Barbara Saunders

Current

• Founder at Adventurous Minds LLC
• Consulting Writer and Editor at Microsoft
• Freelance Writer and Editor at Self Employed

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Past

• Holistic Veterinary Medicine Program Coordinator at Pets Unlimited
• White Paper Writer (contract) at BearingPoint
• Movie Reviewer (contract) at Advisor Team

7 more...

Education

• Stanford University
• Rye Country Day School

Recommended

16 people have recommended Barbara

Connections

370 connections

Industry

Health, Wellness and Fitness

Websites

• Follow Me on Twitter
• Fitness article

Barbara Saunders’s Summary

I am an award-winning writer and editor with strong ability to communicate complex ideas or information in language comprehensible to diverse audiences.

Representative work:
• Wrote Ivan Pavlov: Exploring the Mysteries of Behavior (Enslow, 2006), which in 2007 was recognized on Science Books and Films' "Best List" in the junior high/young adult category
• Published anthology entry, "Tribe", in Skeleton Key: a Dictionary for Deadheads (Doubleday, 1994)
• Edited technical manuals for customers and developed ISO-9000 audit preparation training materials for colleagues
• Wrote outreach materials targeted to utility customers including home owners, plant managers, building trade professionals, building designers and engineers, and decision makers in business
• Wrote recruiting posts, scripts, and other outreach materials for a company seeking attorneys, project managers, and linguists with advanced degrees for a novel information management service
• Wrote grant proposals, marketing, communications, and public relations texts for nonprofit organizations
• Developed persuasive copy to sell services ranging from business-to-business consulting on supply chain and logistics management to alternative veterinary care
• Edited manuscripts for new and experienced authors and graduate students

Barbara Saunders’s Specialties:

• nonfiction writing for print and Web
• writing coaching and developmental editing
• consulting on publishing, knowledge management, communications, and marketing
• Licensed Facilitator of C.J. Hayden's Get Clients Now marketing program for independent professionals: coach and consultant
• American College of Sports Medicine, Certified Health and Fitness Specialist: wellness programming and individual coaching and consulting

Additional Information

Barbara Saunders’s Websites:

• Follow Me on Twitter
• Fitness article

Barbara Saunders’s Groups:

• Project Avary, Board Member
• YWCA of San Francisco and Marin, current Board Member, past Board Vice President, past Board Secretary
• Women Defending Ourselves, past Board Member

•    eOffice
•    Mensa
•    The Personal MBA Community
•    Women In Consulting (WIC)
•    Women 2.0
•    Data & Text Analytics Professionals (1800+ members)
•    Mensa - Official 'Linked M's' SIG (USA)
•    The Sybasement
•    Linking Northern California
•    The Content Wrangler Community
•    Semantic Web
•    MacUser
•    Continuous Improvement, Six Sigma, & Lean Group
•    Freelancers & Self-Employed Professionals
•    Informed Ideas For Writers
•    Electronic Discovery Professionals
•    Social Media Today
•    Rex Foundation
•    Deadhead for Obama
•    SalesBlogcast.com
•    Stanford University Alumni
•    Women For Hire
•    Deadheads with Ties
•    Business Process Professionals
•    Business & Professional Dead Heads
•    Stanford Synergy Alumni
•    Rye Country Day School Alumni
•    IDEA Health & Fitness Association
•    a Million Paws of Hope
•    Aquent Network
•    H5 Alumni
•    Count Me In
•    NATWC
•    JobAngels
•    TwitterJobSearch.com
•    Success-Story Marketing
•    Marketing Tips & Tricks - Aximum Marketing
•    CJ Acres Animal Rescue Farm
•    Give Me Shelter Cat Rescue

Barbara Saunders’s Honors:

Science Books & Films: Best Books for Junior High and Young Adults 2007
Cat Writers' Association:
Muse Medallion, single color photograph, 2005
Certificate of Excellence, single color photograph, 2005
Certificate of Excellence, feature article, 2004

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