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Eleni Gesch-Karamanlidis

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Texas A&M University College Station - Communication

I Design Better Conversations
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Eleni
Gesch-Karamanlidis
Austin, Texas Area
I bring people with competing needs to the table and help them move forward and tackle large-scale innovation. How? By helping them manage difficult conversations.

Food is a big theme in my work. Talk Over Lunch, Breaking Bread Approach, Sandwich Seminar Series to name a few.

Experience

  • Quantified Communications

    Communication Expert Panelist

    Quantified Communications combines data science and human expertise to help people, teams, and organizations become better communicators. I was invited to their expert panel to provide executive clients with personalized feedback and guidance for better connecting with key audiences.

  • 18F

    Design Strategist

    18F partners with federal agencies to improve the user experience of government.

  • City of Austin

    Conversation Designer

    In my most recent project, I created the City's first playbook of strategies for engaging diverse stakeholders on large-scale innovation. Check it out at https://cityofaustin.github.io/digital-services-engagement-guide

    business development, design strategy & research, process design, facilitation, CRM (Salesforce, Hubspot, Zoho, Sugar, Streak, Dynamics, Insightly), Github

  • Austin Rowing Club

    Junior Coach

    I work with kids ages 10-17, introducing them to rowing and helping them build their confidence and group communication skills.

  • Independent Consulting

    Conversation Designer and Strategist

    Organizations are ecosystems of people, connected in relationships, defined by conversations. The health of an organization is largely defined by what happens during conversations. Some conversations are more challenging than others. So I help teams and organizations turn their conversation challenges into conversation opportunities. And since people aren't predictable robots, we develop strategies for navigating unexpected moments during their toughest conversations.

    User research, stakeholder analysis, intervention design and facilitation, organizational development, strategy and organizational design

    Clients served in higher education, federal and state government, non-profit, small business

Education

  • Texas A&M University

    Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

    Communication
    Went in wanting to study how stakeholders interact in the environmental policymaking process. Came out with a specialization in difficult conversations within and across organizations.

  • University of Rhode Island

    Bachelor’s Degree

    Animal Science and Technology, Psychology
    Went in wanting to become a veterinarian. Came out wanting to study marine mammal behavior.

  • University of Rhode Island

    Master’s Degree

    Marine Affairs
    Went in wanting to be an environmental policymaker. Came out wanting to study how stakeholders communicate in intractable environmental conflicts.

Publications

  • Reflecting on novice qualitative interviewer mistakes

    The Qualitative Report, May 25, 2015

  • Reflecting on novice qualitative interviewer mistakes

    The Qualitative Report, May 25, 2015

  • Facilitating conversations that matter using coordinated management of meaning theory

    OD Practitioner 47(2), 41-46

    2014 Top Student Paper Award - The Organizational Development Network

Positions

  • International Environmental Communication Association

    Member

  • International Environmental Communication Association

    Member

  • National Communication Association

    Member

  • International Environmental Communication Association

    Member

  • National Communication Association

    Member

  • National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation

    Member

  • International Environmental Communication Association

    Member

  • National Communication Association

    Member

  • National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation

    Member

  • International Environmental Communication Association

    Member

  • National Communication Association

    Member

  • National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation

    Member

  • International Environmental Communication Association

    Member

  • National Communication Association

    Member

  • National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation

    Member

  • International Environmental Communication Association

    Member

  • National Communication Association

    Member

  • National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation

    Member

  • International Environmental Communication Association

    Member

  • National Communication Association

    Member

  • National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation

    Member

  • International Environmental Communication Association

    Member

  • National Communication Association

    Member

  • National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation

    Member

  • International Environmental Communication Association

    Member

  • National Communication Association

    Member

  • National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation

    Member

COMM 203

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COMM 324

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