Fortune 1000-100 corporations spent about $40K to train me to ask "why?" and report exactly what I think about the state of the business. So as to not merely "take widget orders," as one instructor observed, but to add value. I don't shy away from that responsibility. I expect, but have not always seen from some "professional" corporate executives, proper managerial skills, including respect for me and/or coworkers, for doing exactly what we were hired to do.Pseudo-executives and their HR flunkies may stop reading here. Stephen Covey, Ken Blanchard, Tom Peters, Pema Chodron and more shape my view. George Westinghouse is one of my heroes. I treat others with respect for their whole selves. As employees. As human beings (parents, medical patients, etc.). With years of diverse journalistic, college teaching and business experience I have a strong ability to understand and simplify concepts, enabling me to--do internal and external communications and strategy, rooted in overall business strategy --produce sharp copy under deadline--simplify substantive, technical material --provide creative visual ideas --work effectively with artists in support of graphic, audio and video productions--teach others on many subjectsI love to learn, from success and failure. I seek to constantly grow; and help others to grow, embracing the concept of "kaizen" (relentless process / personal improvement.)I enjoy diversifying my own experience by working also as a kids baseball coach and scorekeeper, and "creative": part-time voice-over artist, writer, standup comic and musician (guitar, bass and electronic instruments.)I'm available for consulting projects in strategy, messaging, interactive multimedia production and video editing. And I would be delighted to serve on the right boards of directors (for profit or non-profit), where honest, ethics-driven responses from an ethics college professor are valued.Specialties: -business development and strategy-social media-web analytics / strategy-search engine marketing (SEMPO-certified)-marketing communications-corporate/internal communications-event development and communications-digital video and audio production-personal effectiveness-management/mentoring of creatives-college-level instruction-standup comedy (writing and performance)-music performance