Rachel Duran

Writer, Editor, Content Manager

Lawrence, Kansas

Writer, editor and storyteller specializing in compelling and unique content in a variety of industry sectors, in particular manufacturing-related content.

Rachel Duran

Writer, Editor, Content Manager

Lawrence, Kansas

Writer, editor and storyteller specializing in compelling and unique content in a variety of industry sectors, in particular manufacturing-related content.

Manufacturing Inspires Youth to Make A Difference
Students and instructors from Franklin County Career and Technology Center in southern Pennsylvania toured the Volvo Trucks Group facility in Hagerstown, Maryland in October 2013 as part Manufacturing Day, a nationwide event that connects students with manufacturers. Photo: David Bohrer/National Association of Manufacturers.
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Commercial Opportunities Move Aerospace Forward
Members of the aerospace industry continue to expand their commercial product lines in order to overcome domestic headwinds impacting defense industry work, as well as commercial work, affected by government spending cuts. Challenges create possibilities. AIA is based in Arlington, Virginia, and advocates for the industry on topics such as civil and commercial space, civil aviation and defense and security.
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ChoppedCon Taking Place in Kansas City
Beginning today, food bloggers are temporarily leaving the blogosphere to join their cohorts at ChoppedCon 2015 at the River Market Event Place in Kansas City, Missouri. The conference has a full schedule tomorrow, with speaker sessions covering topics such as building your brand on social media, the power of video, ads and sponsored posts, tips to avoiding blogger burn out, and others.
"What would you do if you knew you couldn't fail?"
Lean Inside: 7 Steps to Personal Power Jay Pryor, author
Stellar
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Amazingly Awesome 2.0
In a nutshell, in order to attain what might be possible, you need to fully participate to see those possibilities unfold. “I think most people in recovery are in a 12-step program, and they believe there is a higher power,” Grout says. “Basically, that is what we are doing with these experiments: Is there really something that has your back? And is there really something that if you allow it, if you surrender to it, it will guide you?
Recovery Campus
Spiritual Paths
Thriving in the Urban Core
Well-orchestrated redevelopments create jobs and breathe life into the surrounding community. Urban core revitalization projects throughout America create economic opportunity, but perhaps more importantly, they engage community stakeholders in taking ownership and sharing in the vision of these redevelopments.
Business Xpansion Journal
Quality of Place
Vivian: From Rescue to Home Free
Vivian spent her first eight years in southern Missouri with a dog breeder. She was rescued along with 11 English springer spaniels in fall of 2014 by the Missouri chapter of ESRA.
Stellar
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Automotive Industry is Smarter and Lighter
Intelligent transportation systems and mass reduction propel auto design and engineering. It is believed in the future that the majority of vehicles on the road will be driven autonomously by communicating with networks operating from the cloud. Organizations, including automakers and Google, are already testing these connected vehicles.
Business Xpansion Journal
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Creating Family-Friendly Spaces
Designing vibrant public spaces is a community affair. The desire to socialize is with us from childhood. We want to connect with those around us. We like to congregate in public places and interact with each other, whether through play, attending cultural events or enjoying picnics in parks. In downtown Santa Cruz, Calif., the developments underway at Abbott Square will not only result in the formation of a vibrant and family-friendly public plaza space, but also attract economic development activity.
Business Xpansion Journal
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UAVs: Extending Your Line of Sight
Precision ag applications on the verge of exploding.
Business Xpansion Journal
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Medical Devices: Smarter and More Connected to IT
Challenges notwithstanding, the medical device industry prospers, with the Midwest leading the way.
Business Xpansion Journal
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Dynamic Wind Industry Expects Uncertainties
Successfully protecting commercial apps and military missions depends heavily on advances in cybersecurity.
Business Xpansion Journal
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Plug into Co-Working Hubs
Co-working hubs lead to accidental and amazing collaborations. Entrepreneurs can live and work and plug in from just about anywhere these days, but for some, there is no place like home. Serial entrepreneurs Matthew Marcus and Mark Colby have landed in the Kansas City metro and Spokane, Wash., respectively.
Quality of Place
Place Plus Talent Equals Prosperity
Does a quality place really matter? “It is a good synergy back and forth, which has been cool. We have benefitted from the university being here and they have benefited from us being here.”- Michael Hartman, founder and president, Frogdice
Business Xpansion Journal
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It’s all About the Cyber
Caption: National Business Park in Anne Arundel County, Md., is home to a who’s who in national defense contractors, benefiting from proximity to Fort Meade and the U.S. Cyber Command, and the NSA. Photo: NBP. Successfully protecting commercial apps and military missions depends heavily on advances in cybersecurity.
Business Xpansion Journal
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Seaports are the Heart of Nation’s Freight Network
Crumbling landside connections threaten nation’s seaports.
Business Xpansion Journal
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About

Rachel Duran

Magazine website management

associations and nonprofits

quality of place promotion

Wordpress

social media marketing

project management

oversee freelance writers

Feature writing

State economic profiles

Regional economic profiles

economic development

Digital magazines

Print magazines

Business writing

Manage interns

Manufacturing feature writer

*Experienced and passionate writer seeks freelance writing, editing and/or editorial content management work.

*Writer and editor for a national leading site selection and economic development print and online publication for 14 years. I write compelling articles about business expansion and the economic trends in a variety of industry sectors, in particular manufacturing-related industries.

*I also want to write about trends in manufacturing such as lightweighting of vehicles with carbon fiber composites, and additive (3-D printing) manufacturing.

*I have an interest in writing about women in manufacturing careers, women running all types of small businesses - “winning women” projects.

*I write the Spiritual Paths department for Recovery Campus, which discusses spirituality, practices and ideas that offer guidance to a college student entering or maintaining a recovery program.

* For 13 years, I wrote and edited a quarterly publication on global business expansion topics.

*I have also written and edited topics ranging from post-frame construction to regional roofing industry topics to vocational education.

*I graduated from the University of Kansas with a bachelor’s of science degree in journalism.

*I love to cycle all over northeast Kansas. Contrary to popular belief, Kansas is not as flat as a pancake.