Southern Utah, somewhere near Bryce Canyon, August, 2011

Writing Experience

WRITING FOR ORGANIZATIONS

2008 – present
ATD (formerly ASTD), Golden Gate chapter

• Writer, Photographer – member’s blog
• Instruction – Needs Analysis in-service for training and development professionals and non-profits

1997 – 2008
FICO (formerly known as Fair Isaac Corporation, Inc.), San Rafael, CA

• Interviewed subject matter experts, reinterpreted and prioritized their content for them and then created web site prototypes, posters, presentations, training materials, and manuals
• Wrote job aids, style guides, training manuals, all of which included photographs or other graphics
• Built and photographed an internal department logo 
• Reporter at professional association gatherings

PUBLISHED

2012 – 2015
The Ark Newspaper, award-winning local newspaper. 

• Three articles in April's Home Supplement. Not available online.
  

Meditation & Health magazine, three million readers in the U.S., Canada, and Asia

• UFOs: The Search for Oneness: bit.ly/1axf2qe    
  
• Happiness Habits: bit.ly/1NZVN5B    
  
• Perspectives and Wisdom in Feminine Health: bit.ly/1CrQ4QA    

Blog Postings

• California Institute of Integral Studies: bit.ly/1b0tnfD
  
• ASTD Golden Gate Chapter: bit.ly/1Nm3Oqp    
  

FACILITATION

2011 – 2015

• Memoir-Writing workshops 
  
• Writing coach to students and adults
  

EDUCATION

2012    MFA, Writing and Consciousness, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
1988     BA, English, emphasis Creative Writing, San Francisco State University (Dean’s list), San Francisco, CA




Contact Wendy Sterndale:     ws(at)wendysterndale(dot)com