Resume

• 2007

  Despatch Industries

  Omni-Tract Surgical

  University of St. Thomas

  Boston Scientific

  United States

  Teaching software graduate students about the joys

  perils

  and promise of communicating detail to others.

  University Instructor of Technical Communication

  University of St. Thomas

  Build

  write

  manage library of technical documentation

  Despatch Industries

• 2006

  Master of Arts degree - MA

  Researched the theological roots of communication and persuasion.

  Theology/Theology of Communication

  Bethel University

• 1999

  The Life@Work Journal

  Freelance a variety of articles about people finding meaning in work.

  The Life@Work Journal

  Principal

  Strategic communication consulting

  development and execution of communication strategies for medical device and other industries; speechwriting

  ghostwriting

  video & radio scripting; editorial content for magazines and newspapers.

  Livingston Communication

  Inc.

• 1988

  Medtronic

  Northwestern College

  All manner of medical communication

  from launches to directing agencies to create advertising and communication campaigns.

  Medtronic

  Communication Manager

  All manner of medical communication.

  Omni-Tract Surgical

  Adjunct Instructor--Professional Writing

  Professional writing courses: Technical Writing

  Social Media Marketing

  Writing for Organizations and Freelance Copywriting

  Northwestern College

• 1984

  Honeywell

  I wrote about lovely

  round thermostats.

  Honeywell

  Sr. Communication Specialist

  Strategic Launch Communication

  Boston Scientific

• 1979

  Bachelor of Science degree - BS

  Escaped electrical engineering for the existential paradise of philosophy.

  Philosophy

  University of Wisconsin-Madison

• 1976

  Exploding cars and cruisin'

  Stoughton High School

• conversation is an engine

  The late poet and writer Bill Holm spent his days teaching at Southwest Minnesota State University. In the context of daily teaching

  he was too busy to write his own works. But when class finished for the semester

  he wrote his poems and stories and memoirs long-hand on the back of the memos he received at school.

  conversation is an engine

  SALT

  Tutoring

  Speech Writing

  Strategy

  Editorial

  Publications

  Technical Writing

  Management

  Marketing Strategy

  Public Speaking

  Editing

  Advertising

  Writing

  Social Media Marketing

  Content Strategy

  Copywriting

  Creative Strategy

  Magazines

  Marketing Communications

  University Teaching

  Copy Editing

  Strategic Communications

  The many dangers of saying what you think people want to hear

  Insider language is no good.

  The many dangers of saying what you think people want to hear

  “Talk is cheap.”\n\nSo we say

  but deep down we know different.\n\nWe know talk is a potent engine for war and love and all that lies between. Talk is our entertainment and our tool for exploring every relationship. Talk is an economic engine. Lives change—culture changes—when we talk together. In many ways

  the future is patterned after our speech.\n\nAnd this: even God responds to talk.\n\nYet we pay scarce attention to the working parts of conversation: the listening

  the words used

  and the intent behind the words. And we hardly think about God’s purpose in speaking

  and how God speaks today with fierce desire for reunion—and how that desire motivates all God says and does.\n\nEvery day

  people work out God’s desire in thousands of ordinary ways. Not so much through sermons and high-minded programs as through the ordinary conversations among themselves.\n\nListenTalk will help you to re-think what God accomplishes in even your smallest

  most ordinary conversations.

  ListenTalk: When is conversation an act of God?

  Some shortcuts don't go where you think they do.

  3 Things Not to Do While Pursuing Spiritual Growth

  Healthcare shaken

  not stirred.

  Aligning Risk and Incentives: Value-based medicine has emerged.

  Kirk

  Livingston

  Livingston Communication

  Inc.