Successful Trainer
Larry has a successful training track record in several arenas as an instructor, trainer, and presenter including:
College Level
Who: Journalism instructor
What: Taught classes in beginning reporting, advanced reporting, beginning photography, intermediate photography, and editing. Served as advisor to award-winning student newspaper.
When: August 1982–May 1983
Where: Butler County Community College, El Dorado, Kan.
Continuing Education Programs
Who: Part-time continuing education instructor (adjunct professional, part-time; current)
What: Taught in desktop publishing and technical writing certificate programs. Developed curriculum, certification tests, and training materials using competency-based training method.
When: June 1988–June 1991
Where: Richland College, Dallas Tex.
Who: Continuing education instructor
What: Taught classes on bicycle repair, bicycle history, and programming in BASIC
When: August 1977–May 1981
Where: Neosho River Free School, Emporia, Kan.
Corporate Environments
Who: Course Developer
What: Updated courses for Sonet cross-connect switches
When: June 1999–August 1999
Where: Alcatel, Richardson, Tex.
Who: Senior Specialist Technical Trainer
What: Course designer for new operating system based on Windows 95; project manager for entire curriculum for major software release
When: October 1994–June 1995
Where: Nortel, Richardson, Tex.
Who: Manager of Editorial Services
What: Created and presented courses to train writers on publishing tools, style standards, and template use
When: September 1987–July 1994
Where: Convex Computer Corporation, Richardson Tex.
Public Presentations
Who: Founder and director
What: Created a 75,000-item non-profit research library on bicycles and bicycling, including teaching public courses on bicycle maintenance and design
When: November 1977–September 1983
Where: Bikelibrary, Baltimore, Md.
Who: Seminar presenter
What: Create and present seminars nationally on how to create indexes for technical documents
When: 1989–present
Where: Society for Technical Communication
Last modified 05 October 2010