Cindy Marie Jenkins is a Storyteller based in Los Angeles. She uses these skills to train individuals,
community organizations, small business owners and nonprofits in Outreach and Social Media.
OUTREACH
Building a following of supporters who create your own word-of-mouth is more effective than typical advertising and marketing. Many do not realize how exclusive their mission, message or stories feel to anyone outside their circles, thus negating a response from the majority of potential customers or supporters without realizing it.
CINDY FINDS & BRIDGES THE GAP BETWEEN:
- your event and potential audience
- your mission and potential supporters
- your branding/social media presence and career goals
- your community and small business or organization
DIFFERENT WAYS:
- Writer of various genres
- Social Media & Online Outreach Consultant
- Art-ivist
- Career Coach
- Nonprofit and Community Consultant
- Social Media Trainer
PAST & PRESENT CLIENTS
The Help Group (named one of the Top Facebook Pages & Twitter Accounts to Follow for Special Education), former City Council President Eric Garcetti’s Los Angeles Neighborhood Dreams Initiative (LAND), The Global Theatre Project, Drive Theatre Company, Venice Neighborhood Council, Sarah Mata Yoga, LA Writers Center, LA Female Playwrights Initiative, Beans Boutique, and many individuals for their career goals. She was one of the arts advocates who created the #LAthtr hashtag in 2010 to unify the Los Angeles theatre scene, the #ShareAScene hashtag through LA FPI most recently and also a guest-tweeting initiative through @LA_FPI ‘s twitter account.
Her signature workshop Self-Promoting Without Annoying Your Friends has been presented at LAFPI, Directors Lab West, the Playwrights Union, local community mixers, the Indy Convergence, and adjusted for individuals every other month.
More information and details can be found at What does a Consultant do?
STORYTELLER
Current projects include the first novel in her upcoming series The Blue Dragon Scribe Shoppe. She’s also writing a series called MYTHistories, including the performance pieces MYTHistories of the Son and Fatima Quest (former to be work-shopped at the 2012 Indy Convergence, where she is a Resident Artist). In April 2012 she premiered the new play Phantoms Go Down written by Ariel Shepherd-Oppenheim during a successful run at the Bootleg Theater and Manhattan Theater Rep.
Her awareness piece Voices From Chornobyl has been presented in both the US and the UK to raise money and knowledge of the nuclear accident (inspired by Svetlana Alexievich‘s interviews). Last summer her interactive children’s play Voices From Chornobyl Jr. was voted “Best of Fringe” at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, Dragon Compact premiered as part of Moving Arts’ The Car Plays LA during the Radar LA International Festival. Cindy also serves on the Steering Committee of the Directors Lab West. She’s performed as a Storyteller in the Hollywood Fringe Festival tent, Santa Monica Rep’s 2011 Brecht Gala and Electric Lodge’s max10 series.
Previous community art installations/interactions shown at the 1st Annual Atwater Art Walk, Summer Nights on the Boulevard, The Barnsdall Gallery, The Courtyard Gallery, the Silver Lake Jubilee (2010 & 2011) and the Children’s Festival of the Arts in Hollywood.
She regularly contributes to The Comics Observer, ArtJob.org (Arts For LA), LA Stage Times, Atwater Village Now,The Inspired Classroom, Bitter Lemons & LAFPI.
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Claudia says:
April 15, 2008 at 7:56 pm (UTC -0.5)
Good stuff. I’d like to work with you one day.
karolagajda says:
September 2, 2010 at 10:27 am (UTC -0.5)
I think you’re following me on Twitter and I, you! I know see why – Chernobyl. I hosted some kids this summer via chernobyl-children.org.uk, it was amazing. See the blog http://www.lovechernobylkids.wordpress.com for some cute pictures and stories of what we did. What are you doing for the 25th anniversary? I am interested in your play.
BH Kim says:
December 16, 2011 at 3:50 pm (UTC -0.5)
Hi Cindy –
I loved your piece on working with Neighborhood Councils. I agree that the arts community could benefit greatly by connecting with NCs and vice versa. Please call me so we can talk more about how we can help make those connections happen! I recently connected with Make Music LA folks who are reaching out to NCs to create music in neighborhoods!
bhk
News Room :: Directors Lab West 2010, Day 1 says:
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