Barbara Saunders

Barbara Saunders

Founder at Adventurous Minds LLC -- Advisor to Health, Fitness, and Wellness Professionals

Greater Seattle Area

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

4 more...

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
Connections
370 connections
Industry
Health, Wellness and Fitness
Websites

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:

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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