Great pages
alive, accurate, attractive
Making the world more readable -
one comma at a
time.
Bookmarks on page:
Verna Allee
Oliver Schwabe
John Maloney
Steve Waddell
On other pages, the
links on these people's
names bring you here.
In 1994, after
having held corporate secretarial jobs for many years and then an
Advanced Word Processor position
since 1990 - I left the ice and snow of Denver to get acquainted
with my two sisters in the relatively balmy Bay Area.
An
unexpected surprise was that Verna was at a turning point for her
consulting business. She needed help with workshop materials and
presentations - because she had bought a color printer! This was
heady stuff for us, and I began to learn
about freelancing. I have never actively marketed myself, not tried to support myself this way, and have worked several corporate
jobs since then.
Also, my direct customers on this page, were Verna's colleagues first. They saw my work as she traveled the globe and when they had a need for my kind of services, they became my customers and friends as well.
I
have supported these international consultants with materials in
Word - training materials, reports, article drafts,
marketing materials, and more. I have also designed and formatted a
few websites and many presentations, including
the use of multiple masters in PowerPoint 2003. Information about
the materials is on other pages, but this page is about the
people.
Logos are my creations - not the best use of my skills. Some links for Verna, Oliver, and John go to the Websites page because that is the more appropriate place for some of my thoughts.
Verna, Verna Allee Associates, is recognized worldwide as a pioneer in value networks, intangible assets, and new business models. Through her own global value network she consults with a wide variety of organizations, including Cisco and Boeing - and I won't bore you here with a list of her customers. Please visit her website - which I recently gave a complete facelift.
She is President of the new Value Networks LLC, which is a partnership with Oliver Schwabe and Ken Vanosky.
Her ValueNet Works™ methodology is being widely adopted by organizations and purposeful networks as a foundational method for understanding complex adaptive organizations and value creation.
Example - Boeing Flight Test and Validation
Boeing Flight Test Operations & Validation organization of 3500 people uses VNA and system dynamics extensively to define the needed roles, flowpaths, interactions, and relationships need to achieve stunning increases in productivity.
Left to right - Bob Wiebe, Dan Compton, and Les Music at Boeing
I live
with Verna, my sister, and we actually talk like this around the
house. Things seem much more normal when we talk to the
3 cats, 6 finches, and 6 lovebirds.
We
also have the very good fortune to have a hummingbird and jays
in
our deck and garden area.
And within a few yards are deer, a flock of wild turkeys, raccoons, an owl, and a fox.
Verna at a conference in 2003
Oliver
is owner and managing director of Eurofocus International
Consultants Ltd., in Wendelsheim, Germany. I began working with him
in 2001, creating training materials. Please
visit www.euro-focus.com.
Oliver also leads the development of the web-based application, ValueNetworks.com™.
He is CTO and Network Scientist of Value Networks, LLC.
Steve does value networks on a global scale. He is Co-Founder and Executive Director for GAN-Net, focuses on diverse issues and opportunities requiring large systems change through the Institute for Strategic Clarity, has academic affiliations, and has had many publications including Societal Learning and Change: Innovation with Multi-Stakeholder Strategies (2005).
GAN-Net is a community of Global Action Network leaders, researchers, funders, and other stakeholders who are committed to developing global action networks that serve the public good. GAN-Net's mission is to strengthen the capacity of multi-sector, global networks to address urgent sustainability issues - social, economic, and environmental.
I could go on and on about this extraordinary individual, who lives in Boston. Please visit www.gan-net.net.
I began working
with Steve around 2002, supporting him and Verna in a research project for the
Global Reporting Initiative: Network Development in South Africa. Then I
formatted large reports for him, and helped with GAN-Net's newsletter before
it
became web-based.
You will find
more about Steve on this site:
A graph I made for a report is
here.
A bit about some editing I did for conference materials is
here.
