David A. King

Film Producer and Radio Announcer

Concept Films, Auburn, California

Nevada Magazine, Carson City, Nevada

University of Oregon

California State University at Chico

Responsibilities:
Manage and lead a 40-member consortium of higher education institutions in Indiana. This is a special assignment while on leave from my department head position at Purdue.

• Staff: 95
• Budget: $6.5 million - IHETS

State Network in Transition
I have guided the transition and development of the Indiana Higher Education Telecommunication System and the Indiana Telecommunication Network-serving more than 1500 colleges, universities, schools, libraries, public broadcasting stations, and state government agencies-from a $4 million appropriated budget to a $24 million fiscally sound revenue-based operation over a three-year period. http://www.ai.org/intel/networkservices/tele_comm.html

Building Indiana's Digital Learning Space
In concert with K-12 schools and libraries, we are leading the development of a statewide Indiana Learning Portal that provides access to a unique collaborative environment for teachers, faculty, librarians, students, and lifelong learners to offer and take courses; build and gain access to learning modules; and provide and seek new information sources. Fund raising efforts include a $250,000 startup package leading to a multi-foundation request in May, 2003. http://www.ihets.org/hot/portal/index.html

Indiana's Version of a Virtual University
I am the CEO of the Indiana College Network. ICN has a catalog of 1,655 courses and 100 degree and certificate programs. In 2002 individual enrollments topped 47,000 learners. http://www.icn.org/

Life-long Learning Service Development
I negotiated an agreement with the nine Public Television stations in Indiana to develop the nation's first digital lifelong learning channel, a 24/7 educational service utilizing Indiana College Network courses, scheduled to begin May 2003.

Additional professional involvement during this time:

• Indiana Intelenet Commission and Executive Committee, 1998-present.
• Telecommunications Committee, Midwest Higher Education Commission, 1998-present.

Responsibilities:
Manage and lead a combined academic and service department in the Purdue School of Agriculture, providing professional communication and information technology support for the Purdue Agriculture complex including research, teaching, and statewide support for the Purdue Extension Service. Output includes: marketing, media relations, publications, popular magazine development, video production, and communications training. Academic program includes approximately 35 undergraduate students.

• Staff: 35
• Budget $1.5 million

Communications and Technology Management Track Record
As department head, I rebuilt a competitive agricultural communications department at Purdue University, establishing a national track record for effective and creative communication and information technology management. Indicators include national Awards of Excellence for Communications Management and Marketing from the Agricultural Communicators in Education, as well as technology and communications consulting requests from universities including Vermont, Illinois, Texas A&M, Georgia, Penn State, Cornell, Florida, California, Delaware, and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, USDA.

International Communication Experience
Success working in culturally diverse countries requires an ability to adapt and understand subtle factors that contribute to effective international working relationships. My experience includes work in Mexico, Honduras, Kenya, Hong Kong, China, and Inner Mongolia.

In addition, I was invited to present the keynote address at the inaugural meeting of the Latin American Agricultural Journalists Association at the Escuela Agrícola Panamericana, Zamorano, Honduras on November 8, 1995. I presented in Spanish. My topic was La Situacion Actual de la Comunicacion Agricola en el Mundo.

Research and Development for e-Extension/USA
I continue working with Purdue agricultural economist, Mike Boehlje, analyzing how information gains value in a competitive marketplace. We have proposed a virtual land-grant system outreach program (e-Extension) that will compete in the new global information marketplace.

Publications and selected presentations
Knowledge Marketplace and e-Extension:

