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Bjo Ashwill's Vida

EDUCATION

Continuing Education Credits for Counseling 20 clock hours a year.

Dream Work Workshops -Jeramy Taylor, Eugene, OR

MS In Counseling Psychology U of O, Eugene, OR 1978

BS In Elementary Ed, OSU, Corvallis, OR 1969

High School, McMinnville ,OR Graduated 1961

SKILLS

Counseling skills: Assessment and diagnostic skills, empathic interviewing, creating treatment plans, communication skills.

Employer skills: Creating Job Descriptions, interviewing, hiring, coordinating, managing and training.

Start Up business skills: Writing Business Plan, Implementing start up legal procedures such as incorporation, DBA, copyrights, Maintaining financial records, facilitating meetings with co workers and business personnel.

Performance Skills: Acting, comedic contests, dancing, singing, directing and producing.

Teaching Skills: Creating Lesson Plans, Coordinating media aids and guest speakers. Produce handouts, Coordinate student interactions, grade, discipline.

Writing Skills: Wrote novels, plays, poetry, short stories, comedic monologues, and essays in different genres.

Coordinating Skills: Rehearsal schedules, directing plays, teaching, facilitating workshops, managing employees.

Business Ventures

1996 - Current - Created Sole Proprietor business, Spinner Software.

1989 to Current - Small private practice, Counseling.

1983 to Current - Created Self-Publishing Business, Bjo’s Enterprises.

1970-1973 Owner of Barnes Yarns and Gift Shop, Old Saybrook, CN.

Teaching

1990 "Hiring Your Personal Assistant" Continuing Ed classes. DAC, Eugene, OR

1979-1989 Counselor and Teacher at Lane Community College Counseling Department.

Taught Assertiveness Training, Human Relations I, Career Planning, Eliminating Self-Defeating Behaviors.

Counseled students, both academically and personally.

Created the Disabled Student Services Unit.

1989-Now Facilitate Dream Groups.

1970 Taught 3rd grade, Connecticut.

Directing

1994 American Woman, Full, One woman show, Very Little Theater, Eugene, OR

1990-1991 Literary Manager of Playwright's Ensemble Theatre, Eugene, Oregon.

1990 Dramaturg, Summer Festival of the Playwright, LCC, Eugene, OR.

1990 Associate Director, winning one act play. Summer Festival of the Playwright.

Writing Awards

1998 Published poem Blue Heron Moment in anthology book, "International Contemporary Poetry"

1994 One of 10 runner ups, Robert J. Pickering Playwrights Award of Excellence for Person To Person.

1994 Alternate for the Red Octopus Theatre Playwright contest, Newport Oregon ,You 'R' Us one act.

1990 Winner of the New Plays Contest, Lane Community College, Eugene, Oregon. One Act Play titled MaMa4. (MaMa to the Fourth Power.)

1983: Won one act playwrighting contest. Tied for first place in the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts, Richmond, CA. Play titled The Crip, The Cane and The Candy Stand.

Produced Plays

1994 American Woman, One woman show. Full production. Very Little Theater, Eugene, OR

1993 Person To Person Full length play partially based on improvisation. Full production at International Firehouse Cultural Center Theater; Portland, Oregon.

1993 American Woman, Staged Reading. Lane Community College.

1993 Ladies Mayheming Society, Business as Usual, Up the Intake One act and 10 minute plays. Staged readings at Lane Literary Guild.

1992 Flying High, Demon Orange Juice Container From Hell, One act plays. Full production by Portland Access Theatre at International Firehouse Cultural Center Theater; Portland, Oregon.

1992 Audio scripts. Wrote and produced six, 15 minute tapes for Disabilities Advisory Coalition.

1991 Mrs. White and Col. Mustard Full length play. Staged reading by Playwrights Ensemble Theatre; Eugene, Oregon.

1991 Flying High Workshop production at "Evening of New Plays"; LCC; Eugene, Oregon.

1990. You 'R' Us One act play. Full production by Playwright's Ensemble Theatre, Eugene, OR

1990. You 'R' Us, Staged reading at Lane Community College; Eugene, Oregon.

1990 The War 10-minute play. Written and produced for literary magazine benefit; Eugene, Oregon.

Writing Projects

1982-Now: Write, produce and perform in comedic skits in a performing group called "Birds of a Feather Theater". We are a group of performers who have physical disabilities. Hired by schools.

1988: Wrote script for one-hour documentary video entitled "Don't Go To Your Room" produced by Access Oregon, Portland, Oregon. (Work for Hire)

1985-6: Wrote script for half hour performance video for "Birds of a Feather Theater". (Distributed by University of Berkeley Media Center)

1985: Wrote and produced a local performance of one act play, "Can This World Be saved?"

1980-Now Wrote 2 novels, 1 full length movie script, 3 TV episodic scripts, 26 1 act plays, 5 full length plays, 100 poems, 15 short stories, and other articles.

1983-87 Wrote and produced nationally distributed newsletter, "Writers In Waiting".

1985 -87 Wrote, and self published 8 children’s books.

1983-86 Wrote, produced, and acted in The Can Do Show, Access Cable Television, Eugene, OR

Video Acting

li> 1988: Don't Go To Your Room, Actor, writer, Access Oregon, Portland, Oregon.

1985-6: Birds of a Feather Theater video, actor, writer (Distributed by U. of Berkeley Media Center)

1983-1986 The Can Do Show bi-monthly ½ hour show, actor, creator, Access cable television.

Audio Voice Work

1994 Shakespearean witch for radio, Eugene, OR

1992 How To Hire a PA Audio tapes, producer, writer and vocal talent, Eugene, OR.

Sit Down Comedy

1992 Local Jay Leno Comedy Challenge. Finalist.

1987 Local Star Search. Semi-finalist.

Staged Readings

1993 Lane Literary Guild, actor, one act play.

1990 Series of staged readings for LCC Playwrights Program.

Live Performance

1982-Now Birds of a Feather Theater Actor, writer, creator, Portland, Eugene, Salem, OR.

1995 American Woman, Unitarian Church, Eugene, OR. Actor, Writer.

1986 The Rorschach Test, comedy troupe. Actor, writer. Eugene, OR.

1985 Can This World Be saved? Actor, writer. Hult Center, Eugene, OR

1982 The Crucible Rebecca Nurse, at LCC, Eugene, OR

AWARDS

1984 - Outstanding Counselor Award, OCCA.

1985 - Distinguished Service Award OCCUA.

1989 - Human Rights Award, OCCA.

COMMUNITY WORK

1999 - Current member of ToastMasters Club

1998 to current - Community Block Grant Advisory Board

1985-1988 - Handicapped Rights Commission, City of Eugene, OR