Sunday, March 2, 2014
Friday, February 28, 2014
Cover Letter
Esteemed Pfister Narrator Selection Committee,
The Pfister Narrator Application link on Facebook made my heart leap. I am greatly heartened that visionaries do exist in the corporate world. Thank you for this Pfister inspiration.
My Creative Proposal is to provide featured guests with attention they do not receive elsewhere.
I care about people and give them space enough that they know they’re being heard, engaged, and appreciated.
In March of 2014 I published Drive Time: Real People Stories as told to ShuttleDave, a customer service driver for an auto dealer.
Being able to make eye contact and take notes is what really inspires me about the Pfister Narrator position. I don’t want to simply snag a story but to leave the impression of genuine concern as well.
Pfister Narrator Application Video
www.youtube.com/user/GoodWorkCards
http://youtu.be/zPkeEcKrRQo
Thank you.
Sincerely,
David L. White
PfisterNarratorApp.blogspot.com
www.davidlwhite.net
e-mail: davidlwhite.net@gmail.com
414-282-7185
The Pfister Narrator Application link on Facebook made my heart leap. I am greatly heartened that visionaries do exist in the corporate world. Thank you for this Pfister inspiration.
My Creative Proposal is to provide featured guests with attention they do not receive elsewhere.
I care about people and give them space enough that they know they’re being heard, engaged, and appreciated.
In March of 2014 I published Drive Time: Real People Stories as told to ShuttleDave, a customer service driver for an auto dealer.
Being able to make eye contact and take notes is what really inspires me about the Pfister Narrator position. I don’t want to simply snag a story but to leave the impression of genuine concern as well.
Pfister Narrator Application Video
www.youtube.com/user/GoodWorkCards
http://youtu.be/zPkeEcKrRQo
Thank you.
Sincerely,
David L. White
PfisterNarratorApp.blogspot.com
www.davidlwhite.net
e-mail: davidlwhite.net@gmail.com
414-282-7185
Writing Samples
Writing Samples
PfisterNarratorApp.blogspot.com
e-mail: davidlwhite.net@gmail.com
414-282-7185
MicroGreens
http://www.davidlwhite.net/microgreens/
02/28/2015
I spent the morning learning about MicroGreens from Farmer Tony, Hillery, and 30 other folks from far flung places such as; Sister Bay, Mequon, Appleton, Chicago, Houghton MI, Caledonia, Waukesha, Elm Grove, Sussex, Manitowoc, and Stoughton, in no particular order. There were several teachers looking to incorporate this into their curriculum, and lots of folks into local food awareness.
The workshop was sponsored by Victory Garden Initiative in the Jazz Gallery space in the River West neighborhood.
I came home with seeds, dirt and visions of worms in my future. We can all add the title Farmer to our names after this morning.
https://www.facebook.com/jazzgallerymke
https://www.facebook.com/VictoryGardenMilwaukee
https://www.facebook.com/farmertonys?fref=ts
http://sproutingseedsoflove.com/
.....
ShuttleDave Blog
Variety is all there is
http://shuttledave.blogspot.com/2014/12/variety-is-all-there-is.html
Monica is from Cincinnati and she’s been here 25 years. All her family is elsewhere in warm places and so she travels a lot on holidays. She just retired last September after 16 years at Froedtert in the Medicare reporting division.
Before I knew she was going for a ride in the shuttle I saw her alone in the waiting room. I told her how to change the channel if she wished.
“I don’t have a television any more.”
“Congratulations. Maybe you could give a course or something. Some people need help.”
Apparently she wanted to paint a back bedroom. Her TV was also a VGA monitor for her desktop and it all sat on a large desk. She didn’t really like the desk. She took it apart, set it on the curb and never saw it again. Maybe that’s what happened to the TV. Or maybe she donated it. I forget. She has a laptop and an iPad. Monica does not miss the TV at all. It’s been six months now.
So she retired, changed gears and didn’t slow down. She’s the co-administrator of the food bank at her church and on Thursdays she stocks shelves at a food bank downtown and … something else. And, she is looking into volunteering at the local NODA chapter. NODA stands for No One Dies Alone. Apparently they coordinate with hospice teams ... no one should die alone.
Her job took her to Chicago for awhile years ago and then called her to Milwaukee. She had certainly heard of Milwaukee before. She drove out of Chicago clean and dry. The weather was fine until she hit the state line. All of a sudden there were 12 inch drifts and she fell in love. It’s been home ever since.
She also is taking Spanish lessons from a Russian born woman whose second language was Polish, her third language was English, and her fourth language is Spanish. Now she’s actually teaching Spanish at the Wilson Park Senior center for five dollars a semester.
“Isn’t Wilson Park wonderful?” I asked.
Then I said something about my wife signing up for the upcoming woodworking class.
“Oh, I just took that last fall. My instructor hollered at everyone but me. Apparently I know what I’m doing.”
... The ‘variety’ referred to in the title comes at the end of the longer post.