• Boehlje, Michael D., and King, David, A., Extension: On the Brink of Extinction or Distinction?, Commentary for the Journal of Extension, 38:5, October 2000. http://www.joe.org/joe/2000october/comm1.html
• Boehlje, Michael D., and King, David, A., Extension on the Brink: Meeting the Private Sector Challenge in the Information Marketplace, Journal of Applied Communication, 82:3, pp. 21-35, 1998. (Cited as the Outstanding Article of the Year for 1998 in the Journal of Applied Communication.) http://persephone.agcom.purdue.edu/AgCom/EXTonBrink/
• King, David A., e-Extension USA: Teaching An Old Dog New Tricks,, National Learning Infrastructure Initiative Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, January 28, 2002. http://www.educause.edu/asp/conf/function.asp?PIN=&PRODUCT_CODE=NLII021/SESS09&MEETING=nlii021
• King, David A., Reinventing Extension from the Outside In: Who will Step up?, Agricultural Communicators in Education/National Extension Technology Conference, Toronto, Canada, August 1, 2001.
• King, David A., Bringing Extension Back from the Brink, National Agricultural Communicators' Congress, Washington D.C., July 17, 2000. http://persephone.agcom.purdue.edu/AgCom/EXTonBrink/
• Boehlje, Michael D., and King, David, A., Extension on the Brink: Public/Private Challenge, The McDowell Lecture, Pennsylvania State University, College Park, PA, November 19, 1999. http://persephone.agcom.purdue.edu/AgCom/EXTonBrink/
• Boehlje, Michael D., and King, David, A., Extension on the Brink: Meeting the Private Sector Challenge in the Information Marketplace, Texas Extension Annual Conference, College Station, TX, July 16, 1999.
• King, David A., Agricultural Communications: Can We Compete in the Information Marketplace?, International Agricultural Communicators in Education Conference, Asilomar, CA, July 16, 1998.
• King, David A., Cotton, Dan, Turgeon, Al, The Challenge of the Knowledge Marketplace: HowWill the Land-Grant System Compete? National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges Academic Program Section Meeting, California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, California, June 29, 1998. http://www.adec.edu/admin/papers/knowledge-marketplace.html
• King, David A., and Boehlje, Michael D., Extension on the Brink-Meeting the Private Sector Challenge in the Information Marketplace, United States Agricultural Communicators Congress, Washington, D.C. July 16, 1996. http://persephone.agcom.purdue.edu/AgCom/EXTonBrink/

Additional professional involvement during this time:

• Integrated Technologies Committee, Chair, Indiana Higher Education Telecommunication System, 1996-1998.
• Television Network Committee, Chair, Indiana Higher Education Telecommunications System, 1995-1996.
• North Central Agricultural Communication Department Heads Association, Chair, 1993-94.

Responsibilities:
Working within a .20FTE appointment, I was asked to design and implement a communication and media relations strategy and program for the cooperative research agency of the USDA.

National Impact Reporting System
While splitting my time between the Purdue (three weeks per month) and the USDA (one week per month) I designed, developed, and implemented a new system of identifying and providing information about the impact of Land-Grant university research, teaching, and extension directly to Congressional decision makers. Now adopted by every Land-Grant institution in the country, this impact information system has developed a 3,500-plus entry national database of research and educational impact, an annual series of one-page impact reports available for decision makers, and several state-based local information systems. I received 1999 USDA Honor Award from Secretary Dan Glickman for this effort.
http://www.agcom.purdue.edu/AgCom/news/impact/Impacthome.html
http://www.reeusda.gov/success/impact.htm
 

Responsibilities:
During my 14 years on the faculty at Oregon State, I progressed from the writer/film maker position in 1976 to increasingly more administrative responsibilities. Primarily I was a film producer, photographer and science writer for the College of Agriculture's research and extension areas. We produced television public service announcements, a quarterly research magazine, and provided teleconference and educational video support for the Extension service.

National PBS Documentary Special
I co-produced a national documentary special for PBS on an Eastern Oregon ranching family living and working in Inner Mongolia. The Cowboy in Mongolia aired during the opening week of the 1989 television season on more than 85 percent of the nation's public broadcasting stations. Because of our work on this documentary we won the 1990 Science-in-Society Journalism Award from the National Association of Science Writers. http://www.frif.com/cat97/a-e/the_cowb.html

Additional national and international awards for The Cowboy in Mongolia:

• Gold Medal, Cultural and Ethnic Documentaries, Houston International Film Festival, Houston, TX, May 1989.
• Silver Plaque, Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago, IL, October 1989.
• CINE Golden Eagle, Council on International Non-theatrical Events, presented in Washington, D.C., December 1989.
• Silver Screen Award for Film Production, National Association of Government Communicators, Washington, D.C., September 1989.
• Professional Skill Award for Television Production, Agricultural Communicators in Education, Portland, OR, July 17, 1989.
• Silver Medal for Television Production, Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), Washington, D.C., May 1989.
• The Emerald City Silver Award for Documentary Production, from the Seattle chapter of the International Television and Video Association, presented November 11, 1989.

