Senior Technical Writer Beth MacNeil Stinson Writing Samples

MY WRITING SAMPLES

This page serves as an index for writing samples that span the last 15 years of my career. The page and links are still under construction, and more will be added as time goes on. The listing is more or less chronological, and includes a wide variety of topics and styles.

If writing was not part of my job function, I found ways to have my work published in newsletters and on websites. During my tenure at Florida International University (1993 - 2000), I was a guest writer for the library's newsletterTop of the Stacks.

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Title	Date	Publication Title or Sponsor
Customizing Your FreeToastHost Homepage How to customize the homepage of a FreeToastHost website PDF file about 10 pages long 356 KB Customizing Your FreeToastHost Website PowerPoint how-tos 29 slides, 2MB	2007	A training manual and PowerPoint presentation I wrote for District 36 Toastmasters Leadership Institute
Build It and They Will Come How to Build a Toastmasters Club Website	2007	An article I wrote for Toastmaster Magazine
Life with Patrick Humorous Speech Contest District 36 Division E Area 52 second place winner	2006	A speech I did for a Toastmasters Humorous Speech contest
Organizing Your Course Information on how to organize instructional material for online courses	2006	Blackboard Inc. Online Reference Center
Universal Design Information on how to design instructional materials that are assessible to all people.	2006	Blackboard Inc. Online Reference Center
Mastering Toast Speech Ten from the Toastmasters Communication and Leadership Manual	2005	A speech I did for my Toastmaster's Club to earn my CTM.
Beth and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day Speech Six from the Toastmasters Communication and Leadership Manual	2005	A speech I did for my Toastmaster's Club to earn my CTM.
Make Mistakes! Speech Nine from the Toastmasters Communication and Leadership Manual	2005	A speech I did for my Toastmaster's Club to earn my CTM.
The Year of the Horse Speech Four from the Toastmasters Communication and Leadership Manual	2005	A speech I did for my Toastmaster's Club to earn my CTM.
Orchestrating a Symphony of E-Mail with LISTSERV Maestro A technical white paper that uses a music theme as an anology to explain how a sophisticated server application can be used to send customized e-mail messages.	2004	L-Soft international, Inc. Public Website
Them Lessons learned in holiday decorating the first Christmas we spent in South Florida	2003	Written for a company holiday cookbook
Visual Design PowerPoint A PowerPoint presentation on visual design for online courses	2001	WebCT Annual Users Conference
Successful Presentations Using Technology PowerPoint presentation for Florida Association of Women in Education	2001	Annual FAWE Conference
The Effects of Electronic Classrooms on Learning English Composition at Florida International University with Claus, K.	2000	T.H.E. Journal, 27 (7), 63-66
It's a Guy Thing Recounts the day my toddler become "one of the guys" during a model rocket launch.	1998	Florida International University Top of the Stacks
Reach Out and Touch Someone? Musing on what would happen if video phones became popular.	1998	Florida International University Top of the Stacks
Moving Day Reflections on moving a home and office.	1998	Florida International University Top of the Stacks
Open Door Policy A humorous look at the dealing with the public while running the AV Department.	1997	Florida International University Top of the Stacks
Rules of the Road Advice for drivers who commute on toll roads (written before "SmartPass")	1996	Florida International University Top of the Stacks
Vacation Land Experiencing the joy of many visitors after moving to South Florida	1995	Florida International University Top of the Stacks
Welcome Freshmen Observations on college freshman	1994	Florida International University Top of the Stacks
Nine Lives The story of how our cat crossed the country in a moving van.	1994	Florida International University Top of the Stacks