PfisterNarratorApp.blogspot.com
e-mail: davidlwhite.net@gmail.com
414-282-7185
MicroGreens
http://www.davidlwhite.net/microgreens/
02/28/2015
I spent the morning learning about MicroGreens from Farmer Tony, Hillery, and 30 other folks from far flung places such as; Sister Bay, Mequon, Appleton, Chicago, Houghton MI, Caledonia, Waukesha, Elm Grove, Sussex, Manitowoc, and Stoughton, in no particular order. There were several teachers looking to incorporate this into their curriculum, and lots of folks into local food awareness.
The workshop was sponsored by Victory Garden Initiative in the Jazz Gallery space in the River West neighborhood.
I came home with seeds, dirt and visions of worms in my future. We can all add the title Farmer to our names after this morning.
https://www.facebook.com/jazzgallerymke
https://www.facebook.com/VictoryGardenMilwaukee
https://www.facebook.com/farmertonys?fref=ts
http://sproutingseedsoflove.com/
.....
ShuttleDave Blog
Variety is all there is
http://shuttledave.blogspot.com/2014/12/variety-is-all-there-is.html
Monica is from Cincinnati and she’s been here 25 years. All her family is elsewhere in warm places and so she travels a lot on holidays. She just retired last September after 16 years at Froedtert in the Medicare reporting division.
Before I knew she was going for a ride in the shuttle I saw her alone in the waiting room. I told her how to change the channel if she wished.
“I don’t have a television any more.”
“Congratulations. Maybe you could give a course or something. Some people need help.”
Apparently she wanted to paint a back bedroom. Her TV was also a VGA monitor for her desktop and it all sat on a large desk. She didn’t really like the desk. She took it apart, set it on the curb and never saw it again. Maybe that’s what happened to the TV. Or maybe she donated it. I forget. She has a laptop and an iPad. Monica does not miss the TV at all. It’s been six months now.
So she retired, changed gears and didn’t slow down. She’s the co-administrator of the food bank at her church and on Thursdays she stocks shelves at a food bank downtown and … something else. And, she is looking into volunteering at the local NODA chapter. NODA stands for No One Dies Alone. Apparently they coordinate with hospice teams ... no one should die alone.
Her job took her to Chicago for awhile years ago and then called her to Milwaukee. She had certainly heard of Milwaukee before. She drove out of Chicago clean and dry. The weather was fine until she hit the state line. All of a sudden there were 12 inch drifts and she fell in love. It’s been home ever since.
She also is taking Spanish lessons from a Russian born woman whose second language was Polish, her third language was English, and her fourth language is Spanish. Now she’s actually teaching Spanish at the Wilson Park Senior center for five dollars a semester.
“Isn’t Wilson Park wonderful?” I asked.
Then I said something about my wife signing up for the upcoming woodworking class.
“Oh, I just took that last fall. My instructor hollered at everyone but me. Apparently I know what I’m doing.”
... The ‘variety’ referred to in the title comes at the end of the longer post.
Resume - Writing
Resume - Writing
Writing has been a hobby. It includes decades of newsletters, blogs, poetry, short essays, satire, recipes, quotations and finally a few books.
2014
www.amazon.com/author/davidlwhite
Lost and Found: a Forty Year Recollection (poetry)
Drive Time - Real People Stories elicited by a shuttle driver
Do Happy Better - how-to self-help workshop playbook
Out of print:
GoodWork Gazette - 2012-2014 - occasional poems
Stir Fry - 2008 - a 16 page pocketbook retrospective
The Knews Review - 1986 to 2009; poems in many of the 65 issues.
PandaLoon - 1998-99; 12 issues of pocket poetry chapbooks with other poets, as poet, editor, printer and publisher.
Believe It! - co-authored with Anne Edwards - InstyApple 1982
Gone Fishing - a broadside - 1979 - BRQ - Austin
Goodbye, Delmar Blue - 1979 - BRQ - Austin
Pleasant Street and Other Poems - 1979 - BRQ - Austin
Panboy - 1977 - Third Coast Press, copperplate by Rhoda Grossman
Ice Cream Koans - 1977 - PCI, illus. by Rhoda Grossman
Love, Basho - 1976 - Pony Express - PCI
Poetry - group publication - 1975 - poet, printer, publisher- PCI
There is no door - 1974 - Vermillion Broadcaster
Ongoing writing online:
www.davidlwhite.net
Poetry at:
zoupe.blogspot.com
Blogs at:
ShuttleDave.blogspot.com
www.davidlwhite.net
Resume - Work History
Resume - Work History
David L. White
www.linkedin.com/in/whitedavidl
e-mail: davidlwhite.net@gmail.com
414-282-7185
www.linkedin.com/in/whitedavidl
e-mail: davidlwhite.net@gmail.com
414-282-7185
Customer service shuttle driver - part time
• Don Jacobs Toyota
Mar. 2012 to present
• Boucher Volkswagen
Oct. 2010 to Mar. 2012
Your Message Doctor - Freelance writer, editor, proofreader
Jun. 2005 to 2010
• Write, edit, and proofread client promotional materials
• Develop brand and marketing materials
• Conceived, developed YourMessageDoctor.com (defunct)
Good Work Cards
Sept. 1990 to Present
• GWC is a niche development of Small Potatoes Press, our print shop
• Providing printed motivational incentives to educators and industry
• Designed and developed GoodWorkCards.com online store (defunct)
Small Potatoes Press
Feb. 1987 - 2001 owner/operator of quick print shop - broker ongoing
• Process improvements
• Customer care - develop and maintain customer service policies
• Analyze, evaluate and purchase equipment, IT hardware/software - Macintosh
• Estimate, coordinate, print, copy, produce, invoice, and deliver printed products
• Interviewed, hired, trained, and supervised employees ‘87 - ‘01
Letters of Recommendation - Testimonials
I have Testimonials rather than Letters of Recommendation.
