Trendl Communications
News and Key Accomplishments
| January 2012 | Escape from Hicklebirkle Manor humor tale |
| January 2012 | Appointed by the mayor to the City of Wheaton (Illinois) Fine Arts and Culture Commission for a three-year term. |
| December 2011 | Developed author page on Facebook. Please click 'like.' |
| December 2011 | How Wind Began: The Story of Pepper Jack humor tale |
| October 2011 | Won first stage of the Atlanta Marathon's Make a Runner Smile Signage Contest, a humorous sign-writing competition. |
| October 2011 | The Crematorium Ghost Cloud humor tale (ghost story) |
| September 2011 | The Boy Who Hated Doing Everything humor tale |
| August 2011 | Introductory speech for CEO. |
| August 2011 | Mr. Smith and His Delicious Ice Cream humor tale |
| July 2011 | Leroy the Butterfly: Interview With a Gadfly humor tale |
| July 2011 | The Greatest Boy Ever is born! |
| July 2011 | Wrote Facebook profile page for client |
| July 2011 | Wrote two major speeches (two different speakers) for annual fundraiser for group of Brooklyn-based addiction recovery clinics |
| June 2011 | Wrote annual report for client |
| June 2011 | Cannonball's Run humor tale |
| June 2011 | Wrote and coached wedding speech for step-father-of-the-bride |
| June 2011 | Wrote internal coporate speech for nationally-known moving company |
| June 2011 | Delivered private speech at private event in Willowbrook, IL |
| June 2011 | Wrote wedding speech for father-of-the-groom, delivered in a Spanish castle |
| June 2011 | Delivered private speech in Middlebury, VT |
| June 2011 | High school commencement speech and training for keynote speaker, 2,500 in audience |
| May 2011 | The Raging Giant Blue Goldfish humor tale |
| May 2011 | Wedding and rehearsal speech for client (brother of the bride) |
| May 2011 | Why Four Sheep Had Their Hooves on Backwards humor tale |
| May 2011 | Began writing contract at APICS |
| May 2011 | Launched Facebook page supporting Bluster County Blues |
| May 2011 | Mountain Cat Charlie Runs Again humor tale |
| May 2011 | The Sound and Fury of An Elephant's Graveyard humor tale |
| May 2011 | Launched Buster County Blues humor column |
| April 2011 | Speech for Maid of Honor wedding speech |
| April 2011 | A Runner Dies, A Runner Wins, A Runner Runs (to End Homelessness) column article |
| April 2011 | Five Tips for Delivering a Great Wedding Speech feature article |
| April 2011 | Get Trained by an Olympian column article |
| March 2011 | Launched the Nursery Rhyme Project, storytelling series |
| March 2011 | Deserted Driveway; Forgotten Memories artistic photo |
| March 2011 | A Runner's Dilemma column article |
| March 2011 | Ice Cream Running column article |
| March 2011 | Red Bandana: Charlie Sheen-free Running (With Excuses) column article |
| March 2011 | What Kind of Runner Are You? column article |
| March 2011 | Brochure content and bio for Chicago musician (private) |
| February 2011 | The Colorful Range of Runners column article |
| February 2011 | Launched ChicagoSpeechwriter.com, a site focused on my work as a speechwriter. |
| February 2011 | Marathon Training Begins (Slowly) |
| February 2011 |
Should You Tweet and Run? column article |
| February 2011 | Dashing Through the Snow – Tips for Runners column article |
| January 2011 | 500 Feet of Snow Expected: Tuesday Has Been Cancelled (Humor) column article |
| January 2011 | Fitness Pioneer Jack LaLanne Dies at Age 96 column article |
| January 2011 |
Get Fired Up for Fitness This Winter column article |
| January 2011 | Don't Let Age Cause You To Scream column article |
| January 2011 | Resolutely Speaking: Fighting for Fitness in 2011 column article |
| December 2010 |
Things a Runner Can Do While Sick column article |
| December 2010 | Tubby Santa Claus Should Workout column article |
| December 2010 | Two vignettes about my running experience were chosen to be published in "A Runner's Devotional" to be published in Fall, 2011 by Tyndale House Publishers. publishing credit |
| December 2010 |  Indulge Your Miles at the Brickhouse Bakery and Cafe column article |
| December 2010 | The Joy of Winter column article |
| December 2010 | A Run to Remember column article |
| December 2010 | Begun website overhaul and maintenance of Mark Cantey Associates (a CPA firm specializing in condominiums) |
| November 2010 |
New Year's Day (A Month Early) column article |
| November 2010 | Thanksgiving and the Common Runner: How to Survive Gorging Yourself column article |
| November 2010 | Opened shop as a GoDaddy reseller. If you need a website for your business, see what I can do for you. Much lower prices than GoDaddy themselves. |
| November 2010 | Learning BBQ With Steven Raichlen column article |
| November 2010 | Do Not Run and Play Air Guitar & "Run to Overcome" by Marathoner Meb Keflezighi Reviewed column article |
| November 2010 | Trendl's Tweet Earns Twitter's TopTweet Status. More Twitter.  |
| October 2010 |  Lost and Found: Subway's Jared Fogle and Us column article |
| October 2010 | An Argument for Walking column article |
| October 2010 | DeStressing Through a Long Saturday Run column article |
| October 2010 | High School Students at Chicago Marathon and a 2011 Challenge column article |
| October 2010 | A Brother Honors His Sister wedding speech/toast |
| October 2010 | Are You Running the Chicago Marathon? column article |
| September 2010 | Play With Your Words, Please: Facebook Group "Word:Word" Draws Word Game Fans From Across the Globe press release |
