LyndseeLoves

Founder | Ghostwriter + Content Creator

Freelance Copywriter

The Corporate Psychic

Content Assistant

Shorthand

Senior Editorial Success Manager

Editorial Success is one part design strategy, one part customer success. In a world where digital information and engagement is at an all time high, I worked with customers in higher education, media, non-profits, and beyond to tell strikingly compelling stories that move hearts and minds.

Shorthand is a platform used to build dynamic web content such as articles, reports, portfolios, proposals, and more without the use of code or any web design skills necessary.

Customers include University of Houston, The University of Texas at Austin, Rutgers, University of Alabama, Emory, Adweek, UNICEF, and more!

Editorial Success Manager

Harry Ransom Center

Continued management of the Membership Department for the Harry Ransom Center. Promotion to the Head of Membership included additional responsibilities such as coordination of international travel for the advisory council and top-tier donors, advanced engagement with donors through in-person visits and special events, as well as helping to develop prospective giving opportunities for the Center.

Head of Membership

Developed and managed recruitment of new members, as well as retention of current membership base at the Harry Ransom Center. Maintained avenues of member communications and cultivated relationships and experiences that created meaningful connection with the Center’s 1,000+ members. Planned and executed engaging programs through bi-annual, large-scale exhibition events for audiences of 500+, and smaller, more frequent events such as book clubs and tours, to enhance the value of membership.

Membership Manager

Assisted the Development and Membership departments by entering and acknowledging gifts, and maintaining databases (Salesforce CRM and UT’s donor database, VIP) to ensure the integrity of information. In the absence of the Marketing Manager, acted as the interim liaison between Center staff, the UT Design Center, and external vendors, to facilitate the creation, printing, and distribution of institutional and exhibition related materials. Coordinated events and oversaw student employees, as well as organized and catalogued all paper and electronic files for the three departments (Development, Marketing, and Membership).

Development Associate

Freelance

Created quality content through photography and graphic design. Always striving to utilize my creativity to meet the needs and desires of the client. 

Life is full of interesting and visually stunning people, places, and things—my work is to document and showcase them in an equally spectacular way.

Photography + Design

The University of Texas at Austin

Ran the Friends of Alec annual giving call center through the management of 50 – 60 student employees. Ensured timely processing and acknowledgment of gifts to the annual giving program, which acted as a fundraising channel for seven engineering departments, as well as student scholarships and programs. Maintained in-person and electronic communication with donors, alumni, and students. Planned and executed bi-annual hiring and training sessions for UT student applicants, organized participation in multiple University outreach events throughout the school year, and coordinated events for the annual giving program reaching audiences ranging from 60 to 2,000 people.

Assistant Director

Supported the Dean and the Assistant Dean for Development through composing weekly gift reports and acknowledgments, preparing travel arrangements and processing reimbursements, and maintaining UT and College of Education databases. Increased efficiency of the student scholarship stewardship initiative by implementing the College’s first comprehensive benefaction packet for 175+ Endowment Impact Reports.  Coordinated and planned Advisory Council meetings and events, and facilitated endowment, naming, and venue and catering contracts.

Assisted office of the Dean, and the Director of Development at the Cockrell School of Engineering through processing acknowledgment letters and briefing materials. Helped with event coordination, and office filing and maintenance. Assisted also with the annual endowment impact reports, as well as travel preparations and reimbursements.

Development Assistant

PUBLIC SCHOOL LLC

‘PUBLIC SCHOOL LLC was a collaborative studio specializing in art direction, design, and photography.’

Intern

🌎   I am a perpetual learner in pursuit of knowledge, and a broader understanding of people, culture, and the ways in which we engage with one another. 📚

🤝   Through unique personal (having moved 10+ times before college) and professional experiences (working in non-profits, higher education, and tech), I have gained a perspective resulting in impressive communication skills and a talent for making friends. 🙂

📝   I love words and believe in their power to build bridges, impact and inspire our lives, and to drive change. ❤️

Dear LinkedIn,

👀 My posts are barely reaching 600 impressions, why would I care about how many impressions my comments are getting?

