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I work primarily as a writer, but I've also had great success as an advisor to nonprofits and small businesses. I have a unique strategic planning process that works well for small volunteer driven organizations because it produces a succinct, usable document in as little as 4 hours. I'm also an experienced grant writer, web content (SEO) writer, and user of Excel to improve inventory control. My approach to social media has created proven success at many small business by stressing integration and consistency of message.Judge my skills for yourself at my blog, Barataria. I have available an online porfolio of some of my work.In addition, I'm pleased to have assembled some of my 25 years of experience on the 'net in an Internet Writing Guide. The purpose of this work is to empower people with the skills they need to effetively tell stories that otherwise have not been heard and speak truth to power. Please let me know how useful it is for you and how it can be improved.Thank you for reading.
The Nobel Prize in Economics for 2011 has been given to Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims for their work on how central bank policy shapes an economy dynamically. There’s always a bit of politics in this Nobel Prize, and this year is no different. Continue Reading
I was wrong – and happily so. The September jobs report shows a net gain of 109k jobs, far ahead of the 40k predicted in Barataria. Continue Reading
October is always a scary month for stocks. The profits from summer months spent lounging at the beach are never all that great and the cold winds of autumn remind everyone that the carefree daze are gone. As the numbers roll in at the start of October there is a natural tipping poi Continue Reading
In a world that is changing rapidly how do you keep up with everything? The answer, for many people, is continuous education – which translates into a steady stream of seminars under the glow of PowerPoint presentations. Keep drinking in the knowledge dispensed by experts, the theory runs, Continue Reading
What will it take to get the economy moving again? If you don’t know, relax – no one does, even at the highest levels of power and policy making. Wait … that’s more of a reason to panic than to relax, isn’t it?
The bundles of anxiety that used to be our kids bubbled through the high school parking lot towards parents long used to waiting. A normal day would never end with something as uncool as a ride from Dad – that’s what Metro Transit buses are for. But this day they were coming back from a camping trip and had bundles of stuff under tired arms. The milling crowd was my chance to Continue Reading
You wake up in the middle of the night for no apparent reason. There are simply too many things going through your mind to be able to sleep through the quiet hours of the night. A trip to the kitchen and a few moments staring out the window at a dark and peaceful world aren’t quite enough. The stillness envelopes you and your world as a threat, not a moment of peace warm in be Continue Reading
The economy is in transition. Many of you think we’re headed straight downward, but there’s always a chance that better times lie ahead. But what will the next economy look like? Barataria has always taken a punt on this, stating that no one can possibly know what the Free Market™ will do. But over time a few trends have become clear and we can be sure that a fe Continue Reading
President Obama says of his “American Jobs Act” that “There should be nothing controversial about this piece of legislation. Everything in here is the kind of proposal that Continue Reading
It’s been a decade since 9/11, with its terrible rumblings shaking the foundations of our free and open society. That is reason enough to pause, but there is another anniversary that is coming up as well. Continue Reading