general computer
My interest in computers began at a young age.... when I was in middle school, I went to summer "computer camp" (!) and since my public middle school in Georgia didn't yet have a computer, I had to get special permission to walk over to the high school to use their one and only computer (an early TRS-80).
Since then, I learned some basic programming, took Pascal in college, and as the internet developed, began coding web pages. I always owned a computer for writing papers in college and grad school, and have tutored friends, relatives, and students (young and old!) through the use of computers in general (PC, Mac), word processing programs (Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, etc), database programs (Microsoft Access, etc), presentation programs (Powerpoint), spreadsheet programs (Excel), drawing programs (Photoshop, Paintshop, etc), and others (iMovie, iDVD, Adobe Premiere, Final Cut, Audacity, etc).
Quick Books
I have used Quickbooks to manage my personal finances and those of a multi-million dollar storage company, as well as those of a small non-profit community organization. I can show you how to set up this great time-saving program to track all of your income and expenses (or your company's), as well as track inventory and send invoices, as appropriate.
With the power of Quickbooks (or Quicken, if that's what you have), we can save you (your company) a lot of time and effort tracking where your money is coming from and where it's going.
study skills
Beginning when I was in college, I began tutoring students younger than me in classes I had already taken, as well as high school students. Often, this tutoring did not focus solely on the class material, but also on the general skills needed to study the material more effectively. Organizational skills, flash cards, memory drills- all are part of an individualized plan of study for each student.
Now, many years later, I'm a sought-after tutor for students at some of the most prestigious colleges (Cooper Union, NYU, Columbia, etc.) and high schools (Stuyvesant, Trevor Day, Birch-Walthen, Bronx Science, etc.) in the New York City area.
theatre
In addition to being a full-time actor, I have coached young people age 5 to 25 (and their parents, when appropriate) in on-camera and voiceover audition technique, as well as developing marketing materials including postcards, database development and web sites.
I was the head chaperon and director of staff for a resident performing arts workshop for more than 10 years, in addition to private coaching and public speaking on the topic of auditioning and getting into show business.
I have a highly eclectic background including 10 years as a firefighter/EMT, a Ph.D. in chemistry, licenses for New York City taxi and helicopter, professional puppeteer experience, training as a fire eater, etc., plus experience with ear prompter, TelePrompTer, green screen, and editing.
video production
In addition to being a full-time actor, I have produced audio and video projects for myself and others for more than 10 years.
I have a highly eclectic background including experience with ear prompter, TelePrompTer, green screen, and editing (Final Cut, Premiere, as well as consumer editing programs like iMovie, iDVD, MovieMaker, Sonic MyDVD Studio, etc). Videos I have produced for online sites have received hundreds of thousands of views, and my TV and film projects are festival favorites offline.
web design
I was in graduate school when web sites began, and learned HTML to code sites for fun then.
Web design is this great mystery to people, so they're willing to (over)pay someone to do it, who in many cases isn't really doing that much. Most "designers" these days simply use off-the-rack programs and templates for site design. I always tell people, find a few sites you like (or a few site elements that you like, for instance "I really like the forum on blahblah.com site"), and we'll do something similar with your content, style and branding. If you want to update it yourself in the future, there are options for that. Figure it this way, if you've gotten estimates of $1,000 or more to set up your site, and the designer's hourly rate is $50 (or even $75), is it reasonable to expect it to take 20 (or 13) hours to do? I don't think so.
Then, a lot of designers charge you to host your site. They're not hosting it at all! They're just finding a cheap host and reselling you space! I set up all of my clients with a reliable, inexpensive host, and the client pays them directly. No markup. No great mystery. Hosts have finally recognized that disc space is essentially free, and most users need pay no more than $10/month for hosting.