Here are some things to know about Norah Bolton, the writer of this blog. First, I have been an educator, consultant, facilitator classroom teacher, executive director, fundraiser, workshop leader, tour director, concert producer, conference planner, speaker and workshop presenter – so it’s fair to say I know at least a little bit about a lot of things. I am an active volunteer – and an enthusiastic grandmother. All of my previous paid work and continuing volunteer efforts involve helping people to create, develop, organize and refine ideas. My clients have included governments, corporations, universities and colleges, small businesses, not-for-profits and individuals.

I’ve been an early adapter of computer technology. Though one of my sons is now an expert in software testing, he is the first to acknowledge that I turned on a PC before he did – and enjoyed the early days of Compuserve forums, one page websites, and Mosaic.  I’ve been a distributor of VisiMap software world wide since 1994. I gained an accreditation in Mind Mapping from the Buzan Organization the same year and I have been a certified assessor in the Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI) since 1997. Both of these are still important in my volunteer and personal life.  I wrote a book about them that is available here. More recently I have become interested in Appreciative Inquiry and have some basic training in it.

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I had a really early one page website from the mid nineties and a business one in the past.  I’ve also written two or three blogs and after learning to mount videos, I’ve become a curator of other people’s stuff and have fun finding other things of interest to share. 

One of the reasons to blog is to engage in conversation. Please feel free to comment or ask questions here.  I promise to write back as soon as possible.  I welcome interaction and learn from it .