Lesley Pendleton Barker

Current

• Writer/Grant-writer & Organizational Consultant (Self-employed)

Past

• Author (Self-employed)
• Teacher at St. Louis Public Schools

Education

• Webster University
• Washington University in St. Louis
• Malvern Girls' College

• Packer Collegiate Institute

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Websites

• My Website
• My Blog
• My Blog

Lesley Pendleton Barker’s Summary

Strategic Planning & Grant-seeking for Nonprofit Organizations...
I serve new and transitioning nonprofit organizations (mostly faith-based ones) to help them grow bigger. This involves: strategic planning, grant-seeking, writing annual reports, newsletters, brochures & other items as needed, event planning, fund-raising, donor relations, research, and board training.

Email me if you want to receive my nonprofit e-newsletter. They are each one page long and are sent out by email attachment about every other month.

Writing....
I sold 430+ articles during 2008 and hope to beat that record in 2009 - My eclectic bent and library is paying off

Author of 5 books so far -
The Eye Can Too! Read Series - three books on learning related vision skills for home schooling families published by Home School Inc. The first book became available in late 2008; the next two are at the publishers for early 2009.

St. Louis Gateway Rail: The 1970s - published by Arcadia

Prayer-Walk St. Louis Guidebook & Journal - self-published. This book is available on my website and is an easy introduction to the major tourist sites in St. Louis. My goal is to motivate visitors to pray for the people in St. Louis while they are here. It is a great add-on resource for goodie-bags for St. Louis-based convention delegates. Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship uses it as part of the preparation for the Urbana Conferences (2006, 2009).

Two fiction manuscripts are posted at www.authonomy.com under Lesley Barker. The first, Pastor's Ex-Wife is the story of Terry Soldan - caught for 24 years in a marriage to an abusive pastor, she breaks free by having an affair- not really...

and the second, The Curse of Kaskaskia is historical fiction for intermediate readers - the story of the 14 year old founder of St. Louis, Auguste Chouteau, and profiles the multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, and multi-confessional composition of French Colonial America in the mid Mississippi Valley.

Lesley Pendleton Barker’s Specialties:

Grantwriting, Program Development, Research, Nonprofit Capacity Development, Annual Report Creation, Brochures, Catalogs, Displays, Power-point Presentations, Speeches, Training and Curriculum Development, K-12 Education, Vision Therapy, Learning Related Visual Issues

Lesley Pendleton Barker’s Experience

• Writer/Grant-writer & Organizational Consultant

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  June 2004 — Present (5 years 2 months)

  Whether I am writing a brochure, a power-point presentation, a press release, feature article, business plan, grant, or materials to support a fund-raising campaign, my role is to collaborate with you and capture your heart so that, after I put it into words, others will be drawn to your side. This may include research, board development, program development, grantsmanship, and all types of communication and presentations.

• Author

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Writing and Editing industry)

  2005 — 2006 (1 year)

  St. Louis Gateway Rail, The 1970s c. 2006, Arcadia Publishing
  Prayer-Walk St. Louis Guidebook & Journal, c. 2005, Lesley Barker

• Teacher

  St. Louis Public Schools

  (Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Education Management industry)

  October 2000 — June 2004 (3 years 9 months)

  Elementary music teacher at Roe School, Ashland School, and Buder School

Lesley Pendleton Barker’s Education

• Webster University

  MAT , Education , 2000 — 2002

  Received Graduation Honors

• Washington University in St. Louis

  BA , Sociology , 1974 — 1982

  Graduated cum laude

  Activities and Societies:

  IVCF

• Malvern Girls' College

  A-Levels , English, Creative Writing, Religious Knowledge , 1972 — 1973

• Packer Collegiate Institute

  High School , 1967 — 1973

Additional Information

Lesley Pendleton Barker’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog
• My Blog

Lesley Pendleton Barker’s Interests:

Subject Matter Expert in: grantseeking process, nonprofit strategies, program development, K-12 education, Home Schooling, Vision Therapy, St. Louis History, St. Louis Rail History, Contemporary Christianity, Bible, Strategic Prayer, History of Islam in America, Public Speaking, Writing fiction and Nonfiction

Lesley Pendleton Barker’s Groups:

Vision Therapist Member of COVD (College of Optometrists in Vision Development)

•    International Network of Social Entrepreneurs
•    The RFP Database
•    LinkEds & writers
•    Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP)-AFP membership is not required
•    Social Media Marketing
•    Webster University Alumni Association
•    Washington University Alumni Association
•    Legacy / Estate / Gift Planning and Planned Giving Professionals
•    Philanthropy Network
•    Nonprofit Professionals Forum
•    implu - Executive Contact Network
•    People to People Fundraising
•    SpeakerSite

Lesley Pendleton Barker’s Honors:

Author, Eye Can Too! Read ( a series of 3 books for home schooling families on vision and learning), published by Home School Inc. 2008
Author, St. Louis Gateway Rail - The 1970's, published by Arcadia 2006

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