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Some Recent Projects
• Communications consulting and website design/publishing for
"Hills For County Commission" campaign, http://www.clenecehills.net, Douglas
County, Kansas (May-November, 2008) • Editing of public documents for Bee Ridge Neighborhood Council
regarding real estate and community development plans (July 2007) • Editing of
University of South Florida (Sarasota/Manatee) Strategic Plan
(January 2006) • Teaching PROFESSIONAL WRITING,
ADVANCED TECHNICAL WRITING, EXPOSITORY WRITING, and ADVANCED COMPOSITION at the University of
South Florida, Sarasota/Manatee Campus (Fall 2003 to present) • GILCHRIST
FAMILY WEBSITE: Multi-page site featuring family tree, reunion information,
and photos (2002) • BOOK ON TRANSFORMATIVE LOGISTICS: Am
serving as editor of a guide to supply-chain management addressed to senior
executives in large companies. (In progress.) • CASE STUDY AND WHITE PAPER ON
ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING AND MANAGEMENT, CAP GEMINI ERNST & YOUNG: Writer
and editor of two pieces explaining the techniques and benefits of this
approach to managing supply-chain operations in light of major hospital
organizations and the distributors supplying them. (2000-2002) • "GETTING IT RIGHT," BANK OF
MONTREAL: Chief copywriter preparing background information and a training
script for change management workshops developed by The Grove
Consultants International for the Bank of Montreal.
These materials have been presented to 20,000 of this major bank's employees
in 2001. CLICK HERE FOR PDF FILE.
(If necessary, click HERE
to obtain Adobe Acrobat Reader software free of charge.) • SCOPE VISIONING PROCESS, SARASOTA,
FLORIDA: Writer of community profile for 1999-2000 visioning
workshops conducted for a comprehensive, long-range, grassroots planning
effort for Sarasota, Florida; funded by three major community foundations. CLICK
HERE FOR PDF FILE. • CLEVELAND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS:
Researched and wrote several grant applications for this leading charitable
agency in Cleveland, Ohio (1999-2000). I have provided editorial and
consulting services to this client since 1991. • MOORE & ASSOCIATES: Have
provided writing, editing, and consulting services to this management
consultancy for over 10 years. Most recently, have helped prepare sales and
marketing presentations for AutoPalletP3, an innovative software package that
optimizes pallet-loading in large distribution operations. • THE VENICE FOUNDATION (now Gulfcoast
Community Foundation of Venice): Annual reports, press releases, research
studies, and website design and content for this $170 million community
foundation in Venice, Florida, one of the largest community foundations in
the southeastern U.S. (1996-2000) • MERCER MANAGEMENT CONSULTING
(1999-2000): Writer of an update on grocery industry logistics trends for the
Grocery
Manufacturers Association (GMA). • PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS MANAGEMENT
CONSULTING (1999): Editor of an article on how companies are
transforming their corporate organizations to accommodate rapid e-commerce
developments (now part of the book MetaCapitalism: The e-Business Revolution
and the Design of 21st-Century Companies and Markets). • RAF WINGS OVER FLORIDA:
Editor of this 258-page book authored by Will Largent, my late father-in-law.
The book presents reminiscences by World War II British and U.S. fliers who
were trained as cadets at two bases in south-central Florida. Published by
Purdue University Press in October 2000. CLICK
HERE FOR THE BOOK LISTING ON AMAZON.COM. • INTERSYTE, INC.: Brochure, website,
and proposal copywriting for this now-dissolved Tampa firm providing
Internet-based applications and information technology consulting; also have
served as editor of several distance-learning courses being prepared for the
Life Underwriting Training Council, a major provider of professional training
for the insurance industry (1999-2000). • i2 TECHNOLOGIES / DELOITTE
CONSULTING: Promotional pamphlet (prepared with The Grove
Consultants) and white paper highlighting consulting and technology
capabilities for retailers (1999-2000). CLICK HERE FOR PDF FILE SHOWING
THE PUBLICATION'S COVER. • ACCENTURE (FORMERLY ANDERSEN CONSULTING):
"Food and Consumer Goods: Accelerating the Value from Your Supply
Chain" (1998), a marketing brochure. • KANSAS HISTORICAL QUARTERLY
WEBSITE: Former volunteer coordinator (2000-2006) of major project
aimed at web-publishing the Kansas Historical Quarterly, a scholarly journal
of around 20,000 pages on Kansas and Western frontier history produced by the
Kansas State Historical Society from 1931 to 1977. For more details, please see my Credentials and
Background on this website. *If you need to obtain
the free Adobe Acrobat reader software for viewing Portable Document Format
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