About The Network Girl – Jeanavive Marie Janssen
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The Network Girl
Oakland, CA
jeanavive@networkgirl.com
Jeanavive Marie Janssen The Network Girl
What’s in a name? EVERYTHING!
TheNetworkGirl name was a gift graced upon Jeanavive Marie Janssen in 1998 when a dear friend, Joel Chenoweth (who was an artist and computer programmer) said to her: “You are TheNetworkGirl …you are constantly connecting people to the things they need…”
The seed had been planted; a name was given to the journey; and a vision developed through an actual dream one night. TheNetworkGirl saw herself in a small office surrounded by files and saw herself happily chatting a way on the phone connecting people.
Then it became reality, posting ads on Craigslist.com, she started building a database focused on artists and resources-volunteering to help wherever she could. By inspiring more creativity and success, she found that her marketing abilities created a bridge that helped artists reach their audience.
TheNetworkGirl.com - Concept
Though TheNetworkGirl was always quick to say, “No, I am not a computer net worker, I connect people, not computers”, TheNetworkGirl understood how much easier the Internet and computers made it for people to connect 24/7 around the world. Constantly testing and using new tools in 2000, TheNetworkGirl identified a need that was not being fulfilled by her favorite tool-Craigslist.com
It was hard to clearly envision people online through the text postings. Also, TheNetworkGirl wanted to be able to share the information she had been collecting publicly. She started playing with the idea and created her first website announcing this next vision. This was remarkable considering the first time she had touched a home computer was in 1998; TheNetworkGirl learned by hands on DOING. From the minute she was online, she felt the desire to be connected; so it’s no surprise she pursued that connection.
Her friend Joel, the computer programmer, invited her to take it further. He described the world of programming and the capabilities it allowed. Tragically, May 13th of that year Joel passed a way.
Jeanavive Marie Janssen, TheNetworkGirl , felt this project needed to be completed in Joel’s memory. With the help from Joel’s colleagues, TheNetworkGirl.com was born in 2001 (the social networking portal was retired in 2005 – this link is only an archive so not fully functional).
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