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Stacie Porter Bilger works with companies, communities and non-profits to improve communications, collaboration, customer service, and marketing through the use of traditional business and networking tools, along with the use of on-line social software, community platforms, and other emerging web technologies.
Bio
Stacie Porter Bilger is 15-year veteran of bringing people together to solve problems, create opportunities and innovate. Over the past few years, Stacie used social media tools and web technologies to build digital relationships with students and start-up companies from across the state of Indiana. Stacie conducts educational, strategy and training sessions, while also helping organizations develop and manage new media strategies. Stacie possesses a passion for building and working with teams to accomplish organizational goals that stimulate innovation, maximize team efficiency and generate revenues.
A longtime advocate in education innovation, Stacie also currently serves as the Chair and CEO of Hoosier Academy, Indianapolis. In the fall of 2008, Hoosier Academy launched a new model of education – unlike any other school in the country. Students meet with their teacher at a Hoosier Academies learning center for more than half of their instructional time. The remaining instruction can happen at home, on the road, or wherever an Internet connection can be found. This school demonstrates the power of bringing traditional educational and team building processes with the many tools available through web applications. In addition, Stacie serves on the board for the first charter school in Columbus, IN – the International School of Columbus.
More About Stacie Porter Bilger
Stacie spent more than 4-years at the Indiana Venture Center (IVC), working with teams to analyze the potential of more than 700 business concepts. While at the IVC, Stacie lead teams of MBA students, completing more than 80 business analysis and commercialization projects for several start-up companies. In addition, in her “connector” role, Stacie engaged more than 100 entrepreneurial talented professionals and 200 students to assist start-up companies with their investment pitches, market strategies, and other key commercialization issues. At the IVC, Stacie also:
- Launched educational entrepreneurial talent initiatives – the University Entrepreneurial Challenge, Venture Capitol Competitions, and Fellowships – to begin developing an ecosystem of risk tolerant, creative entrepreneur networks.
- Helped launch a virtual business model for the organization, reducing non-salary expenditures by 90%.
- Wrote grants, including a $500,000 grant to implement an innovation strategy across a 14-county region to spur rural economic development.
- Developed “Jump Start” education series for entrepreneurs, including workshops such as “Building the Right Team,” “Building and Writing the Best Business Plan,” and “The Perfect Pitch.”
- Co-authored business plans for various client companies.
Prior to the IVC, Stacie was the Director of Education Policy at the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. Stacie was influential in many education policies and initiatives throughout the State of Indiana. For her efforts in education, Stacie has been recognized by the Indianapolis Business Journal for Who’s Who in Education. She also served on several committees, task forces, and boards, including the Indianapolis Private Industry Council Board, Independent Residential Living Development Corporation Board, SMART Partnership Executive Committee, Bridges to Success Council, Science Bound Executive Committee, Charles A. Tindley Accelerated School Board, IPS Yellow Ribbon Task Force, and Group for Renewal Accountability and Development of Excellence in Schools (GRADES).
While at the Chamber, she developed and implemented an internship system to reduce Indiana’s brain drain – Indiana INTERNnet. Stacie was also responsible for organizing and influencing community leaders and elected officials to arrive at a compromise on a $250 million bond issue to improve Indianapolis Public Schools facilities. Stacie has advocated and guided others in the creation of charter schools in the Indianapolis Community by serving on boards, recruiting leaders to serve on boards, and fundraising.
Stacie received her formal education from the Indiana University School of Environmental and Public Affairs. She has also completed a 4-year nationally recognized leadership development program at the Institute for Organizational Management through the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.