Could this be the New Menu Label?
QSR Magazine October 2011. Click here to read this article.
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Recession Creates Two Kinds of Consumers
QSR Magazine Sept. 2011. Click here to read this article.
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L.A. School District Crowdsources …
T.H.E. Journal – Sept.2011. Click here to this article.
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Micro Packaging Could Be the Future
QSR Magazine August 2011. Click here to read this article.
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QSR Magazine June 2011
Feature on how restaurants in tourist locales manage huge swings in seasonal demand. Click here to read article.
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Helping Our Own – April 2011
Article in QSR Magazine about efforts to encourage restaurant workers in Spokane, Wash., by serving a free gourmet dinner. For full article, click here.
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The Disappearing Teen? – Feb. 2011
Article on drive-thru trends for QSR Magazine. For full article, click here.
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Local Foods Get Schooled – Jan. 2011
“College cafés managed by Bon Appetit turn to local farms.” For full article, click here.
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It’s a Jungle Out There – April 2011
Profile of a Spokane Valley Signmaker who does three-dimensional murals for Sign Builder Illustrated. Full article on page 56.
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Evolved Employer Mar. 2011
“Why Sales Force Diversity is the New Normal, published online at this link.
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QSR Magazine – Mar. 2011
“The Battle for Chicago … Food Trucks.” For full article, click here.
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Composite Manufacturing Magazine Mar. 2011
“Comprehensive Training Preps Students for Any Industry. Full article on page 9.
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Composite Manufacturing Magazine Mar. 2011
“Composites positioned for Higher Market Penetration.” Full article on page 15.
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Spokane Business Women.com
I published this blog for almost a year, then transitioned the content over to www.mindcatchresearch.com. You will find most of the content from Spokane Business Women on this site.
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Shops Going Lean Feb. 2011
“Shops Going Lean” — article on lean manufacturing. Full article page 28.
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Bio-composites break into autos – Jan. 2011
Article on Canada’s first bio-composite automobile for Composites Manufacturing Magazine.
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Independent Banker feature Feb. 2011
“In the Pink” — a race against cancer. Full article on page 23.
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The Softer Side of Signmaking – Oct. 2010
Article on fabric signage production in Sign Builder Illustrated. Article is on page 48.
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Independent Banker feature August 2010
“Banking on Women” — bank-inspired networking. Full article is on page 90.
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Wayfinding: Avoiding Visual Clutter – April 2010
How-to article on constructing a proper visual wayfinding system. Article is on page 62.
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A Step in the Right Direction- Mar. 2010
An article about OSHA increasing inspections. Article is on page 31.
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Illuminating New Standard for LED Lighting – Nov. 2009
An overview of Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.’s safety standards for LED lighting. Article is on page 28.
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Recycling electric sign components – Sept. 2009
Report on issues surrounding recycling of electric sign lamps. Article is on page 32.
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Getting the Electronic Message – July 2009
Legislative analysis piece on signage fight in Spokane. Article is on page 32.
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The Right to Bear Electronic Displays – Jan. 2009
Legislative issues in signage across the nation. Article is on page 37.
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Displaying EMC Sales – Nov. 2008
Marketing of Electronic Message Center technology. Article is on page 53.
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Friendly Feast QSR Magazine 2001
Article on super-performing Dairy Queen in Greensburg, Ky.
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Complex Passages – QSR Magazine – Dec. 2000
Article on succession planning for restaurant owners.
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Measuring Temperament – QSR Magazine Nov. 2001
Article on personal assessment tools in hiring.
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Joe Friday Every Day – 1999
Article on fraud-detection training for community bankers for Independent Banker Magazine.
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Headed Down? – economic analysis for AKFCF magazine 1999
Article on the impact of the economy on KFC restaurants.
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Calling on Spin Doctors – March 1999
Article for community banks on using public relations firms.
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The Colonel Gets Animated – 1999
Article in the KFC Quarterly Magazine on a television advertising campaign.
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Trouble in Hog Heaven -1999
Article in Independent Banker Magazine on the impact of falling pork prices on farmers.
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The Many Faces of Minimum Wage – QSR Magazine 1999
Extensive feature on the potential impacts of raising minimum wage on the quick-serve industry.
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Front page story in The Oregonian – 1991
A-1 story in the Oregonian on an endangered butterfly.
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State ruling upholds beach law – 1991
Article on case ruling involving Oregonian’s landmark beach bill, for The Oregonian.
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Two drown, 1 lost when boat sinks – 1991
Breaking news article on daylong rescue attempt to floundering fishing vessel, in which three died, including a heroic U.S. Coast Guardsman.
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Successful recycling too costly for Astoria 1991
Article for The Oregonian on the economics of an early recycling effort.
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Golf course threatens farms
World-class golf-course plans would turn farmland into “funland.” Oregonian article 1991.
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Lower Columbia Business Magazine
Monthly business journal I published for three years before it was sold.
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Efforts to kill gill-netting draw opposition
Article on proposed legislative action to ban gill-net fishing in the Oregonian. 1991
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Clatsop County forest land exchange – 1990
Story following efforts to ensure sustainable forest management of public lands for the Oregonian.
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New Families Magazine
This was my first publishing venture: a magazine for families on alternative work options for parents published for several years in the late 1980s.
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Redefining Work – Mothering Magazine
This article was published in Mothering Magazine in the late 1980s. I was considered an expert in flexible work options for parents during this time.
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