LinkedIn recommendation from Ron Klassen at Wallner Builders
Details of the Recommendation: “Cannot say enough about David’s creative and relevant writing skills. We have tried to do a lot of marketing-oriented writing ourselves in the past, but working with David made it so easy --- and quick.
David writes the way you want your audience to read, with added insights that make it so much more effective. We wouldn’t hesitate for a second to contract David to write anything marketing/sales/etc.”
Service Category: Writer/Editor
Year first hired: 2009 (hired more than once)
Top Qualities: Great Results, Good Value, Creative
...
Testimonial from George Lottermoser
“David’s wit and way with words brings promotional messages to life. As an editor he spots glitches virtually instantaneously. Simply delightful to work with.” July 9, 2008
George Lottermoser, Owner, Lotter Moser & Associates / imagist.com
(I, David, wrote a couple pages in the Neptune Gate Opening Day booklet at the Villa Terrace in 2001. Photographer George traveled to the blacksmiths for on site shots. I went to two of three with him. Fascinating.)
...
Testimonial - Ventura Sports Group
“I knew the theme; but couldn’t put it in words on paper. David and I had a couple phone conversations and he wrote what I wanted to say. It was a simple and easy process. In addition, he gave me a couple ideas I hadn’t thought of. I will call him again.”
~ Roger Christoph,
Ventura Sports Group
...
Testimonial from Egan New Media
I had a client project that needed to be revived. It had stagnated due to gaps in communication and changing goals along the way. It was awkward to have to go over the same ground yet again to bring clarity to the project. The result was an unclear objective.
I asked David to step in and work his magic. Having not worked with him before I was not sure what my results might be. He quickly cleared the blockage. The project got moving forward and the client was energized because David had helped him focus on the things that were important to his business. That left me free to attend to the website design and construction. The result was a successful completion to a project that had been dead in the water.
Tom Egan
Egan New Media
Some of these testimonials for David L. White as Your Message Doctor
also appear on my LinkedIn profile.
http://yourmessagedoctor.blogspot.com/search/label/Testimonial
LinkedIn recommendation from Ron Klassen at Wallner Builders
Details of the Recommendation: “Cannot say enough about David’s creative and relevant writing skills. We have tried to do a lot of marketing-oriented writing ourselves in the past, but working with David made it so easy --- and quick.
David writes the way you want your audience to read, with added insights that make it so much more effective. We wouldn’t hesitate for a second to contract David to write anything marketing/sales/etc.”
Service Category: Writer/Editor
Year first hired: 2009 (hired more than once)
Top Qualities: Great Results, Good Value, Creative
...
Testimonial from George Lottermoser
“David’s wit and way with words brings promotional messages to life. As an editor he spots glitches virtually instantaneously. Simply delightful to work with.” July 9, 2008
George Lottermoser, Owner, Lotter Moser & Associates / imagist.com
(I, David, wrote a couple pages in the Neptune Gate Opening Day booklet at the Villa Terrace in 2001. Photographer George traveled to the blacksmiths for on site shots. I went to two of three with him. Fascinating.)
...
Testimonial - Ventura Sports Group
“I knew the theme; but couldn’t put it in words on paper. David and I had a couple phone conversations and he wrote what I wanted to say. It was a simple and easy process. In addition, he gave me a couple ideas I hadn’t thought of. I will call him again.”
~ Roger Christoph,
Ventura Sports Group
...
Testimonial from Egan New Media
I had a client project that needed to be revived. It had stagnated due to gaps in communication and changing goals along the way. It was awkward to have to go over the same ground yet again to bring clarity to the project. The result was an unclear objective.
I asked David to step in and work his magic. Having not worked with him before I was not sure what my results might be. He quickly cleared the blockage. The project got moving forward and the client was energized because David had helped him focus on the things that were important to his business. That left me free to attend to the website design and construction. The result was a successful completion to a project that had been dead in the water.
Tom Egan
Egan New Media
Some of these testimonials for David L. White as Your Message Doctor
also appear on my LinkedIn profile.
http://yourmessagedoctor.blogspot.com/search/label/Testimonial
Feature story by a Patch editor
One day in a print shop I met the mayor of Greenfield. We chatted a bit while waiting. I thanked him. He introduced me the David Cotey, the Greenfield Patch editor.
I was then invited to sit down and tell my story. How refreshing and wonderful.
http://greenfield.patch.com/groups/business-news/p/how-a-thank-you-can-go-a-long-way
For awhile after that, I posted some of my shuttle blogs on Patch.
http://greenfield.patch.com/users/david-white-73147b07
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