Education
My education has prepared me well to work with business communications of every variety. When I graduated from high school, I was ready to go to work as a fully-trained administrative assistant. I did so part time while I completed my associate of arts degree. I have pursued more education and training ever since. Here are some highlights:

Long Beach City College (California)
Associate of Arts with honors - broadcast communications major, with a minor in English.

University of Southern California, School of Business Administration
Certificate of Management Effectiveness; a nine-month program covering subjects like business law; marketing and strategic planning; accounting and business math; and computer applications. Earned 12.0 CEU's (continuing education units).

University of Washington Extension - Seattle
Currently enrolled in their Editing Certificate Program, with three of the four required courses completed (earning 9.3 CEU's):

  • Editorial Roles and Careers
  • Practical Grammar for Editors
  • Fundamentals of Copy-Editing
  • Advanced Editing

Completed two optional courses and enrolled for a third (for 5.8 CEU's):

  • MS Word for Editors and Web Savvy Editor Workshops
  • Career Development Practicum

Ed2Go.com - Online educational resource of Education To Go, Inc.

Creating Web Pages (24 hours/six weeks online; 2.0 CEU's) HTML; site planning and design; formatting; search engine strategies; tables; authoring systems; file transfer protocol; and site publicity strategies.

Shoreline Community College and Discover U - Seattle, Washington

Courses completed for personal education and enrichment since 2000:

  • Nutrition and fitness classes
  • Basic home repairs and maintenance
  • Introduction to drawing
  • Art history and methodology
  • Principles of interior design
  • Assisting aging parents
  • Marriage laws in Washington State
  • Becoming a landlord in Washington State

Getty Images, Inc. - Seattle, Washington

Coursework completed during my work as a sales and service consultant and mentor with the world's largest image-licensing company:

  • Train the Trainer
  • Interviewing and Selection
  • ASLAN Sales Training (three-day course; subsequently rolled out to the entire company in a variety of customer-service module subsets.)
© Nancy Hogan 2009