📌 I would like to request the ability to pin comments again though, please. That's a feature I can actually get behind.

Sincerely,
An active LinkedIn user that hasn't been super impressed by the recent updates to the platform lately 😕

#linkedin #impressions #tech

Lyndsee Nielson

We don’t need one day.



Womxn deserve representation, appreciation, and recognition every day.


They’re trying to govern our bodies,

Dictate who we can and can’t love,

Wipe our achievements from history,

Muscle us out of rooms and keep us quiet,

They belittle and speak over us

Gaslight, misgender, and try to control us.


𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘂𝘀, 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀.


Stand up for the womxn in your life

Every day.

Acknowledge and listen to womxn

Every day.

👉🏼 Celebrate womxn every day.

Period.

#internationalwomensday #womxn #women #iwd #lyndseeloves

Photo credit @gloriasteinem on Instagram: Photograph of unknown woman at the International Women's Day March in New York City on March 8, 1975.
From the archives of @gloriasfoundation

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Keep looking for the patterns.


The people who build you up.
The people who bring you down.
The repetitious happenings in your life.
The situations that make you feel a certain way.

These are all patterns.

Consciously or subconsciously we are attracting what we are used to.

Not necessarily what we are comfortable with, but what we think we should accept.

But you can break patterns.
You can see them and change them.
You can intentionally establish new ones.

You don’t have to keep repeating what doesn’t feel good.

Are there patterns you’ve been noticing in your life lately?

Are they contributing positively to your life or detracting from it?

*I can’t take credit for this….



*Something I wish more people would say before they passed something off as their own when they clearly got inspiration from someone else, but that’s a post for another time.

But this:

My sister told me something that I really loved when we were having our book club discussion last week…

She said that someone she knew (and this is where I lose the person for whom I should direct credit because I don’t know exactly who) was doing this really important thing:

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆’𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵.

Why is this so cool and/or important?

1. Because the threat of burning books is real with the current state of things in this country.

2. Political parties, parents, and people are trying to dictate what we can and cannot have access to.

3. Prioritizing purchasing banned books (especially through non-conglomerate retailers) means these stories live on and the books survive even though there’s a movement to repress or eliminate them.

4. Knowledge is one thing they cannot take away from you, so I’m going to fill my brain with as many stories that I can—especially those that reflect diverse and unique experiences that are different from my own.

5. Knowledge is power. When you feel helpless or angry or like you can’t make a difference, as Toni Morrison so beautifully said:

“𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦.
𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥.”

Check the link in the comments for a list of online retailers and real life bookshops where you can buy banned books with me!

♥️📖📚

#bannedbooks #books #read #lyndseeloves

In high school, I received a prophecy from one of my teachers.


Well it was an assertion really..

More of an observation, I guess.

Or maybe it was just a really profound compliment…?

Whatever it was, it stuck with me.

I was discussing the essay I’d written to submit with my college application with my English teacher, when he said something that really surprised me.

He said, “𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧.
𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨, 𝙪𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮, 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡. 
𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙩.”

I remember it struck me right in the heart.

Because this was a teacher that I greatly respected. An incredibly intelligent man who had a very deep, regal voice, meaning everything he said seemed to hold great wisdom. 

He then added, “𝙈𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙.”

In that moment, it really did feel like a prophecy.

Like guidance for my future.

Because sometimes listening does feel like a lost art.

Like people don’t even hear you, let alone really take in what you’re saying.

It’s an active effort to be present.

When you listen, truly listen, you learn so much about someone.

You give them the opportunity to open up.

To be heard.

To connect on a deeper level.

To not feel alone in their experience.

And what’s interesting is that while I didn’t go on to be a therapist or psychologist, 𝙄 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙮 𝙜𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜.

I get to listen and peel back layers, ask questions and discover new ways to look at things.

I get to learn who you are and then interpret and formulate materials in your voice with your goals and qualities at the heart of them.

