Kathy Jacobs

Current

Trainer/Writer/Consultant/Social Media Geek at Jacobs Training and Consulting

Education

Wartburg College
Oregon High School

Recommended

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295 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

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Kathy Jacobs’s Summary

Currently looking for a position as a community manager/evangelist/advocate with a company that wants someone who is passionate about connecting with and listening to their customers.

Former Community Manager at Bizmore.com who building an online community for SMB owners and managers.

Community guru for allvoices.com - citizen media at its best. The one site where you can share, discuss, and blog about the news that matters to you.

Author of Excel 2007: The L Line, Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint and co-author of Unleash the Power of OneNote and Excel Charts Made Easy. Writer for several websites, including Microsoft's Office Online, LockerGnome, All 'Bout Computers, and many others.

Presenter on a variety of PowerPoint topics, both as a trainer and speaker. Regular speaker on OneNote, PowerPoint, SnagIt, and Social Media around Arizona.

Webmistress for a www.OnPPT.com - a site of OneNote and PowerPoint tips, as well as www.OutdoorCook.com - a site dedicated to helping you cook anything outdoors.

Experience creating PowerPoint presentations on a wide variety of topics. Specialize in converting presentations from a text based linear style to a text and graphics based non-linear style.

Microsoft MVP in OneNote and PowerPoint, 2003 to present

Vice President APCUG (Association of PC User Groups)

Kathy Jacobs’s Specialties:

Social Media, Online presence, PowerPoint emergencies, public speaker, OneNote guru, non-linear presentations, OneNote template development, technical writer

Kathy Jacobs’s Experience

Trainer/Writer/Consultant/Social Media Geek

Jacobs Training and Consulting

(Professional Training & Coaching industry)

March 1998 — Present (11 years 9 months)

Contract marketing writer, ReputationDefender
Blogger: Vitamin CH - The cure for all computer ailments
Web mistress, www.OnPPT.com - Provides information for PowerPoint and OneNote users of all levels
On-line course creator and trainer, Eclectic Academy
Solver of PowerPoint and OneNote Emergencies
Creator and presenter of training classes on Microsoft Office.
Webinar presenter, Eli Research, PowerPoint topics.
Presenter at PowerPoint Live 2003, 2004, 2005. Help Center Guru 2005, 2006
Frequent presenter at Phoenix area user groups
3 time speaker for AzACC tour. Each tour is 35 to 38 presentations in 21 days around the state of Arizona.
Presenter, APCUG Conference 2008
Presenter, SWUG 2007, “PowerPoint that Wows”
Member of organizing team for PodCampAZ 2007 and 2008. Speaker in 2007.
Frequent beta tester for variety of web sites and software packages.

Kathy Jacobs’s Education

Wartburg College

BA , Computer Science , August 1980 — May 1984

Activities and Societies:

Computer Club (Missing Bytes) founding member and board member, theater work (back stage and front stage), much else :)
Oregon High School

Additional Information

Kathy Jacobs’s Websites:

My VisualCV

Kathy Jacobs’s Interests:

Social Media, PowerPoint, OneNote, Other MS Office products, computer history, graphics programs, cooking, outdoor cooking, dutch oven cooking, working with youth, making a difference

Kathy Jacobs’s Groups:

Active member of several on-line PowerPoint and OneNote communities
President of Phoenix PC Users Group
PodCamp AZ organizing committe and speaker
Microsoft MVP (OneNote), Frozen Pea Fund and Twitter!