Appointment to the Oregon Commission on Public Broadcasting,      1979-84
Governor Victor Atiyeh appointed me in 1979 as the youngest member of the newly formed Oregon Commission on Public Broadcasting. The Commission was responsible for the oversight of two public television stations and four public radio stations in Oregon.
 

• Concept Films, Auburn, California
• City Sports magazine, San Francisco, California
• Nevada Magazine, Carson City, Nevada
• KTRT-AM radio, Truckee, California
• KNEV-AM radio, Reno, Nevada

International Consulting

International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya, January-July 1997. I wrote, photographed and produced a 60-page series of publications for ILRI donor group and other public relations audiences.

U.S. Agency for International Development/Association Liaison Office for University Cooperation in Development, Policy Roundtable, Higher Education and Global Development, invited participant, Washington, D.C., January 22, 1998.

National Consulting

Review Team Chair, Cornell University, Division of Media and Technology Services Review, Colleges of Human Ecology and Agriculture, Ithaca, NY, April 3-6, 2000.

Review Team Chair, University of Illinois, Information Systems and Technology Strategic Research Initiative External Review, Illinois Council on Food and Agricultural Research, Urbana-Champaign, IL, February 16-18, 2000.

Departmental Consultant, Texas A&M University, Department of Agricultural Communication, College Station, TX, July 16, 1999.

Review Team member, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Communication, Technology, and Distance Education division, Washington, D.C., August 16, 1998.

Conference Facilitator, National Grain and Oil Seed Development Conference, Chicago, IL, November 5, 1997.

Meeting Facilitator, U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Research, Education, Economics, and Extension Advisory Board, Washington D.C., March 20, 1997.

Design Team Member, University of Georgia, Agricultural Communications, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Athens, GA, April 5-7, 1997.

Advisory Board Member, Foundation for American Communications (FACS), book reviews and seminar counsel, Los Angeles, CA, 1991-94

Review Team Member, University of Florida, Department of Educational Media and Information, Institute for Food and Agricultural Sciences, Gainesville, FL, September 15, 1996.

Consultant to Cooperative State Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, design internal and external communication plan for USDA research agency, Washington, D.C.,

Review Team Member, University of Vermont, Department of Information, College of Agriculture, Burlington, VT, May, 1989.

State and Regional Consulting

Media Relations and Marketing Consultant, Representative Wayne Fisk, State Representative, 36th District, media relations and campaign advertising, 1988 election, Albany, OR.

Media Relations and Marketing Consultant, Representative Mike McCracken, State Representative, 36th District, media relations and campaign advertising, 1982, 1984, 1986 elections and interim, Albany, OR.

National Committees and Boards

Board of Directors, ADEC/American Distance Education Consortium, 1998-present.

National Program Panel, Co-Chair, ADEC/American Distance Education Consortium, 1994-present.

Joint Image Enhancement Committee, Extension Committee on Policy and Experiment Station Committee on Policy, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1995-99.

Communication, Technology, and Distance Education Advisory Committee, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1994-97.

Joint Futuring Committee, National Association of State Colleges and Land-Grant Universities and the Board on Agriculture, 1994-97.

Committee on Distance Learning, U.S. Department of Agriculture/Extension Committee on Policy, 1992-93.

Committee on Communication, Co-Chair, Experiment Station Committee on Policy, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1992-96.

Joint Task Force on Public Communication, Co-Chair, Cooperative State Research Service/Experiment Station Committee on Policy, U.S. Department of Agriculture, April-July, 1991.

Awards, Honors and Recognition

National Award of Excellence for Marketing, Agricultural Communicators in Education international conference, Knoxville, TN, June 18, 1999.

USDA Honor Award, presented by Secretary of Agriculture, Dan Glickman, at U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., June 8, 1999. (For developing and implementing national Impact Reporting System.) http://www.usda.gov/news/pubs/newslett/old/vol58no5/article1.htm

National Award of Excellence for Communication Management, Agricultural Communicators in Education international conference, Miami, Florida, July 15, 1995.

