For more than 35 years, Natalie Shear Associates has provided conference management, and event planning and production, to the non-profit and corporate communities in cities across the country:

Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, DC, Atlanta, Orlando, Miami, Little Rock, New Orleans, Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago, Santa Fe, Albuquerque, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, Los Ángeles,  San Francisco, San Diego, and Toronto, Canada

Over the years, the firm has promoted a wide range of client activities

• Focusing media attention on housing discrimination across the country

• Editing and publishing a newsletter on fair housing

• Initiating and directing public relations and membership campaigns

• Researching, designing and writing annual reports, newsletters and brochures

• Creating auctions featuring artists with disabilities

• Correcting misunderstandings about, and providing increased information on the activities and mission of the 2,000-member Immigration Bar

• And, we have helped plan, manage and “choreograph” conventions, conferences, seminars, workshops and press briefings

Natalie Shear Associates has produced anniversary events commemorating

• The March on Washington

• The Americans with Disabilities Act

• The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights

• The Annual Interfaith Tribute to the late Martin Luther King, Jr.

• The Life and Legacy of John J. Sweeney, President Emeritus, AFL-CIO

In addition, we worked with the National Organization on Disability to coordinate the event which placed a sculpture of Franklin Delano Roosevelt-in-a-wheelchair at the Washington FDR Memorial.

We planned and managed the first conference and exhibit showcase focused on Emergency Preparedness for People with Disabilities.

And, we have worked closely with the National Alliance on Mental Illness, coordinating their annual Scientific Research Award Presentation and Reception.

Using our corporate, labor and community-based contacts, we have assisted several of the firm’s public interest clients in their fundraising efforts with special events, and by matching client projects with corporate interests and foundation missions.

For more than 35 years, Natalie Shear Associates has provided conference management, and event planning and production, to the non-profit and corporate communities in cities across the country:

Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, DC, Atlanta, Orlando, Miami, Little Rock, New Orleans, Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago, Santa Fe, Albuquerque, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, Los Ángeles,  San Francisco, San Diego, and Toronto, Canada

Over the years, the firm has promoted a wide range of client activities

• Focusing media attention on housing discrimination across the country

• Editing and publishing a newsletter on fair housing

• Initiating and directing public relations and membership campaigns

• Researching, designing and writing annual reports, newsletters and brochures

• Creating auctions featuring artists with disabilities

• Correcting misunderstandings about, and providing increased information on the activities and mission of the 2,000-member Immigration Bar

• And, we have helped plan, manage and “choreograph” conventions, conferences, seminars, workshops and press briefings

Natalie Shear Associates has produced anniversary events commemorating

• The March on Washington

• The Americans with Disabilities Act

• The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights

• The Annual Interfaith Tribute to the late Martin Luther King, Jr.

• The Life and Legacy of John J. Sweeney, President Emeritus, AFL-CIO

In addition, we worked with the National Organization on Disability to coordinate the event which placed a sculpture of Franklin Delano Roosevelt-in-a-wheelchair at the Washington FDR Memorial.

We planned and managed the first conference and exhibit showcase focused on Emergency Preparedness for People with Disabilities.

And, we have worked closely with the National Alliance on Mental Illness, coordinating their annual Scientific Research Award Presentation and Reception.

Using our corporate, labor and community-based contacts, we have assisted several of the firm’s public interest clients in their fundraising efforts with special events, and by matching client projects with corporate interests and foundation missions.

With more than 25 years of experience in television production, media relations, marketing promotional events and client relations, Tamara brings her expertise to the firm working on all aspects of events and conferences, while handling video production, media and audio visual needs and functioning as on-site stage manager.

Much of her expertise in development, production and marketing was derived from her experience working for several networks and studios in New York including Sony, Nickelodeon, Viacom and Time Warner. At Nickelodeon, in addition to video production, she worked on “The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo” and conducted focus groups for a number of their animated shows.

Tamara creates videos that tell a story of an organization and/or its honorees, highlights an event or an award, or shows donors how their gifts have made a difference. She brings a strong focus on community relations and public interest communications to each project. Whatever the purpose, be it fundraising, marketing, donor recognition or a visual brochure, her work gives truth to the concept that a picture is worth a thousand words.

She has produced a variety of videos for clients including:

• National Alliance on Mental Illness

• Women’s Policy, Inc.

• Fight Crime: Invest in Kids

• The National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice

• Campaign for America’s Future

• Common Cause

• YWCA USA

• US-Ukraine Foundation

• Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program of Georgetown University Law Center

• AFL-CIO Memorial for President Emeritus John J. Sweeney

A graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, her degree focused on film, television and journalism. She has worked on both the east and west coasts managing special video and film projects. She maintains her west coast contacts and is frequently called upon for her advice and counsel.