Founding principal of Full Plate Restaurant Consulting, a collective of experienced restaurant, specialty food and hospitality industry specialists with a nationwide clientele. Joan also teaches and organizes seminars on a variety of restaurant topics including marketing, green restaurant business practices, business planning for restaurant startups and menu design. President of Reservations Tonight!, San Francisco's premier conference concierge service, providing assistance to over 25 major association meetings and trade shows annually since 1988. Publisher of the San Francisco Hotel Dining Companion, a menu portfolio and restaurant newsletter used by 200 hotel concierges in the Bay AreaSpecialties: Restaurant identity and concept, traditional and internet marketing, copywriting, advertising collateral design, graphics and art direction, business plan drafting, research and strategic planning
Listed skills include Restaurants, Copywriting, Trade Shows, Menu Development, and 21 others.