshops, and conference presentations to encourage engaged conversation, invite new ways of thinking, and energize participants to take action.

Community engagement and public policy • City of Madison—World Café sessions to guide street reconstruction • Michigan State Commission on Patient Safety—15-month process to develop consensus

public policy recommendations • Sun Prairie Youth and Families Commission—World Café session by and for teens • Wisconsin Department of Health Services—session to affirm public health priorities • Wisconsin Maternal and Child Health Program—sessions to explore public health priorities

Private retreats and workshops • Glendale Elementary School—retreat for staff leaders • Madison Vipassana, Inc.—board retreat • Holy Wisdom Monastery—staff session on change using Appreciative Inquiry • Living Our Visions–Dane County (LOV-Dane)—planning, policy governance, teen workshop • Madison Patient Safety Collaborative—“What next?” sessions • Madison Water Utility Board—board retreats, policy governance • New Harvest Foundation—board retreat • Wisconsin Association of School Boards—governance workshops for local school boards • Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault—staff retreat • Wisconsin Water Association—annual research exchange

Recent invited presentations • Community Leadership, closing session, Leadership Sun Prairie (2014) • Whole-Hearted Impact: How to Harness the Power and Fun of Unconventional Meeting

Practices, Conference for Global Transformation (2012) • Loops, U’s, Circles and Turtles: Honoring the Many Shapes of Self-Organizing with

Amanda Bell, National Conference on Dialogue and Deliberation (2012) • Reach and Engage the Public in a Positive Way, appreciative conversation about customer

service, Wisconsin Water Association annual conference (2012) • “Data” Need Not be a Four-Letter Word, Wisconsin State Education Convention (2011)

 

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE 2004 to present Owner/consultant

Warm At Twenty Below LLC (formerly Writing Barefoot LLC)

2002 to 2004 Chief Executive Officer Wisconsin Patient Safety Institute

2000 to 2002 Program Manager, Private Employer Health Care Coverage Program Wisconsin Department of Employee Trust Funds

1999 to 2000 Marketing Director A Woman’s Touch Sexuality Resource Center

1995 to 1999 Marketing and Business Development Coordinator Employer Health Care Alliance Cooperative (The Alliance)

EDUCATION (including select continuing education workshops and courses) 2013 Power of Story with Mary Alice Arthur

Local community coalition

2012 Participatory Leadership and the Art of Hosting Local community coalition

2010 Role of Community in Creating Possibilities with Meg Wheatley UW Office of Human Resource Development

2006 Facilitating By Heart UW Division of Continuing Studies

1998 Diversity Leadership Training Workshop UW Division of Continuing Studies

1989 Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education (Mathematics) University of Wisconsin–Madison

COMMUNITY SERVICE Current Volunteer, Project Green TEEN, Malcolm Shabazz City High School

Volunteer, Consulting for Organizational Reflection and Effectiveness (CORE) Volunteer, Sun Prairie Subcommittee to Assess Gang Activity Member, UW Public Participators and Art of Hosting communities of practice

Past Member, Marketing Subcommittee, Holy Wisdom Monastery Member and co-facilitator, Wisconsin Coalition for Health Insurance Reform Volunteer coordinator/trainer, AIDS Network Organizer, SCRAWL monthly spoken word open mic Mentor, Girl Club