
Consultant, Trainer, and Writer working with libraries and nonprofits
San Francisco Bay Area

Consultant, Trainer, and Writer working with libraries and nonprofits
San Francisco Bay Area
I have worked in libraries (staff training, volunteer services, and human resources issues) and nonprofits (management; volunteer programs; public relations; grantwriting; and the writing and editing of publications and press releases) for more than 20 years. I'm also involved in marketing and public relations efforts as well as conference planning for training, workplace learning and performance, and continuing education events. As a consultant, I strive to bring that experience to libraries and nonprofit organizations in ways which benefit staff and the clients they serve.
I work with libraries and nonprofit organizations to creatively build bridges between those groups and others in their communities. The goal is to meet the needs of their staff and their current and prospective customers.
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
January 2008 — Present (11 months)
Member of the Chapter's volunteer Board of Directors for one-year term.
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
2007 — Present (1 year)
(Sole Proprietorship; Professional Training & Coaching industry)
September 2007 — Present (1 year 3 months)
(Libraries industry)
February 1993 — September 2007 (14 years 8 months)
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
1990 — 1992 (2 years)
(Non-Profit; Writing and Editing industry)
1986 — 1990 (4 years)
(Writing and Editing industry)
1986 — 1986 (less than a year)
(Writing and Editing industry)
1984 — 1986 (2 years)
Arts Administration 1998 — 2000
B.A., Poli-Sci. History, Languages, 1972 — 1976
Staff Training, Volunteer Programs, Mentoring Programs, amd Organizational Development (team-building--onsite and virtual; facilitating strategic planning meetings; creating/revising bylaws for nonprofit organizations; developing marketing strategies). Web 2.0. Writing (currently writing training and Web 2.0 articles for Infopeople's Infoblog at http://infoblog.infopeople.org/ and American Library Association training group blog at http://cebuzz.wordpress.com/).
ALA (American Library Association), ASTD (American Society for Training & Development--National and Mt. Diablo Chapter), CLA (California Library Association), CLENE (Continuing Library Education Network and Exchange Round Table of the American Library Association), IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions), LibraryConsultants.org, PEN USA (Poets and playwrights, Essayists and editors, and Novelists), PLA (Public Library Association), and Library Staff Development Committee of the Greater Bay Area