♥️

That, and I believe listening is an act of kindness.

To truly care about someone, and to want to know who they are and what they have to say.

So maybe I am using my skill for good, after all 🥹

What do you think?

And what was the best compliment you’ve ever received?

#storytelling #writer #ghostwriter #lyndseeloves

I spent less than 72 hours in Washington DC 



But, boy was it eventful!

When I told a friend last week that I was headed to Washington DC, she said:

“Oh why? To protest?!”

And in that moment, I really wished that I was heading there to do just that. Because while I would be arriving in DC the day before the joint session of congress, I would be meeting with a new client and wouldn’t have much time to sightsee or stand in solidarity with fellow protestors.

However, I did have a few pretty insightful conversations and encounters:

➡️ I sat at a table with a 25 year old, a 35 and 40 year old, and someone in their 50’s and had a civil discussion about politics; people from four decades sharing their perspectives 

➡️ I chatted about fighting the good fight with a stranger at the hotel bar, as he’d just received the request to provide his “5 bullets outlining his contributions” in his government job, and felt his future was unclear

➡️ Made a friend in the airport who said  “talking to strangers has rarely ever disappointed” and we bonded over the often neglected art of conversation (usually in favor of spending time on screens)

➡️ Then I saw Elizabeth Warren on my flight home?!! 

While I am still trying to 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 with the relentless news cycle and the devastating path that this political regime is leaving in its wake, I’m doing what keeps me going:

Making friends
Having conversations 
Seeing the good in others
Reveling in the small moments
And doing work that makes an impact


♥️ I’m grateful for the opportunity to use my voice and to help amplify others’.

♥️ And to all my friends in the DC area—I’m really sorry I didn’t have a chance to see you, but I promise I’ll be back!!

Photos of the few sights I did see on my walk back to the hotel from the office and from the cab.

LinkedIn changed my life.


Who would have ever believed that a decision made nearly 4 years ago would be the foundation for everything I’m doing today?

Acting on a whim in 2021, fresh off the wave of a pandemic and the disorienting after effects of isolation, I felt weirdly compelled to tap into the space that LinkedIn was becoming and begin writing posts.

Posts? I wasn’t even sure what that meant or what I was supposed to write about, but something about it was calling to me.

LinkedIn—after many forgotten and boring years of being where resumes go to die and where you might occasionally check on past colleagues and/or search for a job—was starting to feel like a bustling, human-centered, doing-inspiring-things-and-talking-about-more-than-our-jobs social hub and I wanted to be part of it!

I wanted to network, sure, but mostly I wanted to make friends.

When I started out, I had a job and was really only looking for a social outlet, since I wasn’t in an office anymore and my team was entirely remote, and on top of that globally distributed.

My closest colleague was in another time zone entirely..

But a little over 2.5 years later when I was let go from that job, with nearly 700 posts on my profile, I had over 3,000 people who came to support me in my job search, and eventually in starting my own business, LyndseeLoves ♥️

🥰🥹

I had no earthly idea when I started writing here that this space would be what it is for me today.

That those first posts that garnered maybe 5 likes if I was lucky (oh the thrill in those early days!!), were laying the groundwork for what this platform affords me now.

And 4 years later I can say one thing:


👉🏼 It was absolutely worth showing up here.


And even if you aren’t sure why you’re building your brand just yet,

Or struggling to come up with post ideas or a “content strategy”

Someday you’ll be happy that you have a community and a strong network.

That you’ve started meeting inspiring people that can show you what’s possible and cheer you on as your pursue it for yourself. 

That this little corner of the internet will be yours and will reflect you and the incredible work you do.

And that the work you put in today, might just be what Future You needs, someday.

My philosophy has always been:

👉🏼 Start where you are
👉🏼 Share what you know
👉🏼 Then keep doing it

Are you feeling compelled to start writing here?

