Ina Hillebrandt

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Author, Writing and Publishing Coach--Memoirs and Fiction, Motivational Speaker Expert

Ina Hillebrandt Quick Facts

Main Areas: Ina Hillebrandt is an author, writing coach, editor/publisher and nationally known speaker on writing/publishing, team building, humor and creativity.
Best Sellers: "Pawprints," "Stories From The Heart," Vol. 2 (students' writings), "How to Write Your Memoirs…Fun Prompts to Make Writing…and Reading Your Life Stories a Pleasure!"
Career Focus: Author, Speaker, Publisher, Writing Coach, Team Building/Creativity Coach
Affiliation: Pawpress™, Footprints Writing Clubs ™, The Un-Workshops™, Pawprints Literacy Plus™ : LARP Board Member on Los Angeles Reading Project Council; IWOSC; WNBA, PA-LA Publishers Association

Ina Hillebrandt has worked with Fortune 500 and leading nonprofits for 30+ years, where she is known as an expert in building performance and teamwork, and in developing new products and communications for various target audiences.

Among private groups and individuals, she's known for "opening the floodgates" -- coaching and classes for individuals and groups that make writing memoirs and fiction, and getting published, easier than people expect, and fun.

Hillebrandt has earned many Who's Who designations, and has appeared on radio, TV, print, online: NBC, PBS, NY Times, ABC Nightly News ("Pawprints"), and more, Boardroom.com, Intellecom.org, TIAA/CREF, etc.

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Her book "Pawprints" grew from a Jane Goodall Institute workshop into Pawprints Literacy Plus, which educators praise for enhancing kindness to animals, the environment and each other while building literacy skills among thousands of students.

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Universities use Hillebrandt's memoir how-to in writing classes, a development of which she is proud. And she is also pleased these days to be asked routinely to speak on panels touching on various aspects of writing and publishing, connected to her passion for the word.

Other Programs & Highlights

Programs in our Un-Workshop series for corporate and private organizations help employees lighten up for higher levels of productivity, team-building, better customer service delivery. Perfect stress reducers and innovation stimulators for these challenging times. Top sellers:

Comic Release: fun and highly practical tools for helping employees see the bright side, put personal and professional disturbances away, and function at peak performance. Great for corporate team building, and for lightening up those in the health care services industry.
Idea Magic: opens up the minds of those who attend to banish the inner critic we all have, contact the inner muse we also all have, and help you create well-targeted new products and services.

We also have a program entitled Grief Lifters™, a 6-10 week series designed to help people deal with the loss of a spouse. Perfect for care givers, health care providers, and those offering programs to help both cope with their own at times heavy burdens. Please see the article in TIAA/CREF's online magazine, "When Your Spouse Dies: Ways to Cope."

Click the Un-Workshop link or Contact Ina for more information on putting these programs to work for your organization.

Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Ina Hillebrandt

"The art of writing consists of planting the ass firmly in the seat of the chair."

Though I am disappointed to learn from experts on the lady that Dorothy Parker really did not utter this marvelous phrase, nonetheless, it stands as a mantra in my mind. I do not know of a writer, including myself, who doesn't have to "just do it" at times. Despite the fact that it's a gorgeous day outdoors, just screaming for a trip to the ocean, or a mate calls for a dance or something a little more enticing, or a friend calls to chat. Despite a nagging feeling that today isn't the right day, I'm just not in the mood. If I make a commitment to spend time at the computer or tablet, and keep it, something happens. It may start out to be drivel or worse, it may evolve into a good piece of writing. At the very least, it's a good start. And I can walk away when I'm done feeling satisfied and even euphoric, occasionally. Not to mention, immensely relieved to have met a deadline.

Getting Started With Ina Hillebrandt

Please go to the website www.InasPawprints.com; you might want to check my bio there. I am told that my book Pawprints also tells people quite a bit about me, on a more personal level.

You can also find out more about me and my work in two videos, the first focused on Pawprints and the Pawprints Literacy Plus program, the second on memoir writing, students and books they've contributed to in our Stories From The Heart series.

And now, brand new, my blog with new stories and tips on writing memoirs that are fun to write...and read: http://tinyurl.com/InasBlog. You can also find me on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Plaxo.