Author & Editor
I acted as lead author and editor for Securing the Future: A Compendium of Best Practices for Nuclear Security Management. The book was published in February 2012 by the World Institute for Nuclear Security, which is located in Vienna, Austria.
The book was presented to heads of state at the Nuclear Industry Summit that took place in Seoul, Korea, March 23-24, 2012. Click here to see a sample
Best Practice Guides (Substantive Editor)
Since 2010, the World Institute for Nuclear Security has published more than 26 International Best Practice Guides on issues dealing with nuclear security. Each one is written in English by an expert on the topic; once approved, the manuscripts are sent to me for editing.
I substantively rewrite each guide, often making fundamental changes in the way in which the story is told, while keeping the technical information in tact. I also design the overall layout of each guide and revise the graphics–or create completely new ones–to better illustrate the author’s point. On average, each guide is between 20 and 30 pages. Once complete, they are translated into six additional languages. Click here to see a sample
Website Content Writing, Editing & Optimizing
Client: World Institute for Nuclear Security
Location: Vienna, Austria
Work Performed: Wrote, edited & optimized all content
Client: Ettore de Conciliis
Location: Rome, Italy
Work Performed: Designed the website; wrote, edited & optimized all content
Client: HD Woodworking
Location: Portland, Oregon
Work Performed: Designed the website; wrote, edited and optimized all content
Client: Portland Fixed Income Specialists
Location: Portland, Oregon
Work Performed: Designed the website, logo and landing page; edited and optimized all content
Client: Career Livelihood LLC
Location: Troutdale, Oregon
Work Performed: Designed the website; researched, wrote, edited and optimized all content
Client: Janice Kyd
Location: Portland, Oregon
Work Performed: Designed the website; edited and optimized all content
eBooks
Telling Your Story on the Web: A Step-by-Step Guide to Planning a Business Website that Works
By Clarice Dankers
All Writing Tells a Story: How to Use the Power of Storytelling to Improve Your Writing Skills
By Clarice Dankers
Press Releases
WINS Receives ISO 9001 Certification
Software Development Tool Allows Real-time Collaboration
Blog & Website Articles
On Writing & Business Storytelling
What Is Your Founding Business Story? (And Why Does It Matter?)
What Technical Writers Can Learn from Shakespeare
Getting Out of the Swamp: Sweat, Fear and Prewriting Techniques
On Search Engine Optimization
Understanding Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
The Five Principles of Keyword Research
Using Website Analysis to Grow Your Small Business
On Learning
The Socratic Method: The Key to Unlocking Our Ability to Learn, Create and Problem Solve
Eight Writing Techniques that Will Increase Your Creativity and Your Ability to Learn
General Interest
What I Remember About Kandahar
Professional Article Editing
The Use of Market Mechanisms to Improve Security in the Commercial Nuclear Power Sector
Effects of Price and Smoking Characteristics on the Decision to Smoke Smuggled Cigarettes in Taiwan
Price Sensitivity and Smoking Smuggled Cigarettes
Stock Price Reaction to Non-financial News in European Technology Companies
International Differences in Value Relevance of Accounting Data and Explaining Country Factors
Writing Coaching & Editing
Portlanders tame their new home on the edge of the Mexican jungle
By Frank Stovall, Izamal, Mexico
Published April 3, 2010, by The Oregonian (newspaper)
THANK YOU, Clarice!!!! You are the reason I’m published now and I hung in there with the writing. I really can’t say enough how you had EVERYTHING to do with this.
Living Professional Development, article published in NCDA Career Development Facilitator magazine Fall 2008
By Rob Seemann, Troutdale, Oregon
It is so fulfilling to see two articles of mine get published this year. Thank you for your coaching and editing.
Nonfiction Book Editing
Soundtracks for Learning: Using Music in the Classroom by Chris Boyd Brewer
One of the gifts of a good editor is a visionary eye that can catch and retain the essence of a thought while removing those things that get in the way of clarity. Clarice has this visionary gift! After writing eight books and working with several editors, I can recommend her work thoroughly. ―Chris Brewer
Confusion to Clarity: The Twentysomething’s Guide to Finding Your Calling by Ann Elizabeth Grace
You have been so deeply helpful to me as a mentor, coach AND editor, Clarice. Thank you SO much for standing by my side every step of the way and helping me give birth to this baby! Working with you has far exceeded my expectations of what it would mean to have an editor. Thank you! ―Ann Elizabeth Grace
What Every Great Salesperson Knows by Robert A. Arzt
I would like to thank you again for the superb job that you did with Bob’s book. You did an incredible job with organizing our chapters, and the writing is personal and warm. It is looking like a real book! ―T. Arzt