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Mark’s responsibilities involve internal design and editorial support (websites and printed communication) as well as consulting with IPA clients as an e-government resource. Mark helped launch and acts as convener for the Delaware Municipal Web Developers Group, an association of statewide municipal staff members (responsible for their respective municipal or county website) who meet quarterly for networking, support, and education on website development. He is also available to local municipalities for general website development consultation or limited specific training. Occasionally, Mark is called on to advise IPA-affiliated students on electronic portfolio preparation, report and presentation formatting, and written communication.
With 30 years of design experience, Mark Deshon is skilled in a variety of visual design/
communication media, including print, web, presentation, and display. Trained in traditional production tools and processes, he has been working almost exclusively with electronic media since the late 1980s. Mark has significant experience in Macintosh-platform design tools (including Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, QuarkXPress, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Acrobat, and Microsoft PowerPoint) and nominal experience with other software. Mark has a better than average working knowledge of effective written communication as well.
Prior to joining the IPA staff, Mark worked for 20 years as a graphic designer/art director for the University’s world-renowned Center for Composite Materials, an interdisciplinary research and education center within the University of Delaware College of Engineering.
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| 2006 - present |
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Assistant Policy Scientist, Institute for Public Administration, CHEP, University of Delaware
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| 2000 - 2006 |
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Policy Specialist II, Institute for Public Administration, CHEP, University of Delaware
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| 1992 - 2000 |
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Art Director, Center for Composite Materials, College of Engineering, University of Delaware
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| 1987 - present |
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Designer (freelance), Deshon & Associates (Newark, Delaware)
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| 1985 - 1992 |
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Graphic Designer, Center for Composite Materials, College of Engineering, University of Delaware
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| 1980 - 1985 |
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Graphic Designer/Cartographer, Center for Composite Materials, College of Engineering, University of Delaware
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| 1978 - 1980 |
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Designer, Harwood & Lloyd, Inc. (Wilmington, Delaware) |
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“Making Your Website a Success: Some Basic Tips to Remember While Planning and Designing Your Site,” Newark Charter School 8th grade technology class, Newark, Del., January 5, 2007.
"Municipal Web Developers Group Member Training Workshop," covering HTML basics, theory, and hands-on exercises in Dreamweaver, Newark, Del., June 15, 2006.
“Magazine Design Tips,” presentation to Understanding Consumers class (LEAD101) each semester since spring 2006.
"Municipal E-Government Analysis: An In-Class Overview" - presented in UAPP803 class (Seminar in Public Administration), University of Delaware, Newark, Del., November 16, 2004.
"Municipal E-Government Update," at the 16th Delaware Institute for Local Government Leaders, Rehoboth Beach, Del., October 28, 2004.
"Municipal Website Development," an Academy for Local Government Leadership workshop, Dover, Del., April 8, 2002.
"Serving the Public On-Line: Municipal Examples Nationwide, What Delaware Cities and Towns Offer, Making Municipal Homepages Effective," at the 13th Delaware Institute for Local Government Leaders, Rehoboth Beach, Del., October 26, 2001.
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“The Third Transatlantic Dialogue: ‘Leading the Future of the Public Sector,’” with Maria Aristigueta, in PA Times International Supplement, March 2008.
“One Church’s Journey Into Covenant Discipleship,” in Covenant Discipleship Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 4, Winter 2008.
“IPA Program Review,” with B.J. DeCoursey, Lisa Moreland, Marcia Scott, et al., February 2007.
“DHCC Web Development Project Report,” with Kristen Osborne and Jen Herst, an IPA internal report in cooperation with the Delaware Health Care Commission and the Delaware Government Information Center, May 2002.
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Two special-problems technology courses:
UAPP666 - Website Development (spring 2005 and fall 2007)
Guest lecturer each semester:
LEAD101 - Understanding Consumers
“Magazine Design Tips”
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