Desktop Publishing (Small-run Projects)

PowerPoint Presentations, brochures, business cards, form letters, mail-merge and custom Excel spreadsheets.  Ask about 11 X 17 posters.

Basic Money Management & Bookkeeping Services
If you need to learn how to keep track of spending and income or how to budget and respect money, then my detailed financial management program will solve problems.

Business Development (Technical Writing & Marketing)
Operations manuals, job descriptions, performance appraisals and standards, and quality control regulations. Sales development and internet options as well as traditional free public relations. 

Home of the $20.00 Resume
For $20 you get a 1-page resume complete with headers, footers and a clean professional look – great for teenagers, high school graduates and others with minimal work history. Longer formats, cover letters and envelopes are also available.

On-Location Wireless Internet (Almost Anywhere)
For those who want to view or upload data/images from locations not traditionally connected to the World Wide Web. This service is enjoyable in hospital rooms or for senior citizens in group homes. It can also be captivating to have the internet at community fair booths and to post updates about sporting events in progress.

Assistive Technology Applications
Nuance’s Dragon NaturallySpeaking voice-recognition software as well as other software and adaptive technologies that assist people with disabilities. 

Basic PC or Apple Computer/Internet Training
Simple introductory and intermediate instructions on operating systems and software. Internet skills and office programs.
 
Portable Electric Source
One 64-watt solar panel mounted on a truck with batteries and an inverter for a green source of power at remote locations. You can plug-in devices that require a 110v supply. Call or email regarding specifications and load limits.

Disaster Response for the Disabled
Temporary emergency electricity on location. Special support services at shelters and private homes.

Research and Finding Service
For anyone needing to find facts, discover services and products or learn what’s available on the internet, we offer library research, primary source and special source investigation services.

Keynotes

The Responsibility of Disability – For All
     Thankfulness for help received, openness to teach others and acceptance of oneself are three responsibilities of people with disabilities.  Sometimes a disability is viewed as freeing the one with the disability from certain responsibilities (e.g., produce income, cleaning house). In this session, Mimmack challenges the disabled to be self-reliant, motivated to achieve and to carry a positive attitude. 
My Baby has a Disability: Now What?
      For parents and families with children with a disability under 2 years, this session will candidly explore both the emotional challenges and the psychological questions that may seem insurmountable. Whether your baby was a shock, a blessing, both or neither, Mimmack will lift your spirits and bring joy to your heart as he shares the triumphs and stumbling blocks his parents experienced early in his life.

Disability and The Future: The News is Good
     For parents with disabled children, the present may be daunting but the future is bright. As kids with disabilities reach their teens and adulthood, families will begin to see the fruits of their hard work and sacrifice. Combined with recent positive changes in the social and political attitude toward the disabled, families and especially kids with disabilities will have a future filled with opportunity and independence.

The Pedagogy of Disability – In/pre service for Educators
   These courses look at disabilities with a special education starting point. Whether the student’s handicap is visible or invisible, the self-esteem, motivation, teaching techniques and home life must be accounted for to improve classroom success.  The costs and benefits of “mainsteaming” are examined in relationship to the impact of mainstreaming on classroom management and instructional methods.

Employee Motivational Seminars
Please click on the Motivational Speaking (at left) and Keynote and Comedy (below) links for details. My motto is "Doing MORE with LESS." Understanding, awareness and compassion are principles fundamental to all customer service positions as well as other interpersonal communication.

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life – Government, Community and Business
      This interactive presentation is an inspiring and motivational retrospective on the advances of people with disabilities throughout history. Using the present as the focus, Marty recounts critical moments is social work, bio-medical ethics, and jurisprudence as well as universal design in architecture and community and business staff attitudes.  Also available are classes and services covering business management and development for disability-owned businesses.

Marty’s Get Real Challenge - Parents
     Please see “successful” below.

The Politics of Disability – Government and Stakeholders
     Simple combinations of political action topics and disability in society issues from an academic and concerned citizen perspective.

