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David Bolton, Wordsmith

11/00–  President, WriteVentures

  • Established writing/consulting services company for business and government.
  • Further marketing/pr campaigns through multi-media presentations, collateral, advocacy literature and newsletter and Web articles. Clients include telecommunications companies, law firms, consulting companies and associations.
  • Retained by the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association as a speechwriter on a contract basis.

2/04– Instructor, University of Maryland
College Park, Professional Writing Program

  • Teach business writing to juniors and seniors, including e-mail, memos, cover letters, resumes, presentations and proposals. Students learn the “tricks of the trade,” drawing from the principles of rhetoric, copywriting, public relations and speechwriting as they learn to craft messages that elicit the desired audience response.

9/04–12/04 Instructor, University of Maryland
Baltimore County

  • Taught Technical Writing and English Composition to foreign students.

6/88–11/00 National Telecommunications Cooperative Association
Arlington, VA (NTCA represents 560 small telephone co.)

  • Served as speechwriter, copywriter, marketing specialist, video scriptwriter, and editor.
  • Interviewed Al Gore, John McCain, Billy Tauzin, Vincent Cerf and Bob Lucky.
  • Wrote and co-produced The Telecommunications Act of 1996: the Promise, a 20-minute video.
  • Acted as “final editing/proofreading eyes” for magazine and newsletters.
  • Presented industry updates at statewide meetings; worked with legal department on FCC presentations.
  • Tripled advertising revenues for magazine, enabling it to go from quarterly to bi-monthly, while serving as marketing specialist (6/88–2/91).

1/87–6/92 English as a Second Language Instructor

  • Taught ESL writing, conversation and grammar at Notre Dame College and Baltimore City Community College.

5/87–6/88 Freelance writer & editor

  • Produced copy for Road Ahead, PH&H's (an automobile leasing firm) monthly magazine for their fleet drivers (circ. 16,000).
  • Wrote direct mail financial packages (Equitable & Commercial Credit); medical brochures (Dr. Neil Solomon); magazine inserts, mock sweepstakes packages and wraparounds (U.S. News & World Report); print ads, radio and television spots for car dealers; essays on ethics and Maryland's economy (First National Bank); contributing writer to Outlook Magazine.

10/86–5/87 Copywriter, The Reeves Agency, Inc.
Baltimore, MD

  • Wrote copy for print, radio and television.
  • Produced radio spots.
  • Conducted publicity campaigns on behalf of clients, including Calico Corners, WMIX, Gardiners Furniture and American National Bank.

4/85–6/86 Copywriter, Universal Advertising
Tokyo, Japan

  • Wrote magazine and newspaper ads, company brochures, product catalogues, sales manuals and aids, travel brochures, press releases, film scripts for new products and slide show narrations.
  • Created ad campaigns; wrote speeches; edited technical manuals; coordinated layout and copy. Clients included JVC, Isuzu, Suzuki, Citizen and JAL.

6/85–6/86 General Editor, The Plaza
Tokyo, Japan

  • Formulated editorial policy for Japanese/English quarterly.
  • Edited English copy; contributed poetry, fiction and feature articles.

7/84– 3/85 Writer, Editor, Interac
Tokyo, Japan

  • Wrote and edited textbooks; developed course curricula.
  • Headed international seminars dealing with Japanese/American relations.

1979–1984 ESL Instructor and Instructor of English, Strayer College
Composition, Literature and Grammar Washington, D.C.

1980–1984 Direct Mail Writer, Public Interest Communications
Falls Church, VA

  • Researched issues for clients; wrote direct mail packages in regard to these issues; clients included League of Women Voters, ACLU and Amnesty International.

1974–1978 Editor, The New Deep City Press
San Francisco, CA

  • Participated in the founding of quarterly trade journal; edited and contributed feature articles and fiction.

1970–1971 English Teacher, Woodward School for Boys
Washington, D.C.

  • Taught English grammar, composition and literature to the 7th, 9th and 10th grades.

Publications:

Andersen, David L. and Bolton, F. David. Hi-Excel: Excelling in English Through Correspondence. Interac, Tokyo, 1985.

Andersen, David L. and Bolton, F. David. Expert: Communication Skills for Overseas Projects, Vol. 1 & 2. Interac, Tokyo, 1985.

Education:

M.A. Literature, The American University, Washington, D.C., 1972

B.A. English, University of Maryland, College Park, 1969

References:

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