Lisa Dietz, Writer
Publication History
Author
What Every Business Needs to Know about SAP
The Complete Guide to a Successful SAP Implementation, 1999
Prima Publishing, Random House distributors
Note: the book was listed as #7 on Ingram’s List of top selling computer books
E-Business Technology Forecast
Chapter: Enterprise Resource Planning, 2001
PriceWaterhouseCoopers Publishing
Journalist
Urban Ventures, Quarterly Neighborhood News, 2004
"Mexican Independence Day Festival," "Java City Kids," "People's Exchange"
Dialectical Behavior Therapy articles, DBTSelfHelp.com, 2003-2004
"Mindfulness," "Core Mindfulness," "Observe, Describe, Participate," "Effective Distress Tolerance," "One-Mindful Doing," "Radical Acceptance," "Intermediate Coping Skills," "Mindfulness Meditation," "Distraction for Distress," "Identifying Triggers"
Technical Articles for ERP World and ASUG (SAP Users Group), 1999
“Ready or Not: Analyzing People Readiness for SAP,” “SAP Implementation Politics”
Minnesota Women's Press, Freelance Writer, 1994-95
“Woman’s Best Friend,” “In Step,” “Girls will be Girls,” “Rebels with a Cause,” “Side by Side,” “Suffering for Suffrage,” “A Thousand Words,” “On Her Mark,” “A Girl Thing”
About 50 articles in newspapers and magazines, 1983-2001, including:
U.S. Catholic, Runner's World, Photography, Computer World, Minnesota Women's Press, Phoenix, Twin Cities Parent, Sisters Today, The Christian Communicator, Christian Chronicles, National Karate Magazine, Fight, Daughters of Sarah
Literary Writer
The Awakenings Review, 2004
"Paper People"
Collections from the Vacuum, 1992
"Adrien," "Interference," "Is life as good as I got it on Ecktachrome?"
Murphy Square, 1989 & 1990 & 1991
"Escape," "Expatriate," "Overdose," "Woman Do You Know?" "Exchange," "Arachnoid"
Columnist
Authornet.net personal website, 2005
“Deep Thoughts”
News From Home: Conway-Battle Creek Home Nurse Programs, 2004
"Tasty Tidbits"
No Reason To Suffer, 2004
"Simple, Smart & Savory: Insights from the Suffer-free Chef"
The Echo Newspaper, 1990-91
"From the Edge"
Technical Writer
Over 100 Training & Technical Manuals, Online Help and Reference Guides, 1994-2001
including work for the following clients:
ABB Business Services, Samsung Telecommunications, Perrier Group of America, Mitsubishi, Siemens, Lucent Technologies, The Toro Company, Hills Pet Food, Realtime GmbH, The Consulting Alliance, Interactive Technologies, Inc., Travelers Express, Cargill Corp., Norwest Bank, GMAC-RFC
Film and Video Script Writer
ITM, LLC., 1998
"ITM: Working Together with SAP for Industry Solutions"
Church of St. Joseph, 1997
"Time and Talent"
World Wildlife Fund of India, 1979 - 1980
"Animal Immobilization: Drug Delivery," "Animal Immobilization: Chemical Capture"
Analyst
Ceridian Corporation, 2001
“Trends in the SAP Education Market”
Ceridian Corporation, 2000
“SAP Jump Start: Industry Competition”
ERP World, 1999
“Comparative Analysis of the E-Marketplace”
Awards
Writer's Digest 72nd Annual Literary Contest, 2003
10th place winner in “Personal Essay” category out of 18,000 contestants overall
"Paper People"
Three awards from the Society of Technical Communications, 1994
"Tech Notes Newsletter"
Education
Mentorship, Private Instruction, Elizabeth Andrew, 2003-2005
The Loft Literary Center:
Memoir Revision, Mary Jean Port, 2004
Humor Writing, Mary Jo Pehl, 2004
Intermediate/Advanced Writer’s Retreat, Barrie Jean Borich, 2004
Advanced Revision, Elizabeth Andrew, 2003
Story Shapes, Naomi Cohn, 2003
Spiritual Memoir, Elizabeth Andrew, 2003
Intermediate Essay, Elizabeth Andrew, 2003
The Writer's Life, Roseanne Bane, 2002
The Art of Metaphor, Marc Nieson, 2002
Mars Needs Writers: Science Fiction & Fantasy Writing, Lyda Morehouse, 2002
Advanced Creative Nonfiction, Augsburg College, Cass Dalglish, 2002
B. A. English and Women's Studies, Augsburg College, summa cum laude, 1991
Contact Information:
Lisa Dietz
3216 29th Avenue South, #4.
Minneapolis, MN 55406