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Eric is an emerging media enthusiast with more than twenty years experience in marketing, pr and advertising in private and public sectors. Recently, Holder was keynote speaker on media trends for the Florida Public Relations Association, lecturer at the Emory University Media Conference, instructor at the University of Georgia Journalism Academy and speaker at the American Medical Association’s 25th Annual Medical Communications Conference.
From 2001-2005 Holder directed communications for the Peabody Awards, electronic media's oldest prize. He also administered a $500,000 grant to promote health communications through documentary videos for producers. Holder was an active member of the National Association of Television Programming Executives, the National Association of Broadcasters, the Radio and Television News Directors Association, and the National Association of Medical Communicators.
Previously, Holder was field director for the American Heart Association and regional director for ASCAP where increased membership, advanced strategic partnerships and fund raising characterized his work. From 1994-1998, Holder served as communications manager for Athens, GA, and branded the city "The Best Seat in the South." There he managed media inquiries for their 1996 Olympic games, built the city's first web site and co-founded the Athens Music Festival, AthFest.
While attending the University of Georgia as an undergraduate, Holder was circulation manager and advertising representative at the Athens Banner Herald. Earlier, Holder co-founded Multi Media Marketing, Inc. in 1991, as an independent fund raising arm of the University of Georgia. At the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications, Holder completed extensive research and graduate course work in audience behavior and measurement. |
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Don has more than 11 years, professional experience, “on the front lines” of new media including Interactive TV, mobile devices, video distribution and broadband web emerging technologies.
Dudenhoeffer led the design team that was awarded the 1st Emmy in Interactive Television for our creation of an Interactive TV application enhancing HBO’s “Band of Brothers” DVD experience, as well as the effort to design and build CNN’s Pipeline and the NFL’s Washington Redskins experiences for Media Center and Intel’s Viiv initiative.
He participated in the incubation, testing and launch new interactive products ranging from a wireless traffic guidance system to desktop applications for The Weather Channel including a web browser plug-in, widgets and other new forms of digital video collection, encoding and distribution. Further, Don's client rooster includes: HBO, HGTV, DIY, FOOD, Fine Living, Disney, AOLTV, NASCAR.com, CNN, Cartoon Network, Captain Planet Foundation, Philips, PoliticalIQ.com, Psydex, Subaru, Worldspan, Cox Cable, Cox Radio, IntelliOne, Time Warner, Rhapsody and MetaByte, among others.
Don also worked to create interactive applications designed to define a user experience based on geocentric information like Points of Interest, Directions and Traffic Routing. Applications ranged from Black Berry, iPhone, Web and Interactive TV. Don was the Next Generation Designer at The Weather Channel where he worked with the 1st wireless data fed palm pilot, Ceiva digital frames, Bellsouth broadband and more. As a part of the most experienced team in the ITV industry, Don worked with Worldgate, AOLTV, WebTV and OpenTV.
Don attended The University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism Advertising with an emphasis in Graphic Design, and the College of Art. He was Awarded the Annual J Stone award for Creativity.
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