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A Creative ForceCEO and Creativity Coach
Jan. 2020Seattle, Washington, United StatesA Creative Force brings back the innate creativity that everyone is born with and moves it into a place of growth in the areas of business and personal potential. Clients include people who live their life fully, define success on their own terms, use their inner fire and resources to live a satisfying life, create energy to use gifts to serve the greater world, and sees life as an adventure to be explored and savored.
Audacious ApertureCEO and Film Producer and Director
Jul. 2008* Creator of Audacious Aperture, an award winning film production company. Created eight films, including an 1880’s Western, a modern drama filmed in a vineyard, and in pre-production on a documentary about heart surgery survival and a solo kayak adventure. The niche of this company is creating compelling films that focus on the challenges and rewards of owning a family business. * Specific functions included: Hired crew and selected and rehearsed cast; raised capital for business operations and for film projects; protected intellectual property; performed networking, marketing and distribution functions, and ran day-to-day operations. * The company also had an educational division that trained actors and directors. Gave acting and directing workshops at two festivals, Poppy Jasper Film Festival and Action on Film Festival. * Awards won included Best Female Filmmaker, Without A Box Best Script, Best Dialogue in a Script, Best Dramatic Short Film Script, Best Music Production, the Silver Sierra Award for Filmmaking Excellence. The films have been shown at festivals such as Ojai Film Festival, the Trail Dance Film Festival and Poppy Jasper Film Festival.
Northwood UniversityDirector, Alden B. Dow Creativity Center and National Arts Programs
Jul. 2007 - Jun. 2008* Lead the efforts of the ABD Creativity Center housed in an academic environment. * Instructional design for creativity across the curriculum, drawing on Best Practices in local and international companies and organizations * Designed, developed and delivered International Creativity Conference. * Opened undergraduate and graduate students to opportunities to become creative thinkers using experiential learning in traditional settings and in nature. * Worked with Faculty and staff with team building, organizational development and problem solving. * Worked on community projects, Holiday tour, and networked with other creative and arts organizations. * Supervised interns and Campus Arts Coordinator. * Marketed program in Northwood Magazine and in community newspapers.
Higher Colleges of TechnologyProfessor of Business, Consultant for HCT Foundation.
Feb. 2006 - Dec. 2006Abu Dhabi, UAE* Business Faculty at Abu Dhabi Men’s College, educating men and military women. Classes included entrepreneurship, human resources, leadership, management, sales, business skills, advertising, and presentation skills. * Successfully functioned in a 15 person faculty team from more than seven countries. * Presented at system wide (13 campus) faculty convocation on the topic of critical and creative thinking. * Lead student groups to special events, such as MIT’s Entrepreneur Seminar in Dubai.
BoeingBoeing Faculty Fellowship for Instructional Excellence
Jun. 2001 - Aug. 2001Seattle, WADuring the summer, was selected as one of four faculty to develop on-line learning module for myboeingfleet.com, which at the time was one of the top 20 revenue generating websites in the world. It linked Boeing customers with all parts of Boeing--drawings, maintenance, marketing, and distribution. Deliverables included an on-line and print manual, and presentation to company and academic officers.
Changwon CollegeProfessor of Business and Communication
Mar. 2001 - Jun. 2001Changwon, South Korea* While at Pierce College, I participated in a newly developed faculty exchange program to South Korea. Taught classes in business communications to students in 12 programs including auto engineering, cosmetology, business, tourism, and nursing. * Participated in cultural events and opportunities in the community and other institutions. * Guest speaker to graduate and undergraduate students in entrepreneurship, creative thinking and team development.
Pierce College District 11Professor of Business Management and Marketing
Aug. 2000 - Jan. 2002Steilacoom and Puyallup, WA* Designed instructional materials and taught budding business leaders in the following business management areas: Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Supervision, Management, Organizational Development, Customer Service, Marketing, Marketing Research, Advertising, Creative Sales, and Professional Change, Business Skills, and Recruiting and Benefits. Designed and delivered classes in the classroom, on-line and via video, driven by differing learning styles and outcomes. * Participated in faculty forums, workshops, critical thinking across the curriculum and team events.
USAIDEntrepreneur Management Consultant
Nov. 1999 - May. 2000Moscow, RussiaInstructional design for entrepreneurship curriculum for newly opened markets in Russia. Taught business leaders and engineers about Western entrepreneurship methods, ROI and marketing.
South Seattle Community CollegeProfessor of Business Management
Aug. 1999 - Jun. 2000Seattle, WA* Developed and delivered classroom and hybrid classes in entrepreneurship, marketing research, marketing, advertising, sales to first time college students. * Assisted advisor for DEC programs. * Participated in faculty development programs.
MicrosoftArchives Analyst/Trainer
May. 1998 - Jul. 1999Redmond, WA* Created and built the Records and Archives Management program for Microsoft Corporation as a member of two-person in-house team, which included designing and delivering training, creating manuals, and implementing public relations functions for a new worldwide department. * Created and built the Records and Archives Management program for Microsoft Corporation as a member of two-person in-house team, which included designing and delivering training, creating manuals, and implementing public relations functions for a new worldwide department.
Your Next StepOwner and Coach
Jun. 1996* Your Next Step is a personal and professional coaching company for entrepreneurs or those that want to be. Worked one-on-one with professionals seeking job change or support for entrepreneurial endeavors. Designed, developed and delivered coaching curriculum, lead workshops, created and delivered motivational talks. * In 2005, a World Thinker for The Festival of Thinkers in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Delivered lecture and facilitate breakout groups totaling 500 college students to address global issues. Participated in a 25-person think tank to present ideas, 10 of the 25 speakers being Nobel Laureates.
Synchronicity SystemsChange Agent/Author
Jun. 1996 - Jul. 1999Seattle WA* Author of Synchronicity: The Entrepreneur’s Edge, published by Butterworth-Heinemann Press. It was used in the business curriculum at UCLA and Lansing Community College, Lansing, Michigan. 1999. * Author of articles published in Perspectives in Business and Global Development, The Inner Edge Magazine, Tom Brown’s MG website and AltaVista website. 1994-2001.
State of WashingtonGovernor's Executive Fellowship
May. 1994 - Sep. 1994Tumwater, WALead facilitator and change agent for the Best Practices Program at the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries in the Industrial Insurance Division. This affected all of the division’s work practices in handling claims in Tumwater and remote campuses. This program specifically changed work tasks from a manual/microfilm information access to an automated scanning system, and measured impacts of the changed workload and system on the three experience levels of claims managers. Effective communication with and approval from operations managers was critical to the programs success.
For The RecordConsultant, Instructional Designer, Trainer
Jul. 1990 - Sep. 1999Seattle* Created and owned For The Record, a records and information management firm specializing in records management for large government and private entities. Clients and specific projects include: The Port of Seattle, creating a records management education system with database training and retrieval systems at Sea-Tac airport and METRO/King County, building records management and technical library programs for the West Point Secondary Treatment Center. Additional clients that I served were Puget Sound Regional Council, City of Bainbridge Island and insurance brokerage Parker, Smith and Feek. Projects included customer service and staff training, instructional design customized for the varied departments, implementing and maintaining records storage and retrieval systems, and for creating partnerships with state and local government
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