Joan Clout-Kruse

Joan Clout-Kruse is an authority on achieving goals and getting things done. She wrote thousands of reports, articles, and studies for Silicon Valley companies. She has spent the past 15 years as a writing coach and Ghostwriter helping her clients achieve their dreams and goals.

Clout-Kruse assisted the beloved celebrity, Shirley Temple Black, with her writing needs in the 70s. She developed and implemented the first Zip+4 mail code system for Stanford University in the 80s, and at UC Berkeley in the 90s managed one of the largest mail operations in the East Bay (Northern Califo ia) handling more than 100,000 pieces of mail and packages per day. Achieving writing and production goals was the primary target of these positions.

Clout-Kruse is the Author of “Top 10 Traits of Silicon Valley Dynamos.” "How to Write Your Great Book in 90 Days or Less," and a handbook, "The ABCs of Success." She is a contributing author of "Power and Soul: Secrets of Creating the Business and Life of Your Dreams," and "How Did You Do That?" Her topics on writing, goal setting, and personal success have appeared thousands of times on the Internet.