Barbara Jean Walsh
715 NE 1ST NE, 1B
Delray Beach, Florida 33483
I have been involved in the marine industry since 1988, when I first began working part time as support staff at WoodenBoat Publications in Brooklin, Maine.
As my part-time job there evolved into a new career for me, I was able to transfer my existing skills as an administrator, a researcher, and an educator into a series of interesting jobs. There, I honed my writing ability and editing skills, learned database management, and helped to organize more than 1,000 seminars for the marine industry as part of the IBEX team.
I have been a “telecommuter” now since 1993, working from home to develop and manage new programs for Professional BoatBuilder magazine.
Most recently, I have been investigating new ways to expand the educational services now offered by ProBoat E-Training, and I am chair of the planning committee for COMITT 2008.
EDUCATION
· 1971 – 1972: M.A., University of Denver, Denver, Colorado.
· 1966 – 1970: B.A., University of Maine, Orono, Maine.
EMPLOYMENT
1973 – 1976 Portland School of Art (now Maine College of Art): Librarian, English Instructor
1976 – 1978 Clifton City – Greenlee County Library, Clifton, Arizona: County Librarian.
1976 – 1977 Pima County Community College, Safford, Arizona: English Instructor
1978 – 1987 Seward Public Library, Seward, Nebraska: Library Director
1988 – 1992 Brooksville Public Library, Brooksville, Maine. Librarian
1988 – 2006 WoodenBoat Publications Inc., Brooklin, Maine
WoodenBoat magazine¨ Circulation Assistant
Professional BoatBuilder magazine
¨ Editorial staff
¨ Contributor – PBB published my series of articles on boatbuilding in China in 2006
IBEX
¨ Seminar Manager
ProBoat E-Training
¨ Education Manager
ProBoat PILOT
¨ Online Database Manager
1993 – 2003
Lake Area News Focus, Osage Beach, Missouri
¨ Reporter
Lake Lifestyles magazine, Osage Beach, Missouri
¨ Contributor
MISCELLANEOUS
Member of the Delray Beach’s Pompey Park Pool 50-Mile Swim Club. Participant in National Novel Writing Month, completing 50,000 words in 30 days in 2004, 2005, & 2006. Regular member of “Socrates Café” at Delray Beach Public Library and the Delray Beach Roundtable, a weekly gathering to study and respond to major public-policy issues. Yoga neophyte. Avid reader. Social-networking advocate, both online and in person.
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