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About Me

I help fabulous and successful people lead centered, balanced, and sexy lives through personalized mind and body exercises. My Unleash Your Sexy coaching sessions are designed to help you feel happy, hot, and (back) in control by shifting the way you think about yourself, while also developing positive, effective, and healthy lifestyle practices.

My master's degree in Organizational Management and my certification as an ACE Personal Trainer benefit organizations and young professionals with coaching and programs based on my research in work-life issues, organizational behavior, mind-body exercises, and fitness and nutrition management.

I am the co-founder of the online network of Performance Advantage Inc., an independent learning & development consulting firm. Our mission is to advise managers on workplace productivity and training solutions. We offer individuals and business owners e-courses and e-books developed through experience and research on organizational behaviors, work/life flexibility, and global leadership.

I am the founder of Enter: Adulthood, an online guide for young adults that shares advice and tips on career, relationship, and personal life choices to transition into the "real world.” Enter: Adulthood's mission is to help young adults become independent, self-directed individuals with a balanced life of work, relationships, purpose, and fun.

In my former corporate life, I created and implemented advertising media plans for top clients in the consumer packaged goods, wireless telecommunications, restaurant, and sporting industries in NYC & San Diego. I served 5 years in the advertising/media industry consulting businesses on traditional & emerging communications strategies, including television, print, outdoor, radio, digital, & social media.

Education:
M.A. Organizational Management, The George Washington University, D.C.
B.S. Advertising and Marketing Communications, Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC.
ACE-certified Personal Trainer

Work History

• Performance Advantage Inc
• Co-Founder | Strategy & Media Consultant
• July 2010 to Present

• Performance Advantage Inc is an independent learning and development firm dedicated to advising managers on workplace productivity/training solutions.

  We help create work climates in which people feel motivated through organizational management and development strategies.

  With an MA in Organizational Management, individuals and business owners benefit from my e-courses and e-books developed through my research on organizational behaviors, work/life flexibility, and global leadership.

  Performance Advantage Inc offers group training, e-books, and e-learning opportunities.

  Check out our weekly blog at http://www.anditsonlytuesday.com
  Tweet with us at @helenantholis and @dianaantholis

• Enter: Adulthood
• Founder & Writer
• October 2010 to Present

• Enter: Adulthood is an online guide for young adults that shares advice and tips on career, relationship, and life choices to transition into the “real world.”

  Enter: Adulthood’s mission is to help young adults become independent, self-directed individuals with a balanced life of work, relationships, purpose, and fun.

  Serving as the “guide to the NEW way of growing up and getting what you want,” Enter: Adulthood is a multi-dimensional educational website for communicating with young adults in ways that make sense to them. By finding the fun and humor in the journey to adulthood, the blog covers serious topics with a spin.

  Written from my perspective and experiences, I blog, give advice, consult to individuals, and write e-guides for my followers.

  Read more: www.enteradulthood.com/enter
  E-guides: www.enteradulthood.com/eguides

• DianaAntholis.com
• Wellness Coach & Personal Trainer
• November 2011 to Present

• I help fabulous professionals lead centered, balanced lives through personalized mind and body exercises - making them feel happy, hot, and (back) in control by shifting the way they think about themselves.

  http://dianaantholis.com

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• Vitro Agency
• Communications Strategy Consultant
• October 2008 to June 2009

• San Diego, CA

  Clients: Asics America, Taylor Guitars, Yamaha, Cobra Golf, Kyocera, P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, PeiWei Asian Diner

  As a media consultant at this San Diego agency, I consulted brands at the local and national levels, developing business and communications plans in the digital, radio, TV, OOH, and print spaces. I developed and informed clients of new and successful communications and implemented plans accordingly. I added expertise to special projects within the media team of six.

• MediaVest
• Connections Associate
• July 2007 to July 2008

• New York, NY

  Client: Mars, Inc.
  Brands: Dove Chocolate, Starburst, Combos, Snickers Marathon

  As Connections Associate, I recommended, developed, and implemented objectives, strategies, and communications for the brands. Serving as the point of contact for the team, I built relationships with internal and external team members and clients.
  I informed the brands of emerging media and executed ideas surrounding their platforms and new campaign launches: Dove Expert Panel, Emmy Awards, Social/Cause-Related Marketing, Digital, Broadband, VOD. In addition to my immediate team, I served as the liason for Mars corporate budgets and presentations and the MediaTools Expert for the entire Mars team at MediaVest.

• Mediaedge:cia
• Communications Analyst

• New York, NY

  Clients: Schick Wilkinson-Sword, an Energizer Company; Cadbury Adams (Brands: Trident, Stride, Dentyne, Sour Patch Kids, Swedish Fish, Halls, Bubblicious)

  As Communications Analyst, I implemented the transition of new business (Schick) to MEC by creating new media plans and analyzing target definitions and competitors.
  During my time as an Assistant Communications Analyst, I assisted in development of new campaign launches, preparation of media plans and recommendations, and maintained monthly budgets for the Cadbury Adams portfolio.

  - Media School Graduate 9/06-1/07
  - Stride won MEC North American Global Award for the 2006 launch campaign

• Chaps Ralph Lauren
• Marketing Assistant

• New York, NY

  Internship & Part-time position during school.

  - Organized photo shoot samples and maintained CAD books
  - Samples: responded to requests and tracked; contacted media partners for editorials
  - Assisted in showroom visual display maintenance
  - Managed spreadsheets pertaining to POS signage, photo shoots, co-op advertising, invoices, expenses, and contracts

Education

• George Washington University
• Master of Arts, Organizational Management
• 2009 - 2010

• http://www.gwu.edu/~orgsci/dantholis.html

  Accelerated Organizational Management MA Fellows Program September 2009 to July 2010

  Concentrations: Leadership, Strategic Management, Decision Making, Work/Life Balance, International and Cultural Practices and Management in Organizations, Planned Change, Organizational Conflict and Communication, Organizational Behavior, Action Research, Employee Satisfaction and Motivation, Managerial Economics

  Graduate Research Assistant: During my graduate studies at GWU, I was the Graduate Research Assistant to Director of the Organizational Sciences Department. I conducted research on Global Leadership and assisted in the brainstorming research meetings for the development of journal articles and presentations. I also worked on conference planning for the Eastern Academy of Management.

  Activities and Societies: Comparative Management Study Tour in Albania and Romania - Visited and studied organizations in developing democracies.

• Fashion Institute of Technology
• Bachelor of Science, Advertising and Marketing Communications
• 2003 - 2005

• One year accelerated Associates Degree in Advertising and Marketing Communications.
  Two year Bachelor of Science degree in Advertising and Marketing Communications.

  Concentrations: Creative Strategies, Media Planning, Public Relations, Brand Management, Marketing Research, Strategic Planning, Advertising Copywriting, Special Events Planning

  Activities and Societies: Cum Laude, Dean's List, AWNY (Advertising Women of New York), NYWA (New York Women's Agenda)