Tim Baehr

21 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 · 617-823-2327 · TBaehr@AOL.COM

Goal

· Part-time or freelance assignments in writing / editing / teaching / consulting

Summary of Qualifications

· Excellent writer and teacher; highly productive multi-tasker.

· Creative, multidisciplinary problem-solver.

Teaching and Publishing Experience

Harvard Extension School--Teaching Assistant. 2000-Present

Section leader for "Effective Business Writing," an intensive writing course based on business case studies. Lead classes in grammar, composition, and business practices; guest-lecture on occasion.

Babson College Evening MBA Program--Writing Specialist. 2002-Present

Section leader for "High-Impact Communications," an intensive writing mini-course based on business case studies. Evaluate papers and lead class seminar in grammar, composition, and business practices.

IBM Lotus Software--Lead Technical Writer. 1999-2004

Official title: Advisory Information Developer. Led information development teams to create help systems for Lotus Software's enterprise e-business knowledge management software based on Lotus Notes and IBM WebSphere. Collaborated closely with software engineers, QA engineers, translators, and marketing personnel.

Zoom Telephonics, Inc.--Senior Technical Writer. 1997-1999

Wrote, edited, and designed all installation manuals for modems and other networking equipment. Managed and performed quality control on all translations.

Baehr Communications--Owner. 1980-1997

Provided writing, editing, consulting, and indexing services.

· Clients have included Lotus Development Corporation; National Academy of Sciences; American Management Association; Houghton Mifflin; Random House; Macmillan; Laidlaw; Addison-Wesley; various other publishers and consulting firms.

Independent Work

· Published book on writing for the educational publishing market.

· Wrote award-winning series of newsletter columns.

· Wrote, designed, and produced newsletters for several organizations.

· Created and continue to publish a Web site for men, at http://menletter.org.

· Translate Spanish poetry into English.

Other

· Taught seminars in business practices for freelancers.

· Write and read Spanish, read some Portuguese, French, and Italian.

· Interests: bicycle touring, crossword puzzles, computers, reading.

Education

· The University of Michigan: B.A. in Linguistics; graduate work in Psycholinguistics.