Nicole Cheslock
Nicole Cheslock

SPECIAL PROJECTS

EXPERIENCE
Current
FREELANCER | CONSULTANT, Communications, Outreach and Writing

DIRECTOR, EDUCATION + OUTREACH, Tahoe Maritime Museum, Homewood, CA         

EDUCATION PROGRAM EVALUATION SPECIALIST, San Francisco, CA
With an emphasis on qualitative data collection, analysis and reporting, served San Francisco Bay Area's highest quality environmental education programs and community foundations. Services emphasized strategic goal setting, program evaluation and reporting meaningful results. Clients included:
  • Astronomical Society of the Pacific
  • Community Resources for Science
  • National Fish + Wildlife Foundation
  • Nature Bridge
  • Palo Alto Junior Museum + Zoo
  • Peninsula Community Foundation
  • Save the Bay
  • Silicon Valley Community Foundation
  • StopWaste.org
COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATE, CBA Partners, Stamford, CT                     
Led media and investor relations for high yield investment fund. Secured placements in The New York Times and Commercial Property News.
 
ASSISTANT, Morgan Stanley, New York, NY
Worked with senior management to evaluate and revise discretionary account management practices for 250 investment representatives. Series 7 General Securities Representative Qualification Examination and 63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination.

EDUCATION
MA, Stanford Graduate School of Education, Social Sciences
BA, Vanderbilt University, English + Spanish

PRESENTATIONS + PUBLICATIONS
  • 100+ articles in various publications including edible Reno Tahoe, Tahoe Quarterly, The Tahoe Weekly and Moonshine Ink
  • Measuring Results ©The Pollinators Network
  • Restoring Americas Estuaries Annual Conference. Co­-presented findings from national pilot survey, "Volunteers’ stewardship ethic in community based coastal restoration projects"
  • Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education (AEOE) Conference. Influencing Behavior and Embark, Enlighten, and Educate through Poetry. Co-led inquiry-­based workshop encouraging discovery and inquiry through observation.
  • Lawns and the Environment Conference. Panelist, Effective Public Education Programming
  • North American Association of Environmental Education (NAAEE) Conference. Presented Yosemite National Institutes Case Study and co-­facilitated an interactive two‐day course Environmental Education Learning Institute for Non-­Formal Education
 

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Measuring Results
The Coevolution Institute set out to explore effective behavior change strategies. Specifically, they asked, “What can we learn from interventions and outcome measurement through a cross-field survey of published literature?” Measuring Results examines the ways those who work within and outside of environmental education have approached the challenges of effecting and measuring individual behavior change...download the e-book.
From interviews with entrepreneurs for trade publications to lifestyle pieces, I've had 100+ articles published.

Tea Time in Reno | Locals relish budding teahouse scene.

Tahoe's Top 12  |   A decade after moving west, I heard the perfect phrase for Lake Tahoe: Alpine Caribbean.
I specialize in helping organizations with passionate leaders grow their business or nonprofit organization. Call it circumstance or luck, beginning a career in New York, NY offers an incredible array of possibilities, ongoing connections with diverse professionals and unsurpassed learning opportunities. I gained a strong foundation for much of my work by supporting Morgan Stanley's Private Client Group senior management team and working for advertising and PR agencies in New York City. Since that time, a master's degree from Stanford University's Graduate School of Education combined with professional development courses has fine tuned the knowledge and expertise that I bring to clients.