Today’s a good day to start ☺️

Not sure where/how to start? Check the comments for resources! 👇🏼

—

📸 Photo of me in my last real in-person office. It’s weird to look at me in this picture now and realize that she had no idea what the next 3 years would bring her. ✨

If you are afraid of posting on LinkedIn, you are not alone.


Are you hesitant of being open and vulnerable in a place full of potential employers and colleagues? 😬

That’s fair.

But what if your story catches the eye of a potential employer or colleague and they remember you the next time they’re thinking of someone who can do what you can do?

Or what if something you share encourages someone else to make an exciting move in their life and career?

What if being open and vulnerable makes you more human and real than a list of names or a stack of paper résumés?

Or the words you write here resonate in such a way that doors you never thought were available to you begin to open?

I’ve had clients reach out to me, people refer me for work, and opportunities I didn’t even know were possible arise all because of how I’ve showed up and shared on this platform.

And even despite feeling nervous about how someone might interpret my words, or thinking it no one would even care what I had to say…

I have developed so many friendships and partnerships, and have found people who do care and want to see me succeed.


What if sharing your story begins conversations, and encourages people to think differently about situations?

What if it opens you up personal and professional relationships that add value to your life?

What if your words make a difference?

Wouldn’t that be rewarding?

So for all the reasons you’ve come up with NOT to post, 

Think of all the amazing ways sharing your story on LinkedIn could WORK OUT ☺️

Let’s get started! ⭐️✨

#personalbranding #personalbrand #career #lyndseeloves

No one will get you.



At least not completely.
People don’t know what you do really.
They don’t know what you know.
They haven’t experienced life as you have.


But that doesn’t mean that they won’t care.


“𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘏𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘪? 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘏𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘪 𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘦.”

“𝘐 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘥…𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮…𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴? 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘩, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 50 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥…”

“𝘐 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭. 𝘐 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢..”

One of my all-time favorite things about traveling is hearing and having conversations with fellow travelers.

Remembering how truly fascinating our stories are…even those seemingly insignificant details…because to others who haven't experienced them before, they’re like the unique gems.

An exciting anecdote buried deep in the past, under the trappings of our current narrative and future aspirations.

But little notes, little moments and the meaning we attribute to them, have the potential to connect us to others.

To make us memorable,
To showcase our interests,
To open doors to conversations,
To shed light on our own upbringing,
How we came about our philosophies on life..

Your story is interesting.

Especially to those who have never heard it before.

All the pieces of your personal brand, contributing a valuable perspective and touch point.

And a reminder that telling your story has so much potential.

Because we’re all just humans looking for other interesting humans to connect with.

♥️

#storytelling #travel #personalbranding #personalbrand #lyndseeloves

I’d forgotten what it was like.


I currently find myself out in the country somewhere in middle America, in the thick of winter, 

Wearing multiple layers because my Texas conditioning can barely weather below 60 degrees without a jacket.

I flip on the light switch operated fireplace and I nestle in with the dogs.

I look out the window and am reminded of just how magical it is when it snows.

❄️

When the flurries blow sideways, filling the sky like rain.

They’re floating haphazardly but coming down with a fury.

I forgot what it felt like to experience the seasons; in Texas we have two: hot and warm. Here we have 14 degrees (feels like -5) 😅

To witness the magic of a spontaneous snowstorm, feeling as if you’re in the center of a snow globe, takes me back to growing up here. Waking up to a blanket of glistening white snow, just waiting for us to build a snowman.

☃️ 

And even though I would prefer to be warm (living in Texas for so long has ruined my ability to handle cold weather 🥶), it’s been a reminder that sometimes even when we’re uncomfortable, there’s a lesson to learn.

That even when things in the world feel like a hot mess, standing outside while snow swirls around you can remind you of the simple beauty that is still around us.

And that even though I may not have control over the weather, I am embracing the magic of a snow day; cozied up with the fire and a blanket, hot coffee and a book.

Thankful for a little time in a different season.

❄️

Starting a few new things this week and feeling hopeful for what’s ahead. 

Hope your week is off to a good start too, and that you’re staying warm! 🥰

Taplio

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