1990 Science-in-Society Journalism Award, National Association of Science Writers, presented at the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing national meeting, (shared with James A. Duncan), Philadelphia, PA, November 4, 1990.

Distinguished Volunteer Service Award, Mental Health Association of Benton County, OR, presented October 3, 1989.

Additional Creativity and Production Awards

Professional Skill Award for Television Production (shared with Jeanne Gleason and Patrick Holian, New Mexico State University, and Thomas Luba, Purdue University), for From the Maya to the Moon video documentary, presented at the international Agricultural Communicators in Education annual conference, Miami, FL, May 6, 1993.

CINE Golden Eagle, Council on International Non-theatrical Events, ( shared with Jeanne Gleason and Patrick Holian, New Mexico State University, and Thomas Luba, Purdue University), for From the Maya to the Moon video documentary, presented in Washington, D.C., December 1992.

Gold Medal for Environmental Documentaries, World Film Fest/Houston International Film Festival, (shared with Jeanne Gleason and Patrick Holian, New Mexico State University, and Thomas Luba, Purdue University), for From the Maya to the Moon video documentary, May 1992.

Professional Skill Award for Publications, for popular magazine production and science writing, Agricultural Communicators in Education, presented at United States Agricultural Communicators Congress, Washington, D.C., July 1988.

Merit Award National Science Foundation and General Motors Research Laboratories honoring "commitment to excellence in communicating science and technology to the public," Washington, D.C., August 1986.

National Silver Medal for Television Production, Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, (shared with James A. Duncan), for television public service announcements, Washington, D.C., May 1986.

Professional Skill Award for Television Production, for television public service announcements, presented at international Agricultural Communicators in Education annual conference, Fairbanks, AK, June 25, 1985.

CASE National Gold Medal for Periodical Writing, for science writing in a magazine, Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, James A. Duncan; David A. King and Richard Browning, contributing writers, Washington, D.C., May, 1985.

Agricultural Communicators in Education (ACE)

Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Applied Communication, 1987-present.

Strategic Planning Committee, Agricultural Communicators in Education, 1996-99

Past-President/Board member, Agricultural Communicators in Education, 1992-93

President, Agricultural Communicators in Education, 1991-92 http://www.aceweb.org/ace_presidents/king.html

President-elect, Agricultural Communicators in Education, 1990-91

Vice President, Agricultural Communicators in Education, 1989-90.

Western Region Director, Agricultural Communicators in Education Board of Directors, 1987-89.

Chair, Electronic Media Special Interest Group, Agricultural Communicators in Education, 1986-87.

Pioneer Award, Agricultural Communicators in Education international conference, Mackinac Island, MI, July14, 1981

Chronological List of Publications

Professional Journal Articles and Reviewed Productions

Boehlje, Michael D., and King, David, A., Extension: On the Brink of Extinction or Distinction?, Commentary for the Journal of Extension, 38:5, October 2000. http://www.joe.org/joe/2000october/comm1.html

Boehlje, Michael D., and King, David, A., Extension on the Brink: Meeting the Private Sector Challenge in the Information Marketplace, Journal of Applied Communication, 82:3, pp. 21-35, 1998. (Cited as the Outstanding Article of the Year for 1998 in the Journal of Applied Communication.) http://persephone.agcom.purdue.edu/AgCom/EXTonBrink/

King, David A.; Luba, Thomas; Gleason, B. Jeanne; and Holian, Patrick; Green Gold: From the Maya to the Moon, half-hour video documentary, presented at The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., December 6, 1992. http://www.leadingobject.com/products/videos/greengold/

King, David A., and Duncan, James A., The Cowboy in Mongolia, shown in absentia at the 1990 EKOFILM Festival, Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, November, 1990.

King, David A., Is it the Sweet Siren of Technology or Just An Ill Wind?, Journal of Applied Communication, 74:1, 1990.

King, David A., Creative Survival in the Wasteland, ACE Quarterly, 69:1, pp. 1-8, 1986.

King, David A., Science Information and the Public--A Review of Literature, ACE Quarterly, 67:2, pp. 40-57, 1984.

