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Homer Christensen
Technical Writer / Instructional Designer / Web Designer

Award-winning Writer 298 Figueroa Street, Bungalow 3

Concise, meaningful content
Functional, crisp design
Joyful, positive, creative, and
responsible person
Folsom, CA 95630
916 / 220-0141
homer@homerchristensen.com
http://homerchristensen.com

Skill Summary Honors and Awards Education / Certifications

Web Design Invited Reader Healing the Light Body

Unusual, Functional, Crisp San Luis Obispo Poetry Festival, The Four Winds Society
and Clean Designs San Luis Obispo, California Park City, UT
Joomla! Content Managed System August, 2005 Energy Medicine of the Americas
May, 2006
Writing Komyo Reiki Kai
User Manuals Poet in Residence The Center of Roseville
Online Help Salmon Publishing Roseville, CA
Tutorials Knockeven, County Claire, Ireland Hyakuten Inamoto, Sensei
After-Market Books August, 2003 Shinpiden (Teacher) Level, 2008
Scripts
Visual Guides International Award of Certificate in Screenwriting
Distinction University of Washington
Instructional Design Award of Excellence Seattle, WA, 1998
Instructor-led Training Society for Technical
Computer-based Training Communication (STC) Certificate, Training Specialist
Tutorials Windows 95: How and Why DVD University of Washington
Workbooks Microsoft, 1995 Seattle, WA, 1988

Graphic Design Award of Excellence Bachelor’s Degree, English

Business Identity Kits
Collateral Materials
Book Design & Layout
Selected Software Applications
Apple OSX
Microsoft Windows
All Microsoft Office Applications
Adobe Creative Suite
Adobe PageMaker
HTML and XHTML
DreamWeaver / GoLive
FileMaker Pro / MySQL
Lasso Professional
Joomla! 1.5x
STC
PageMaker 5.0 User Manual
Aldus Software, 1990
Award of Achievement
STC
Rocky and Bullwinkle Screen Saver
User Manual
Asymetrix Software, 1993
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA, 1981
United States Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs, CO
Astrophysics Major
1976 - 1978

A quick study for any not listed

above
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History and Experience
Writer / Designer Designer for projects including a business identity kit for The Body Luminous and
Ars Longa Staci Tye Healing, Your Healing Journey, a three-session, 36 page client handout,
Folsom, CA postcard mailings, and several web sites, including:
komyoreikikai.com stepsonthepath.com theluminousbody.com
December, 2006 homerchristensen.com thehealinglist.com (in progress) bbrstech.com (in progress)
through
Present Instructional Designer for Professional Education Institute, Salt Lake City, UT.

Wrote an 8-module course for Hale Dwoskin’s The Sedona Method.

Wrote an 8-module course for Jack Canfield’s Keys to Living the Law of Attraction.
Wrote a 4-module course for Jack Canfield’s Keys to Living the Law of Attraction.
Web Content Writer for ZeroPoverty.us, Malibu, CA. Web text for the launch of
this site devoted to ending extreme poverty in the United States and around the
globe.
Technical Writer for the Medi-Cal / Medicaid division of Electronic Data Systems
(EDS), Rancho Cordova, CA. Worked with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to
document mainframe and non-mainframe programming changes to a million-claim-
per-day medical billing system.
Editor for Living Well By Working Smart Workbook by Sue Mackey and Laura
Tonkin.
Published 2007 by Forward Books, Bellevue, WA.

