Powell River Writers Conference

I am a business developer and own Platinum Business Development, LLC and out of sheer effort it has worked and am now thriving.  Check out the site at www.platinumbusinessdevelopment.com.  I am based in Maui, Hawaii and Powell River, BC, Canada and consider myself a resident of BOTH.

In 1998, I was commissioned in the US Navy, having earned a BS in Mathematics.  I spent time on my first ship in San Diego, but truly came into my element entering Naval Nuclear Power School in Charleston, SC.  I completed my nuclear training and spent two years aboard the USS Enterprise in Norfolk, VA.  After having earned my first Master’s Degree in Engineering Management, and earned a Engineer certification from the Department of Energy, I separated from the US Navy.  I took a leave of absence to assist my family in the transition to Maui.   I earned a MBA in learning and knowledge management from Walden University (on-line) in 2007.  

It was my passion for learning that drove me to find my true direction in life:  assisting people on how to learn better.  To that end, I have read over 600 books and written a book entitled “The Cure 4 Common Learning: The Perfect Anecdote of Structured Color”.  This book was one of the hardest things to accomplish in my life.  The company supporting this book is Learning In Color, Inc. www.learningincolor.com

I was invited to speak at Helen Irlen’s International Learning Conference in Houston, Texas in July 2008.  I also conducted an interactive workshop at the Business and Professional Women National Conference in Atlanta, Georgia also in July 2008.  Most recently, I have been invited to speak at the Hawaii International Conference on Education in Oahu in January 2010.

My current status:  I have four active clients in various industries in Canada and the US, and own four companies.  I am publishing my book and am starting a comprehensive marketing campaign including workshops for teachers, students and parents.  I am an American Citizen and a Canadian Permanent Resident.  I am earning my Doctorate in Education in adult learning (graduation date 2012).

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Writing short stories and playing with words on paper has always been fun and relaxing for me. Winning several contests while still in school cemented my love for literature, but by entering full time work at the age of 15, writing was pushed to the back burner.

Born in a small Austrian mountain village in 1954, most of my spare time was occupied with hiking and skiing.

Moving to Canada in 1973 at the age of 19 I landed a job in a remote logging camp on Vancouver Island, where my first impressions of the new language I was attempting to master were mixed. My pre-conceived notions of learning a beautiful and difficult new language where somewhat dashed by the prolific use of “four-letter” words with the occasional injection of meaning. This led me to believe that the English language suffered from a severe lack of words and that mastering the language would be as easy as falling off a stump.

However, the rude awakening came after moving to civilization 3 years later and a complete re-learning of my acquired “English” was in order.

 Having entered retirement in April 2009, I now hope to be able to travel and write about my adventures.

 Andy, his wife Wendy and two daughters, Sarah and Emily, have been living in Powell River for the last 26 years.

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Angie Davey

For me, it’s all about making words dance. I’ve been writing since I was small and was first paid for my words at 15 when I wrote a weekly community column for Nanaimo’s daily paper. Since then, I have been a technical writer, web editor and communications analyst for the provincial government and more recently copy editor and occasional contributor for Powell River’s community paper.
Through it all, I have met lots of interesting people and written human interest stories, short stories, resumes and cover letters, business communications and personal essays.
I’ve also been experimenting with flash fiction and lending a hand as a script consultant and researcher.  Contact Angie at ajdavey@gmx.com.

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