Cynthia Anne Hale, Ph.D., Depth Psychology
Psychotherapist and Educator
Ventura, California
"Penzu provides something important that many people today tend to neglect–a place to write privately. Having such a place that's easy to go to supports our own engagement with our deepest thoughts and feelings. For dreams, memoir, really for journals of all kinds, I particularly value the security features now available with Penzu Pro. The ability to search and to move entries in and out of Penzu enables new ways to work creatively with the raw material that can emerge in a journal."
Cynthia Anne Hale, Ph.D. views people's sleep dreams as expressions of the collective world psyche. She invites you to share your dream of Barack Obama at: http://dreamswithobama.blogspot.com.
www.imaginalways.com
Colin Hill, School Teacher, M.Ed.
Southport School
Southport, UK
"I use Penzu as a continuous Professional Development tool in my education career, using it as a pad to store my thoughts, ideas, and analysis of lessons in my classroom. Knowing that these thoughts are kept private, I can build up a portfolio of experiences without having to worry too much about prying eyes casting over my thoughts. I can see the potential Penzu has in developing pupils technology and writing skills."
Colin Hill is a school teacher in a town called Southport (20 miles north of Liverpool), currently teaching in a mixed class of Year 3's and 4's. The school has about 350 pupils from aged 3, through to 11.
His speciality has developed in the last few years, using ICT technologies to the point of completing a Maters in Education, and now working towards a Doctorate in Education with the University of Glasgow, with a focus on technology in education. He has worked in his current setting for six years, previously working in a high-street UK bank.
http://colport-teaching.blogspot.com
Ben Simon, Journalist
Africa Correspondent, AFP
Kampala, Uganda
"I keep all of my story notes on Penzu while traveling through the Congo. If my laptop is lost, stolen, or damaged, I know my work is safe and password protected."
Ben Simon is a Canadian journalist based in Kampala, Uganda. He covers Uganda for AFP and has also traveled to and written about the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and Kenya. He graduated from the Journalism School at Columbia Univeristy and has written for the New York Post, the Daily Telegraph, The Africa Report, Prospect Magazine, and the Mongrel Magazine.
http://bensimon.wordpress.com
Gavin Sheppard, Executive Director
The Remix Project
Toronto, Canada
"Penzu is dope because as a scattered person I can keep my thoughts in one centralized place and be able to access them from anywhere that has the net. You wouldn't believe how much this makes my life easier as I am NOTORIOUS for spontaneous epiphanies and disastrous organizational/filing skills. With Penzu I'm actually getting organized and my professional life is better for it."
The Remix Project is a youth program that acts as an arts and cultural incubator in Toronto, Canada. Young people aspiring to start careers in the urban arts sector drive the program by developing personal six month plans for success.
www.theremixproject.ca