Software Architect / Founded a web applications start-up company serving fine art galleries,
professional artists and arts associations.
Senior Web Designer Products included GalleryDB, ArtistDB, and Ars Longa Design.
Ars Longa »Top 20 Web Design Companies in New Mexico, 2002 (NM Business Journal).
Santa Fe, NM
and Software Architect—designed the entire flow of the product line, including feature
Folsom, CA sets and functionality. Designed custom password-protected Content
Management Systems (CMS).
February, 2000 Technical Writer and Instructional Designer—wrote print and online
through documentation and guided tutorials for artists and gallery staff on the best
December, 2006 practices for using the application.
Graphic Designer—created a unique look to each web site.
Used Photoshop extensively.
Web Programmer—programmed in the Lasso Professional middleware language
with a FileMaker Pro database backend.
Database Designer—created the specifications, fields, and tables needed for the
application.
HTML Coder—used BBEdit (text editor), Adobe GoLive, and Macromedia
DreamWeaver to create the HTML web pages. Used Cascading Style Sheets
(CSS) to vary the look of each site from a basic template.
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Technical Writer As a vendor of technical writing and instructional design services to leading
software and hardware manufacturers, conducted needs analyses and
Instructional Designer assessments, created project plans and timelines, wrote technical manuals and
Working Knowledge online help systems, designed instructional materials and tutorials. Several
Bainbridge Island, WA projects won awards, indicated below, from the Society for Technical
Communication (STC). Client and project list includes:
June, 1989
through Microsoft Corporation
January, 2000
Instructional Designer for official certification courseware for Microsoft SQL
Server. Worked on the Microsoft SQL Server team (1997 – 2000) to develop
instructor-led training for Microsoft SQL Server versions 6.5, 7.0, and 2000. Met
with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to ensure technical accuracy. Set learning
objectives and outcomes for required proficiency. Wrote and designed the
instructor and student materials. Created associated reports and screen shot
illustrations.
Online Help System Writer for Microsoft Project 4.0 and Team Manager 1.0
(1995 -1997). Wrote and programmed ToolTip files.
Scriptwriter for Windows 95: How and Why interactive CD-ROM, Microsoft.
This CD was an instructional design project to introduce the new features of
Windows 95. Wrote the script and outlined the appropriate visual action to
dynamically illustrate the instruction.
» International Award of Distinction and an Award of Excellence.
Technical Writer for In and Out of the Classroom with Microsoft Publisher and In
and Out of the Classroom with Microsoft Works, aftermarket trade books targeted
for K-12 teachers.

Asymetrix
Technical Writer for user manual inserts for CD-ROM screen saver applications
for Asymetrix, including Rocky and Bullwinkle, Jurassic Park, and Natural States.
» Award of Achievement.
Online Help Writer for Asymetrix Compel 2.0.

Northwest Center for Emerging Technologies

Technical Writer for a seminal skill standards book, Building a Foundation for
Tomorrow.
Technical Writer for its corresponding Curriculum Development Kit. Responsible
for complete production of the book, from creating visual design to choosing and
overseeing the printing.
Designer and Producer of 17 additional books for skill standards projects for
other educational institutions. Some examples include: Dental Skill Standards,
Chiropractic Skill Standards, and Cosmetology Skill Standards.
Technical Writer and Editor of the NWCET’s Annual Report for two years.

Macromedia
Author of Discover Macromedia Freehand, an aftermarket book teaching basic
and advanced techniques of the popular vector illustration software application.
Author of Fundamentals of Macromedia FreeHand 5.0, an aftermarket book
teaching basic techniques of the popular vector illustration software application.
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Technical Writer Aldus Software
Instructional Designer Technical Writer for Aldus PageMaker 5.0 User Manual. Worked as member of
Working Knowledge documentation team. Created scenarios and suggested illustrations.
Bainbridge Island, WA » Award of Excellence.
Instructional Designer and Author of Discover PageMaker 5.0, an after-market
June, 1989 self-study trade book introducing advanced skills of the popular page-layout
through application.
January, 2000
Instructional Designer and Author of Discover FreeHand 4.0, an aftermarket
book teaching basic and advanced techniques of the vector illustration software
application.

Active Voice
Technical Writer for System Administrator’s User Manual for this popular
telephony software that provided automated receptionist and voice mail services.
Technical Writer for User Manual for end users of the Active Voice software.
Technical Writer and Instructional Designer for tutorials and collateral materials
used by Active Voice’s training department for classroom training materials.

GoToNet.com
Technical Writer and Instructional Designer for Hypermart E-Commerce Help,
a web-based tutorial on setting up an e-commerce store.

Domain Virtual Worlds

Technical Writer for Domain Virtual World's Crystal Walls User Manual, a
Windows-based software screen-saver application.
Online Help Writer for the Crystal Walls application.

Weyerhauser Corporation
Online Help Writer for an internal Service Request System (MS Access).

Park Software
Technical Writer for a series of manuals for a mainframe accounting software
application.

Owl Software
Technical Writer for a CD-ROM controller.

Spectrum Controls
Technical Writer for a robotic control panel hardware device.

Siemens
Technical Writer for the S Convex Transducer Biopsy Kit user manual.

GTE Telecom
Technical Writer of 12 manuals for GTE Telecom's mainframe telephony software.

Precor, Incorporated
Technical Writer and Instructional Designer for manuals and instructor-led
classroom training for the repair of Precor’s line of exercise equipment.