Create Your Success Story

http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/7/3/2/a/event_61409482.jpegAre you…
• looking for a new way of thinking?
• ready to learn inspired problem-solving?
• in need of a creativity booster?

Mary E. Knippel, founder of Your Writing Mentor ( http://www.yourwritingmentor.com ), will introduce us to some simple thoughts and actions that will stimulate your natural creative juices, in order to nourish and feed the seeds of brilliance within!

Mary’s presentation will help you:

• Learn simple, creative ways to get noticed in a crowd
• Design your roadmap to achieving your dreams
• Convert your passions into valuable connections.

Mary E. Knippel is a creative professional with 25 years of extensive writing experience. Mary helps her clients move from concept to creation whatever the project: web text, personal profiles, newsletters, e-mail campaigns, blog posts, articles to artful taglines. Using her skills as a free-lance writer, editor, speaker, and workshop facilitator, Mary encourages all reluctant writers to embrace their writing potential and address writing challenges with fun and flair. As an editor, Mary helps aspiring writers to realize their book projects, and entrepreneurs to put their message into print.

For the past 11 years, Mary Knippel has been a contributing writer for CoastViews Magazine. Since 2009, she has been Coordinator of the Independent Editors at the San Francisco Writers Conference, and has been a panelist and moderator at Bay Area book and film festivals. She is a past president of the San Francisco Chapter of the Women’s National Book Assn (WNBA-SF), and a past board member of the Peninsula Branch of the California Writer’s Club (CWC). Creativity, The Gift Born of Crisis, Mary’s book about her breast cancer experience and the tremendous healing powers we can all access when we tap into our creativity, is in the final editing stages. Visit her on the web at http://www.yourwritingmentor.com to read her blog, sign up for her next workshop, or to find out where you can hear her speak.

A word of caution to our Left-brain thinking friends.Be warned:

1. There will not be a test.
2. No one will grade this morning’s activity.
3. Glue sticks will be used.
4. Colored pens will be available.
5. Fun will be optional.

Program Schedule

The doors open at 9:00 a.m. and the program begins at 9:30 a.m. sharp and will run 1.5 hours.

$1.00 donation requested.

Mass Transit/ Parking

Please note that Valencia Gardens' parking is restricted to its residents. Parking within its lot by non-residents will result in your vehicle being towed at your own expense.

The 16th & Mission Street BART stop is two blocks from our location, while the Market & Church Street MUNI stop is four blocks away. Inexpensive parking can be found at the Hoff Street Garage (http://www.yelp.com/biz/hoff-street-garage-san-francisco), 42 Hoff Street, San Francisco.