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Bill Handy has more than fifteen years of advanced technical, management and academic experience in the field of public relations, marketing, strategic communications and strategic planning. He is a Visiting Professor at Oklahoma State University in the School Media and Strategic Communications where his area of research and scholarship includes public relations, strategic communications, social media and communication technology. He also created and teaches the one of the first courses in the United States dedicated solely to the study of social media as it relates to strategic and tactical uses.

Bill lives in Tulsa with his wife and business partner, Shelli Holland-Handy. Together they operate H3 Strategic Communications which provides strategic communications counsel for all types of organizations, from Fortune 500 companies to nonprofits. Bill and Shelli are also the former owners of Dog Dish, an upscale retail boutique for pets and pet owners, which they built and developed from scratch and sold in 2009. Bill and Shelli attribute much of the success enjoyed by Dog Dish to their use of integrated marketing and strategic communication, as well as the innovative use of technology.

Bill received his undergraduate degree in Marketing and Business Administration from Webster University and his master’s degree in Mass Communication, with an emphasis in Strategic Communication Management, from Oklahoma State University.

He has received a number of awards and accolades, most recently Oklahoma State University’s Ad Club Professor of the Year and the Oklahoma Alliance for Animals James Kraft Honorary Achievement Award. He was inducted into the Golden Key International Honour Society as an Honorary Member

His super human strength is the ability to know the difference between a goal, objective, strategy and tactic and is available for consulting and speaking engagements. You can contact him via any of the sites listed on the left or simply send him an email – bill.handy@okstate.edu.