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City of Allen—news articles, posters, brochures, general communications, presentations

• Great American Cleanup (GAC)

  • Article published in the Dallas Morning News NeighborsGo Allen edition; captions and original photos I submitted

  • Front page of Allen American displaying one of my photos as the dominant graphic; and original photo I submitted

  • GAC flyer

   

• Grease disposal guidelines—I researched and wrote the material to send to neighborhoods having critical grease problems; letter had to be approved and signed by Community Services Director Steve Massey.

  • Letter I wrote for Steve Massey; sent out signed by Massey

  • Poster version of guidelines

  • Half-page, two-sided flyer

  • Blurb for Allen homeowner associations to put into their newsletters and web sites

   

• Reuse-A-Shoe contest in Allen ISD—posters I created to display in AISD campuses

  • General poster

  • Anderson Elementary poster
     

• Executive report blurbs—project summaries for the monthly City Council meeting (similar to summaries in Allen ISD FastTrack); three pages

• Household hazardous waste disposal guidelines

  • Poster

  • Half-page June 2007 utility bill stuffer

   

• Recycling presentation for Lovejoy ISD (PowerPoint)—I created and taught this presentation to Lovejoy ISD kindergarteners at their teachers' request.  I researched the material and Collin County city regulations, shot all photographs of the two boys showing materials and of the recycling plant, and presented it to the classes in the Lovejoy Elementary gym. 
   

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• Web sites

   

  • Gordon Technical Consulting Inc. (GTCI)—I created content for the GTCI web site and also designed and created this interim site while the CEO looked for a long-term web design firm.  (This is my final version of the site; GTCI's current site is at www.GTCpro.com.)

   

  • EDS Web Standards site—I developed and edited content for more than 70 web site standards and best practices for EDS-developed internal and client web sites worldwide (fall 2005 through December 2006).  Standards covered a full range of issues including web site content, usability, visual design, functionality, and accessibility to disabled web users.

    • Home page screen shot (all I can show because the site is part of the EDS intranet, accessible only to employees and customers)

    • One of the standards I reviewed and edited showing my markups using MS Word's track changes feature.

• Editing—I edited the final version of a master's thesis in July; I'm including two sections of this thesis showing my edit markups.  You'll see that I edit from all angles—mechanics, style, conciseness, consistency, audience level and needs, technical accuracy, and format.

   

  • Part 1

  • Part 2

• Brochures, flyers, conference materials, etc. for various freelance clients:

   

  • Women's conference materials for Christ Our King Community Church (Plano, Texas)

    • Brochure

    • Program

    • Registration forms

     

  • Christmas musical program for Christ Our King Community Church (Plano, Texas)

   

  • One of my freelance brochures—McIntosh Writing

      

• Corporate writing—documentation, online tutorials and demos, training materials and instructional design

   

  • CiT Ad Hoc Access demo—Demo showing how to request access to an Electronic Data Systems (EDS) online invoicing system.  The user doesn't have to do anything—simply watch.  I created other training that required user practice interaction.  I also created several much longer tutorials for EDS, including one that was almost 100 screens long.  The example you'll see here is the shortest of the web-based tutorials and demos I developed.  (Created with Adobe Captivate 3 in late 2008 for EDS.)

   

  • Metrics standard for the EDS Web Standards site—One of more than 70 web site standards topics I wrote and/or edited for EDS-developed internal and client web sites worldwide.  Because of my knowledge of web standards and content development, I performed as both an in-depth editor and a subject-matter expert.  This sample shows my edits and revision suggestions to the author of this Metrics standard.  These 70 standards covered a full range of issues including web site content, usability, visual design, functionality, and accessibility to disabled web users.  (Created in 2007 for EDS.)

   

  • Rebar Prerequisite Software Installation Guide—The shortest of seven major guides (manuals) I created and customized for my primary audience, EDS software developers using the Rebar tool to design web applications.  Several of these guides were only one-page outlines when I began.  I also developed the training/documentation guide standards and format for the Architecture Services division where the Rebar tool was designed.  (Created in 2003 for EDS.)

• Other work

   

  • Plano ISD Network Training course—In less than three months (with no other staff available), I researched, designed, developed, and implemented a seven-hour, instructor-led computer lab course to train Plano ISD staff to use the new PC network and email system that EDS was implementing in all Plano ISD sites.  I created an instructor manual (175 pages) and student manual (144 pages) containing extensive screen graphics, a quick reference, and numerous practice files for hands-on PC work.  I taught the course pilot to Plano ISD HR trainers, who then took over the instruction as part of a train-the-trainer arrangement.   (Created in 1995 for the EDS Plano ISD account, although you'll see later dates in the headers because these are print dates instead of save dates.)  I've included the following samples here:

    • Table of Contents (Instructor Manual)—shows detailed outline of course content. 

    • Section 6: File Management and Sharing (Instructor Manual)—this complete section illustrates the course's depth and format.  (Instructor's notes are boxed and in italics.)

     

  • Feature articles published in six Texas magazines and newspapers (while a senior at the University of North Texas):

    • "Education is Music to Ears—of Parents"
      Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas)
    • "Program Offered in Disaster Planning"
      Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Texas)

    • "Meadows Scholars Outstanding in Their Field"
      Texas Outlook: Texas State Teachers' Association (Austin, Texas); member publication of the Texas State Teacher's Association (TSTA).

    • "So You're the New Yearbook Adviser"
      Taylor Talk; Taylor Publishing Company (Dallas, Texas); Taylor's "What's New in Yearbooks" client publication.
    • "Sharing Resources"
      NTSU Today; North Texas State University (Denton, Texas; now "University of North Texas")

    • "Paris Native Quickly Learns Buying Business"
      The Paris News (Paris, Texas)