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Sarah currently works in San Francisco for the leading publisher of local-history books in the country, developing partnerships with historical nonprofit and governmental organizations. She works with regional authors on collaborative book projects documenting local photographic, oral and written histories of communities, long-standing business, and other regional points of interest relevant to local audiences. Watch this video about how Arcadia Publishing combined forces with Google Book Search. Previously, Sarah headed up the Editorial Content Department at a start-up media company producing a national magazine for over a half a million young adults. (Check out what Marketplace and BusinessWeek have to say about brass|MEDIA.) 

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Sarah believes that the flow of content through print and an increasing number of online vehicles should enlighten, engage, and enable audiences in innovative ways. Motivated by the mission and guiding principles of both current and previous employers, she believes media can build more involved, inspired, and informed communities.

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Sarah is interested in: new media, editing, writing, magazines, social marketing, microfinance inititaives, communications, documentary film, literary nonfiction, community building, civic journalism, social media, sailing, African development, gender issues, art, refugee rights, young adults, nonprofit ventures, and unique challenges.

Please visit Sarah's blog, STET. You'll find recent news from the media world and musings from a young professional editor who believes in the power of positive media.

eXPERTISE

• Magazine production and management
• Blog production and management
• Multimedia content generation and management
  
• Community development among content contributors, subjects and audiences
• Editorial coaching and leadership development

Increasingly involved in the development of:

• Online content and publishing
  
• Blogs
• User-generated content (UGC) management
• Podcasts and video podcasts
• Social media

Gaining additional experience in the areas of:

• Public relations and communications strategy
  
• Start-up company structure, growth and development
• Staff recruitment and training
• Content aggregation
• Team building
• Project management

sPEAKING

Sarah speaks on young adult leadership development for people of all ages. Past engagements:

• University of Oregon Club Sports
  
• National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA)

cOMMUNITY iNVOLVEMENT

• Young Professionals of Corvallis - Board member during inaugural year
• Local women's writing group - founding member
  
• Community Organizer with Obama for America; Coordinator and founder of local presidential campaign support group
• Corvallis Rowing Club
  

cONTACT

s.j.higginbotham@gmail.com

"Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people."

- Lee Iacocca

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