James Ballou

Thank you for visiting my site. I constructed this site for three key purposes. To provide information for potential clients/employers, to serve as a respository for information for my students and to serve as a creative outlet. I appreciate your visit and hope you find what you need. If you have seen me speak, taken my class or read something that I wrote, please take a moment to drop me a note. I always enjoy interacting with my participants, students and readers and I look forard to hearing from you.

The titles listed below are spotlighted to help visitors to my site see some of my work. The titles in this area change periodically. As you click on the cover pages of the titles I have included below you will be directed to a page that provides a detailed overview of the work and excerpts of the materials for review.

Quantum Design
	Designing effective training requires a strategic approach. QD applies best practices to create training that changes behavior and improves performance.

Change Through Normative Reeducation
	The systems and processes that make organizational change as painless as possible. I wrote this text as part of the requirements to complete my PhD. The book includes the theory, research and application results along with recommendations for future study in this field.

If you would like to get to get more of a top down view of what I do and who I am please follow this link.

I am the author of Soul Survivor This book recounts the events and lessons of my childhood. I wrote it initially for my sons so that they would know more about me and about the events that shaped my life. I had some friends read it and I was surprised by all of the positive feedback. Once I realized that this book had the potential to help others I decided to have it published.

Soul Survivor was my first book although I have been writing other materials for more than fifteen years. If you want to know more about Soul Survivor I encourage you to visit the website for the book www.SoulSurvivorStory.com.

January 7, 2010 Completed work on new design.

January 1, 2010 With the ushering in of the new year I have been working a great deal more on the site to get it fully operational. Today I finished adding the Final Paper resource material for the Technical Writing course I teach. I also modified the Index page so it provides a ready link for my resume. I am adding some more information about the spotlighted materials on the Index page.

December 27, 2009 More content added. Spent time reviewing previous sites and identifying materials that should be added to this site. There is a lot of material that I look forward to placing on this site. This site will help me organize a lot of the work that I have available for licensing and give me the opportunity to announce new materials easily. Perhaps most important is the project management function that the site will provide. As I list all of the available materials I will be able to identify which ones need to be changed to make them useful for resale.

December 12, 2009 More functionality added and the student page has been integrated. There is a lot to add to that page to support my students. I also need to build links in to my Writer's Block blog. It needs to be more than simply a link. It needs to be highlighted. One more thing to add to the development list.

November 30, 2009 My site has been undergoing a major overhaul for a while as I have reorganized the information to better suit the needs of my visitors. Unfortunately the bumpy ride isn't over so it will still be a while before everything works as designed.