Meet Michelle Lentz

Michelle Lentz, Owner & Blogger: Michelle graduated from Wright State University with a degree in English and an emphasis in Technical Writing and Computer Science. She entered the industry as a technical editor for aerospace documentation. She honed her editing skills and moved into more diverse areas of industry, consulting within training and documentation for  consumer products, pharmaceuticals, software, SAP, science, and manufacturing.

Michelle has also spent a fair amount of time studying the e-learning and Web 2.0. Her experience led to Michelle presenting at several conferences, including Elliot Masie's Learning  2007 (Blog Yes!: Using Your Blog for Internal Marketing) and several sessions on Open-Source and Wikis at ASTD's TechKnowledge 2008. Michelle presented a mini-session on e-compliance training  at Elliot Masie's Learning 2006, and co-moderated four Instructional  Design Learning Labs at the 2007 ASTD TechKnowledge conference. (View a complete list of Michelle's presentations here.) In April of 2003, Michelle was certified as a PMMI Certified Trainer through the Packaging Machinery Manufacturer's Institute, the standard in packaging documentation and training.

In October 2003, Michelle decided to leave her job as an instructional designer in a manufacturing firm to start Write Technology. She currently serves as Vice President of Technology for the Greater Cincinnati ASTD. In addition, Michelle maintains four weblogs, including a blog on wine as well as her industry-related blog, and is over-connected in social media. Michelle is also a contributing writer for Brian Solis's Bub.blicio.us social economy blog.

Social Networking:

Flickr: writegirl
LinkedIn: writetech
Twitter: writetechnology
YouTube: wrtgirl
Ning: Kevin and Michelle
Ning: Krystal Pepper Memorial Scholarship

Presentations:

PodCamp Ohio: Small Words: The Power of Twitter, 06/08

Greater Cincinnati ASTD: Exploring Professional Social Media, 05/08

The Women's Circuit: Panelist on social media panel, Now is Gone: Did You Miss It?, 04/08

ASTD TechKnowledge, 02/08:

• Using Wikis to Collaborate Across an Organization (2 sessions)
• Introduction to Open Source Software
• F2F sessions on Blogging

Elliot Masie's Learning 2007, 10/07:

• Blog Yes! Using Your Blog to Market Your Training Internally
• book club session on David Weinberger's Everything is Miscellaneous

Greater Cincinnati ASTD: Panel Member, ASTD TechKnowledge Review, 02/07

ASTD TechKnowledge 2007: Instructional Design Learning Lab facilitator, 4 sessions, 02/07

Elliot Masie’s Learning 2006: Mini-session: Compliance Training: From Boring to Not, 11/06

Greater Cincinnati ASTD: More than Instructional Design Overview, 08/06

Greater Cincinnati Consortium of Colleges and Universities: Teaching on the Web, 05/02

Cincinnati Catholic Schools In-Service: The Internet and the New Plagiarism, 10/02

NAGTAD annual conference: New Web Media/Introduction to Lectora, 09/00