Richard M. Crum

**** ******** **** **** ******, Oklahoma 73003

home: 405-***-**** / cell: 405-***-**** / email: adjr62@r.postjobfree.com

Curriculum Vitae Summary

Current

Academic: Creative WritingTeacher, Francis Tuttle Technology Center; Tutor of Fiction and Nonfiction Writing, Edmond, OK; Lecturer, Best of Books Writing Series, Edmond, OK. Publishing: Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief, Edmond First Edition, a press-ready book publishing program; Founder/owner of The Editorial Annex, publishing house and communications consultancy.The Editorial Annex imprint appears on the following books: An Ounce of Prevention, preventive health book by Drs. John and Fulton Tompkins; God Isn’t Through With Me, story of C.H. Spearman, Jr.; Not Now. Not Ever!, book by Dr. Jerald Young; When to Whisper, illustrated children’s book by Faith and Hope Kelly; Menagerie at the Manger, illustrated children's book by Linda Allen. Named Book of the Season for 2007 by The Book Bank Foundation; Kristy and the Secret of Yesterday Farm, illustrated children’s book by Jenny Braulick. In current production are two children's titles: Swanson, the Angry Rooster and Mustard, the story of a gritty 7-year-old girl.

Former

Publishing: Managing editor and senior writer, National Geographic Society. Author and editor of more than 40 National Geographic Society books and dozens of articles for National Geographic Society magazines. Editor, Professional Floral Designer, Editor-in-Chief, Floral Design, both AFS magazines. Editor, The Retail Florist and Floral Finance, AFS newsletters; Corporate Communications: Speech writer and editor for Dean McGee, CEO and Chairman of the Board, Kerr-McGee Corp. Annual Report and Publications Editor, Kerr-McGee energy company; Executive Speech and Reports Writer and Public Relations Consultant for Tom Butler, Chairman, Teleflora, Inc., Los Angeles; Publisher and editor, The Scene, Prudential real estate magazine; The Language Company, Edmond (OK), corporate logo design creator. Marketing brochure designer, writer, editor. Free-lance Writer-Editor: Wrote and edited fiction and nonfiction for such markets as Harcourt-Brace, The Daily Oklahoman, Wall Street Journal, The World Bank. Management: Facilitator, researcher in team-based environments. Leadership skills, budget responsibility, and sales for major publications, life insurance (New York Life), and real estate (Prudential). Academic: Journalism instructor, University of Centeral Oklahoma, Edmond, OK; Professional Editing and Writing instructor, Georgetown University and George Washington University, Washington, D.C.; Magazine Writing instructor, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California.Curriculum developer and English professor and adjunct professor of journalism, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK; adjunct professor, College of Business, University of Central Oklahoma.; Distance Learning (online) instructor, University of Central Oklahoma.

Professional Training and Certifications

40-Hour Teaching English as Foreign Language (TEFL) Certificate No. TO0017676, BRIDGETEFL, USA; Exploring Second Language Acquisition and ESL Methodology and Introduction to Linguistics and the Analysis of Language, The Language Company, Edmond, OK; Distance Learning (online) instructor, University of Central Oklahoma; 21-Continuing Education Hours, Oklahoma Real Estate Broker (License Active as Proprietary Broker of OK38 Realty).

Education

Bachelor’s of Journalism, Missouri School of Journalism. Master of Arts in Journalism, Oklahoma University.

Communication Skills

Teaching at university level (journalism education, English composition, English as Second Language); visual communications (photography, photo editing, power point presentations); written communications (newspaper and magazine journalism; business and technical writing and editing; newsletter, brochure, annual report writing, editing, production; ad sales and advertising and direct mail copywriting and design; executive speech writing; scriptwriting for radio, tv, movie, power point; online writing and editing; speakers bureau management; corporate communications, media relations; public relations, public information.

Awards and Honors

Certificate of Excellence in Teaching, George Washington University; Editor of the Year; 3 first-place Addy Awards for publication excellence; Award for PR Excellence; Department of Defense Award for best U.S. Armed Forces newspaper; Judge, magazine article writing, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Center; Antique Automobile Association Award for Excellence in Script Writing; Realtor of the Month.