Jeff Zbar

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He was named</div> <div> the U.S. Small Business Administration's 2001 Small Business Journalist of</div> <div> the Year.</div> <bR> <div> As a writer, speaker and consultant, Jeff's specialties include</div> <div> work-at-home, teleworking, alternative officing and small business</div> <div> marketing, furnishings, technology, security, communications and motivation.</div> <div> His think-tank and consultancy, Goin' SOHO! (small or home office), works</div> <div> with corporations hoping to target the emerging home office and teleworking</div> <div> markets, and individuals hoping to enter or excel in the home-business,</div> <div> small business and teleworking arena.</div> <bR> <div> Jeff writes for more than a dozen national publications, and is or has been</div> <div> a contributing editor to Home Office Computing, Entrepreneur.com and</div> <div> Writer's Digest. He writes "Home Base," the teleworking advice column on</div> <div> Network World's Net.Worker Web site (www.nwfusion.com/net.worker). Jeff is</div> <div> the weekly marketing columnist and recurring small business feature and</div> <div> technology writer for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. His columns also have</div> <div> been featured on Onvia.com (SOHO Corner Office) and FreeAgent.com (Go</div> <div> SOHO!).</div> <bR> <div> Jeff's latest book is Teleworking & Telecommuting: Strategies for Remote</div> <div> Workers & Their Managers (Made E-Z Products, Inc., 2002). In summer 2001,</div> <div> Jeff published the home office safety and security book, Safe @ Home: Seven</div> <div> Keys to Home Office Security (FirstPublish). Previous titles include Home</div> <div> Office Success Stories (Goin' SOHO!, 1997), Home Office Know-How (Upstart,</div> <div> 1998), and Your Profitable Home Business Made E-Z (on CD-ROM, from Made E-Z</div> <div> Products, Inc., 2000). He also is writing the forthcoming SOHO Psychology:</div> <div> Mastering the Mindset of Working From Home (Fall, 2003). Each month, Jeff</div> <div> publishes Home Office Success Stories, a free electronic magazine on working</div> <div> from home and telework (www.goinsoho.com/successstory.cfm).</div> <bR> <div> Jeff consults with corporations hoping to better understand and target small</div> <div> business owners and home office entrepreneurs and teleworkers. His marketing</div> <div> and promotional efforts have included Web site content and marketing message</div> <div> development, radio and television appearances, and national speaking and</div> <div> media tours for Office Depot Inc., BellSouth Inc., Sony Corp., Brother,</div> <div> Lexmark, Broderbund, Hunter Douglas, Logitech, and a successful Spring 2001</div> <div> national home office contest for Sprint Corporation.</div> <bR> <div> Comfortable in front of the camera, microphone, or live audience, Jeff has</div> <div> extensive presentation experience. He has served as a recurring home office</div> <div> expert guest for WFOR Channel 4, the CBS affiliate in the Miami-Fort</div> <div> Lauderdale market, and he frequently lectures on home office and telework</div> <div> set-up, motivation, technology and communications topics for various</div> <div> organizations serving the home office / small business segment.</div> <bR> <div> Jeff, who also is a member of the American Society of Journalists & Authors,</div> <div> works and lives in suburban Fort Lauderdale with his wife, Robbie, their</div> <div> three young children, and Riley, their canine administrative assistant.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Board of Directors and Advisory Board"><U><IMG SRC="21c4b260.gif" border=0 width="75" height="38" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>