e-websmart.com Michelle Tjelmeland

Rochester, IL - USA



About Me: With boundless energy, a designer's flair and keen instincts about people and business, Michelle gets results and her clients reap the benefit.

Michelle Tjelmeland, owner of e-websmart is the creator and author of Market Your Mission books, a high-energy dynamo, the founder of a non-profit organization, an accomplished public speaker, a recipient of Microsoft's prestigious 2005 "Start Something Amazing Award", and a dedicated wife and mother.

What most people do not realize is that Michelle has accomplished this all while being profoundly Deaf, "hearing" only through a miraculous technology called a cochlear implant, a small electronic device that translates sound in the environment into electrical impulses which the brain can interpret.

Before losing her hearing, Michelle taught 7th and 8th grade language arts for the Springfield, Illinois public school district. She possesses a master's degree in Education and Computer Technology from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana and a bachelor's degree in Education from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

Her achievements and the contribution of e-websmart to the field of Web design and to the community where the company is located have been applauded through numerous awards and nominations, including:

Recipient of the "Woman on the Rise award" by Illinois State Treasurer, March, 2008

"Silver Addy Award" from the American Advertising Federation, March, 2008

"Inc Magazine Winner for Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Reader and Editor's Pick", November 2007

"NAWBO Mirassou Business Optimist 10k Award Recipient", May 2006

"Silver Addy Award" from the American Advertising Federation, February 2007

"Silver Addy Award" from the American Advertising Federation, February 2006

"Innovate Illinois Regional Semi-Finalist", March/April 2006

"Milliken Regional Entrepreneurial Network 5k Grant" recipient, January 2006

1st place winner in the national Microsoft "Start Something Amazing" Campaign in the culture and community category, November 2005

"National Inspirational Deaf Person of the Year Award" by Oticon, February 2005

"Small Business Owner of the Year" by the Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce, June 2003

"Gold Award" by the World Wide Web Awards Association, July 2003

"40 under 40 Award" by the Springfield Business Journal, 2002

In addition to her work with e-websmart, Michelle is the Founder and Board Chairman of the Cochlear Implant Awareness Foundation (www.ciafonline.org), a nonprofit organization which exists to provide information, resources and financial assistance for individuals who can overcome deafness through utilization of cochlear implant technology. Armed only with an amazing passion to bring her nonprofit to life, Michelle built the organization from the ground up and marketed her way to widespread name recognition within her niche.

Michelle also maintains active involvement in her community. She is a member of the National Association of Women Business Owners and the Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce and most recently began serving on the Rochester Education Foundation board.

Michelle resides in Springfield, Illinois with her husband and two young daughters.

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