• How to access the Internet
• How to receive/send email and pictures over email
• How to move photos from your camera to your computer and how to store or manipulate them
• a man,  writing a book, wanted to order and learn software that allows him to speak into a mic connected to the PC
• a man wanted to create a family geneology web site
• a woman wanted to create a web site for her crafts
• a man wanted to scan photos and create DVD slide shows

Daily newspaper, doing page setup using Adobe InDesign CS3, working from dummies with news articles already budgeted. Weekends, putting pages together without supervision. Also responsible for proofreading and editing copy before it is placed on the pages.

Weekly column: Planning, writing and editing a weekly column for the Okeechobee News that deals with Seniors on Computers. This is a segment of the population that, in some cases, missed the computer revolution but is now finding out they need this capability. Tackling topics such as saving files, handling photos, security and online banking explained with seniors in mind.

• Tractor & Equipment Sales
• Write up sales documentation; financing
• Customer interface, including mailing lists
• Manage advertising; created promotional literature including Newsletter
• Web Site creation and Google internet marketing
• Track inventory on Quick Books Pro 2004
• PC applications include MS Word, Excel, FrontPage Internet software, Paint Shop Pro graphics program

Diane Timmons 
 
 
E-Business Solutions 1996-Present

E-Business Solutions
701 N. Parrott Avenue 
Okeechobee, Florida 34972

• Will teach you to care for your business web site
• Web Site Creation
• Email Promotions
• E-brochures
• E-Commerce

E-Business Solutions does new Internet web site development, design, construction, and marketing. E-Business Solutions also offers complete Webmaster services for updating existing web sites, including structural revisions, monthly updates, monitoring, ongoing marketing and monthly reporting.  Click here for a customer list of websites. 

Diane also helps local businesses use the Internet to its best advantage. Diane stresses customer service and keeping the website timely and accurate.

This eight-week course is customized to each of the participating companies. It is held at Saginaw Valley State University and takes a company through the web development process and also teaches company representatives how to keep that web site fresh and updated. Click here for a list of web sites that have been developed via this course. The course uses a proven method of instruction where a group of companies go through the program together which reduces the expense and lets companies share with each other productively. 

Professional Experience

Self-motivated and dedicated with extensive experience developing and delivering projects on time, on budget.

Sales Support Manager, Managed Network Services 1992-1996 

• Worked with account manager to get comprehensive overview of the proposed contract 
• Assisted account manager to understand pricing for proposal 
• Strategized with account manager to develop pricing structure client would accept 
• Worked with Finance to determine profitability when prices were under list 
• Summarized final sales agreement and presented to management approval team 
• Created customized contract from boilerplate 

Manager of Proposal Development 1994-1996 

• Coordinated input from widely divergent sources including sales, finance, engineering, and implementation/project management 
• Supervised 3 to 5 editors and word processors to produce drafts for review which included graphics & text
• Managed final editing and production ensuring document was accurate and attractive 
• Managed proposal department infrastructure including development of boilerplate for new products, updating of existing boilerplate, and developing formatting standards 

Users Group Conference Development and Coordination 1988-1996 

• Wrote promotional documents for events ensuring continuity, accuracy, and clarity; supervised production 
• Created mailing list & database of key contacts 
• Established preliminary budget, refined as commitments were negotiated with outside vendors to provide accurate figures for decision making 
• Researched conference hotels and negotiated contracts with hotel and vendors 
• Arranged agenda and breakout logistics as well as timing for events Managed conference pre-registration and confirmation letters to registrants 
• Supervised all planning stages with hotel
• Directed total conference on-site logistics including product demo fair

Education

Personal Accomplish-
ments 

• President of Great Lakes Web Professionals 2002-2003.
• Selected to present "Proposal Theory and Practice" in London at GE Information Service European Technical Support Conference, 1993.
• Presented white paper at International Technical Communications Conference entitled "The Proposal Process," 1992.

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