Welcome to Brazen Careerist!

About Me

Currently looking for a position as a community manager/evangelist/advocate with a company that wants someone who is passionate about connecting with and listening to their customers.

Former Community Manager at Bizmore.com who building an online community for SMB owners and managers.

Community guru for allvoices.com - citizen media at its best. The one site where you can share, discuss, and blog about the news that matters to you.

Author of Excel 2007: The L Line, Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint and co-author of Unleash the Power of OneNote and Excel Charts Made Easy. Writer for several websites, including Microsoft's Office Online, LockerGnome, All 'Bout Computers, and many others.

Presenter on a variety of PowerPoint topics, both as a trainer and speaker. Regular speaker on OneNote, PowerPoint, SnagIt, and Social Media around Arizona.

Webmistress for a www.OnPPT.com - a site of OneNote and PowerPoint tips, as well as www.OutdoorCook.com - a site dedicated to helping you cook anything outdoors.

Experience creating PowerPoint presentations on a wide variety of topics. Specialize in converting presentations from a text based linear style to a text and graphics based non-linear style.

Microsoft MVP in OneNote and PowerPoint, 2003 to present

Vice President APCUG (Association of PC User Groups)

Work History

• Jacobs Training and Consulting
• Consultant/Trainer/Writer
• August 1999 to Present

• Jill of all trades in the presentation/consulting/writing world. Contracts include community guru at AllVOices, author of multiple books, user group presenter, project manager, and much more.

• Bizmore
• Community Manager
• November 2008 to September 2009

•  Responsible for founding, defining, and staffing the Community Team at Bizmore.com. (Bizmore.com is a site of features
  and community created content for owners and executives of small to medium sized companies.)

Education

• Wartburg College
• Bachelors, Computer Science
• 1980 - 1984