The Good Guys,
I have my sleeve caught in the corporate machine. Instead, I want to design
online tutorials to questions like those posted in these threads. If you need smart and snappy instructional design, or somebody with vision, please give me a call.
I made 1500 phone calls for Democrats in November. I wear the t-shirt to prove it. As a delegate at the 2006 Democratic State Convention I proposed adding 40 mpg CAFE Standards to the platform. I forwarded articles concerning Microsoft’s financial incentive to ride the bus to Boeing management as they faced a parking shortage. I recruited moveon.org activists in my department specifically for environmental and Internet issues. I went door-to-door for WashPIRG for seven months, researched and wrote their press releases, and made a blended multimedia-training platform. I went to the DFA Nightschool. I took notes. I have seen the Web-based learning the corporate world has. I took notes. I have seen behind the curtain; Webinars, discussion threads, and electronic manuals are the way to encourage smart activism and our future.
I created a hyperlinked knowledge-sharing document for Boeing. I designed a blended training platform for the Washington Public Interest Research Group. At Safeco I taught database management and made a troubleshooting guide to the "unknown" folder. At Merrill Corporation I coordinated cross-department efforts, trained employees in computer use, and composed a companion manual to a vendor’s shared-desktop software training. I find solutions.
Boeing just gave me the
boot after I built them a bomber. I want to work for the good guys this time. I had interviews on Thursday to do Instructional Design for Weyerhauser and Franciscan Healthcare Systems. Now Microsoft and T-Mobile are flirting with me. Give me the word and I will be yours instead.
Thank you,
Eli Richardson
(206) 271-6389
eli_richardson@hotmail.com Skills:
Instructional design / E-learning facilitation / Assessment / Fast learner / Multi-tasking / Proven verbal and written skills / Problem solving / Customer service
Microsoft Office / Acrobat Pro 7.0 / BlackBoard / C++ / Dreamweaver / FireWorks 8 / Flash / FrontPage / html / Linux+ / Microsoft Publisher / PageMaker / PhotoShop 7.0 / WebCT / WebEx / OSX
Experience:
Design Engineer; Boeing, Renton, WA 06/06 to 06/07
-design and implementation of server-based training platform
-training in the utilization of processes and tools
-integration of engineering designs, software, technical writing
Assistant Teacher; Highline Community College, Seattle, WA 06/06-11/06
-GED, ESL
class facilitation including CASAS proctor
Educator/Activist, WA Public Interest Research Group, Seattle, WA 05/05-01/06
-design of Web and computer-based training platform
-research and composition for press release team, coalition coordination
E-Fax Routing, Safeco Insurance, Redmond, WA, 07/04 to 05/05
-training in database, application, practice
-design and implementation of intranet-based training platform
-client interaction and problem resolution
Document Management Lead, Merrill Corp, Seattle, WA, 09/00-05/04
-training software procedure, composition of training manuals
-inter-departmental coordination, account reconciliation using Excel and Internet, inventory, client interaction and problem resolution
Writer, Trouble and Attitude, CD-Rom, TheEastVillage.com, NYC, 1999
-content research and creation for web site, telephone interviews, music reviews, fact checking, transcriptions
Education:
MA Education / Adult Ed, Distance Learning, University of Phoenix 2004-06
-Professional Communications / Foundations of Distance Education and Training / Adult Learning: Theories, Principles, and Applications / Instructional Design / Assessment and Evaluation in E-Education / Information Technology / Internet and Distance Education Delivery / Applications of Multimedia and Web Page Design / Courseware Authoring / E-Education in the Global Environment
BA Anthropology, BA English, University of Kansas, 1989-94
Achievements:
2006 Pushcart Prize nominee, Gord
2003 Finalist; Floating Bridge Poetry Chapbook Award, Manslaughter
