Writing Experience
When she was 12, Barbara submitted an essay to a student contest at the Akron Beacon Journal (Ohio). Her first published piece, it won her a $15 prize. Her love of the written word was cemented and she has been writing ever since.
After college, she spent 13 years in the corporate world in marketing, advertising and PR writing ad copy, brochure copy, press releases, corporate collateral pieces, and scripts. Today with her own business, she has combined her two loves—speaking and writing—in training others in the dynamics of how people present themselves. She has been published in newspapers, magazines, newsletters and e-zines, and was the newsletter editor for a professional organization for eight years. She wrote a monthly column on People Skills for the Charlotte Business Journal for six years. She has written articles, grants, web copy, training manuals, audio and video scripts, a monthly newspaper column, an e-newsletter, and a book.
Her e-newsletter is Stand Out Strategies, and her award-winning book, available on her web site, in book stores, and on Amazon.com, is Stand Out When You Stand Up—An A to Z Guide to Powerful Presentations. Her book was awarded First Runner Up in the Business Category of the 2009 Eric Hoffer Book Awards.
Some of the publications Barbara has been published in:
- Bienvenidos a Charlotte, Spanish Language Newcomers’ Guide
- Charlotte Business Journal
- Charlotte Chamber Ventures Magazine
- Charlotte Observer
- Civil Engineering News
- EzineArticles.com
- La Noticia, the Spanish Language Newspaper
- Mecklenburg County Bar Newsletter
- NC Insurance Adjusters Report
- North Carolina Journal for Women
- Women Executives Profiles Newsletter
EzineArticles.com
Started contributing in 2009. Find links to articles here
North Carolina Journal for Women
Contributions under “@ Your Best Self” ran from 2006-2007. Here are a few:
My Network Profiles