Kate Henne

Editorial Lead

Kate Henne is a communications professional with over 25 years of experience spanning corporate, public, and non-profit organizations. Her areas of expertise encompass: corporate communications planning, messaging, and execution; public and media relations; event management; speech writing; technical writing and editing; and performance coaching. Specific work experience has included serving as senior supervising editor in technical and corporate communications for Great Plains Software; lead web editor at Microsoft Corporation; consultant/owner of Straightline Communications, serving clients in Minnesota and the Dakotas; co-producer of Dakota Air: The Radio Show, a multistate variety broadcast; and managing editor for Today's Giving, a multistate quarterly for the nonprofit industry.

Work Experience

  • Straightline Communications, Moorhead, MN | Owner/Consultant
  • Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA and Fargo, ND
    • Senior Editor, Microsoft.com
    • Senior Supervising Editor, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Great Plains Business Solutions
  • Great Plains Software, Fargo, ND
    • Senior Technical Editor
    • Senior Technical Writer
  • Contract Writer, Editor, and Producer (multimedia) | Minnesota and North Dakota

Education

  • B.A., Mass Communications, Moorhead State University

Awards

  • "Corporate Communications Innovation Award" from Great Plains Software
  • "Pathfinder Award for Excellence in Supervising" from Great Plains Software
  • "Award of Excellence” from the Twin Cities (Minneapolis) chapter of the Society of Technical Communication 
Kate Henne