[wdvltalk] Re: A recap

[kim brooks wei]

by way of the passion I have for how small businesses interact with the communities in which they're located, I became a small business developer. As I enjoy being "one of" the small business crowd, it made sense for me to support small businesses directly with tools for communication, both internal and external, instead of servicing my clients strictly as a consultant.

Currently, although I am a speaker on e-Business for the Small Business Administration (US Federal Gov) and do take on consulting projects, the backbone of my business continues to be graphic design for print, and printing of collateral and promotional materials. Web development is a growing element of my business' service structure and things web occupy most of my R & D time these days, as they have for the past almost-5 years.

Although not all small businesses are yet ready to make the internet part of their cycle of doing business, the days are not far off when internet becomes synonomous with commercial transactions for businesses all around the world, irrespective of size. I do plenty of evangelizing explaining this imminent revolution to small businesses in the New York Metro area.

I started off my design career as a typesetter on old Compugraphics machines and not long afterwards, became the proud owner of one of the first Macs, back when Classic referred to a model of computer, not an operating system (we're talking, oh, 20 years ago). I'm a self-taught designer both in print graphics and things web and of course, a usability freak being that I have dealt with ease-of-communication issues all of my career.

Supporting a client base of small business owners that frequently don't even share a language in common with the clients of their businesses or the administration of the country in which they've elected to do business (most of my clients are US-based), solving communication and customer-management issues have always come with the territory of serving my clientele.

The languages I know best, besides English, are Spanish and Portuguese, although I learned enough Hebrew to run my mother's take-out Chinese restaurant in Tel Aviv, Israel, when Mom was ill. And yes, I speak some Chinese. In fact, my two boys (ages 12 and 8) attend a Chinese school every Saturday and guess who's their homework tutor! My company handles multi-lingual projects by default, as many of our clients are immigrants to the US.

My family lives in Fair Lawn, NJ, about 15 minutes from the George Washington Bridge leading into Manhattan. I'm 42 years old and very committed to single parenthood, which has worked tremendously well for me as a lifestyle.

Kim
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Kim Brooks Wei
www.kimbwei.com
P O Box 626
Fair Lawn
NJ 07410
V 201.475.1854
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