| September 2010 | Walk, Absorb, Click column article |
| September 2010 | Blue Girl Group Cheers On Hundreds of Runners column article |
| September 2010 | Walking By An Egyptian Obelisk column article |
| September 2010 | Only 600,000 Steps To Fitness column article |
| August 2010 | A Red-tailed Hawk and A BBQ Relapse column article |
| August 2010 | A Good Run is (Not) Hard to Find column article |
| August 2010 | Newspaper column launched in Chicago Tribune's TribLocal: The Red Bandana: Finding Fitness Through Running As Told By An Out Of Shape 40-something Guy. See first column. See more. |
| August 2010 |  Photograph published in Chicago Tribune print edition for Lisle, Illinois. Swamp Rose Mallow, taken at the Morton Arboretum. |
| July 2010 | Toy Story 3 Tweet-sized review is published by ChicagoNow's Fast-Paised Movies. 121 characters and alliterative. Follow me on Twitter. |
| June 2010 |
Relaunched website AnthonyTrendl.com with a fresher, more user-friendly design. |
| June 2010 |
Began marketing campaign for freelance and long-term consulting. Includes postcard and business card design. Google AdWords, Microsoft Advertising (Bing), and Facebook ads. |
| June 2010 | Developed a page highlighting Hungarian goulash. |
| March 2010 |
Relaunched weekly Wheaton Bible Church Men's Ministry HTML newsletter via Constant Contact. |
| March 2010 |
Won "Chuck Norris Birthday Facts" contest hosted by Tyndale House Publishers with my five suggested facts to win an autographed copy of The Official Chuck Norris Fact Book: 101 of Chuck's Favorite Facts and Stories. According to Adam Sabados, Tyndale's PR person, Chuck Norris will not sign the book. He will tell the pen to sign. |
| January 2010 |
The Chicago Tribune's North Shore edition of TribLocal quotes one of my Tweets. |
| January 2010 |
Launched Wheaton Bible Church Men's Ministry Twitter to promote their activities. |
| January 2010 |
Launched Anthony Trendl Radio where I am presenting periodic audio performances of observational essays and storytelling. |
| December 2009 |
Launched promotional Facebook business page for client, the Epicurean Hungarian Restaurant, allowing them to better connect with happy customers. |
| November 2009 |
Published Letter to the Editor in Runner's World . Discussed the history of great American milers. |
| October 2009 |
Judged online debate tournament via Skype on behalf of the National Christian Forensics and Communications Association. "Resolved: That the United States Federal Government should significantly reform its environmental policy." |
| June 2009 |
Produced Connection (dated, shipped June 2009). Cowrote cover and several feature articles. Also wrote news section. Provided creative direction to designer, worked with printer. Took cover photo. |
| June 2009 | Produced 16-page graduation program. |
| June 2009 |
Staff photographer of 2009 high school graduation. Photos highlighted on website and various publications. |
| June 2009 |
Developed Facebook presence for employer after conducting several focus groups and related research. |
| May 2009 |
Designed and produced program for Grammy Award winners Turtle Island Quartet concert. |
| April 2009 | Designed brochure supporting fundraising efforts. |
| April 2009 |
Worked with outside agency in placing employer on major network TV news (WGN-TV Around Town). Other placements include the Chicago Tribune, Daily Herald, several other newspapers. Photo used by Tribune (not credited). |
| April 2009 |
Relaunched weekly e-newsletter to increase production efficiency and user experience. |
| March 2009 |
Wrote several articles for, designed, produced a one-page newsletter to key donors. |
| March 2009 |
Performed poetry and gave short discussion on 1960s Beat-style poetry. See YouTube of one piece: Love Song for Charlie Parker. |
| February 2009 |
As managing editor of tabloid-sized glossy newsletter, I produced Connection (dated, shipped February 2009). Wrote cover and two main feature articles. Also wrote news section. Provided creative direction to designer, worked with printer. |
| January 2009 |
Developed 2009-2010 communications plan (based on academic year), including editorial plan. |
| December 2008 | Produced several Christmas concert programs in-house. |
| November 2008 |
Launched personal and professional Facebook presence with several niche groups, attracting hundreds of regular responses. |
| November 2008 | Placed stories in Chicago Tribune for employer. |
| September 2008 | Became Wheaton Academy's Director of Communications |
| July 2008 | Emcee, private event |
| June-July 2008 | Launched and maintain JimSpivey.com for three-time Olympian Jim Spivey, promoting his public speaking and professional coaching services. Includes planning/strategy, structure, writing and editing, SEO and promotion. |
| June 2008 | Launched and maintain AnthonyTrendl.com. |
| May 2008 | Launched and maintain Karitos Arts Conference 2008, a blog promoting an annual arts event. Includes planning/strategy, structure, writing, SEO and promotion. |
| April 2008 | Among keynote speakers at fundraising dinner regarding the history and importance of a Illinois State University campus organization. |
| Winter 2008 | NHV Book Review As Time Elapses and Sustains - The Lost Rider: A Bilingual Anthology by Ágnes Vashegyi MacDonald (New Hungarian Voice, Winter 2008: Volume VI - Issue I) (regarding my review of classic Hungarian poetry, The Lost Rider: A Bilingual Anthology. |