Successful Communication for Parent and Child
     This course teaches parents and their 9-19 year old children how to communicate better and resolve behavior problems that are occur at school, at home or in the community.  Does your child or teen-ager misbehave or get in trouble too much at school, at home or in the community?  Designed to have both parent and child attend, this course covers how to improve your & your son or daughter's ability to think, communicate and act effectively.  Family members will gain an understanding of behavior prevention, management and response strategies that are practical and easy. Additionally, ways to demonstrate positive character traits such as confidence, acceptance, perseverance, respect, responsibility and understanding will be presented. Finally, what to do when either party is at their wits end is explored. This course is not counseling, it is an opportunity to learn simple techniques for personal success.

Disability and Psycho-Sexual Development
     Dealing with the basic needs of children with disabilities can be hard enough, but sex education is an important need that must not be overlooked. Whether the disabilities are cognitive or physical, all adolescents go through puberty, self-discovery and periods of sexual stimulation. Parents can lead the way by knowing the stereotypes, confronting personal shyness about the subject and applying Mimmack’s easy to use method’s for developing healthy sexual morays in their children with disabilities.

The Etiquette of Disability
     Social, linguistic and political etiquette concerning disability is in flux constantly.  How we make reference to, how we act around, and the laws we pass for, disabled people seems to be endlessly scrutinized. Marty will recount personal stories and extract the lessons he has learned about political correctness, social prejudice and linguistic labels.

What is in I Can't
     Topics can be selected from the following list as requested.
•    Humor and Background
•    Family Survey and Role Models
•    Link to History and Health Archetypes
•    Prejudice, Tolerance, Stereotypes
•    Self-image, Confidence, Alienation
•    Psycho-Social Considerations
•    Developing Self-Worth
•    Coping with Illness, Injury or Disability
•    Lack of Understanding from Family and Friends
•    Psychology, Sociology, Health
•    Problem-solving
•    Decision-making in Crisis
•    Diffusion of Anger
•    The Help Exchange
•    Mindfulness Meditation
•    Questions & Reflection
 
Can We Talk – Group/Family/Professionals Courses
     Courses in this module range from family dynamics to assessing assisted living facilities. These seminars are designed to engage all parties in a system of cooperative understanding where negative impacts are minimized and awareness, trust and problem solving are maximized. Resource materials on facility evaluation, dealing with everyday physical obstacles; building self-esteem; practicing ‘engaged’ compassion; improving psychological, emotional and economic problem-solving; and cooperative communication are included.
 
•    Caregiver Internships: Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced
•    Assessing all of a loved one’s needs and those in need of new living arrangements
•    Evaluating Assisted Living and full-care facilities
•    Interviewing Facility Managers and Staff
•    Self-assessment for senior and disabled

Character Education through Disability Awareness                                 

The 40-60 minute assembly-style or small group presentations teach Confidence, Acceptance, Respect, Responsibility, Perseverance and Understanding by focusing on:
•    Interpersonal Social Skills - Offering, asking for, and receiving help
•    Multicultural Understanding - Promoting the strength of human diversity
•    Self-Esteem - Building a positive self-image
•    Healthy Coping Action - Constructive responses to disappointment and anger
•    Critical Thinking - Sorting, Assessing, Prioritizing, Analyzing, Choosing, Retrying

Diversity for the Masses - Educational Comedy for the Advancing World
    

Having served as an educator (of one sort or another) for 30 years, Marty Mimmack now has a comedy act that makes people stop and stare. Blending food-for-thought about the nature of disability with Dangerfield-style social commentary, the Marty pokes fun at life with…without…anyway, you get the idea. Marty has performed at major clubs in Los Angeles and Chicago and has crippled revelers on New Years Eve at First Night San Luis Obispo, ’99 & ’00. In 2002, he joined the Central Coast Players Comedy Troupe doing standup regularly in San Luis Obispo, CA. He also entertains at business meetings, coffee shops and talent shows.

‘Edu-tainment,’ M.C., and Keynote speaking services that entertain, educate and inspire others to live compassionately. A mind-expanding, eye-opening, attitude-changing standup comedy routine that is Educational Comedy for the Advancing World. 

Personal Currier Services
Need a grocery delivery? Call us with the order and we’ll fill it A.S.A.P.
If you need a special delivery, we can help! Reasonable Rates.