National Television Release

King, David A., Duncan, James A., The Cowboy in Mongolia, hour-long Public Broadcasting System documentary special, national release, first aired October 10. 1989. http://www.frif.com/cat97/a-e/the_cowb.html

Book Chapters

King, David A., "Radio as a Communications Tool, Chapter 11," Communicators Handbook: Techniques and Technology, published by Maupin House Publishing, Gainesville, Florida, January, 1990, revised January 1995.

Chronological List of Professional and Scholarly Presentations

National and International

Baer, Linda L., Chaloux, Bruce N., Duin, Ann H., Kannel, Susan, King, David A., A Showcase of Successful Partnerships, panel presentation, National Learning Infrastructure Initiative Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, January 28, 2002. http://www.educause.edu/asp/conf/function.asp?PIN=&PRODUCT_CODE=NLII021/SESS01&MEETING=nlii021

King, David A., e-Extension USA: Teaching An Old Dog New Tricks, National Learning Infrastructure Initiative Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, January 28, 2002. http://www.educause.edu/asp/conf/function.asp?PIN=&PRODUCT_CODE=NLII021/SESS09&MEETING=nlii021

King, David A., Beyond V.U.s, Establishing the Digital Learning Space of Indiana, poster session, Educause 2001, Indianapolis, Indiana, October 30, 2001.

King, David A., Reinventing Extension from the Outside In: Who will Step up?, Agricultural Communicators in Education/National Extension Technology Conference, Toronto, Canada, August 1, 2001.

King, David A., Technology Adoption, Bringing Extension Back, University of California Extension Educators, Cal Poly, Pomona, CA, October 25, 2000.

King, David A., Bringing Extension Back from the Brink, National Agricultural Communicators' Congress, Washington D.C., July 17, 2000. http://persephone.agcom.purdue.edu/AgCom/EXTonBrink/

King, David A., Communicating Success in the Food and Natural Resource Systems, invited speaker, Focus on the Future conference, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Delaware, Dover, DE, February 7, 2000.

King, David A., Managing Second Wave Convergence, National Learning Infrastructure Initiative Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 20, 2000. http://www.ihets.org/about/execdir/final2000x.html

Boehlje, Michael D., and King, David, A., Extension on the Brink: Public/Private Challenge, The McDowell Lecture, Pennsylvania State University, College Park, PA, November 19, 1999. http://persephone.agcom.purdue.edu/AgCom/EXTonBrink/

King, David A., Getting Agriculture's Word Out: Just Shoving the Parrot in the Freezer Is Not Enough, National Symposium on the Future of American Agriculture, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, August 26, 1999.

Boehlje, Michael D., and King, David, A., Extension on the Brink: Meeting the Private Sector Challenge in the Information Marketplace, Texas Extension Service Annual Conference, College Station, TX, July 16, 1999.

King, David A., Agricultural Communications: Can We Compete in the Information Marketplace?, International Agricultural Communicators in Education Conference, Asilomar, CA, July 16, 1998.

King, David A., Cotton, Dan, Turgeon, Al, The Challenge of the Knowledge Marketplace: How Will the Land-Grant System Compete? National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges Academic Program Section Meeting, California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, California, June 29, 1998. http://www.adec.edu/admin/papers/knowledge-marketplace.html

King, David A., and Boehlje, Michael D., Extension on the Brink-Meeting the Private Sector Challenge in the Information Marketplace, United State Agricultural Communicators Congress, Washington, D.C. July 16, 1996. http://persephone.agcom.purdue.edu/AgCom/EXTonBrink/

King, David A., Impact '96, Directions and Choices, Agriculture and Natural Resource Extension Program Leaders national workshop, St. Louis, MO, January 31, 1996.

King, David A., La Situacion Actual de la Comunicacion Agricola en el Mundo", (The Status of Agricultural Communication in the World), an invited paper presented at an international of Latin American journalists entitled "The Impact of Agricultural Communication in the Year 2000," Escuela Agrícola Panamericana, Zamorano, Honduras, November 8, 1995 (presented in Spanish).

King, David A., Public Perception of Agriculture and the Environment, National Agricultural Communications Administrators' Round Table, International Agricultural Communicators in Education Conference, Moscow, ID, July 16, -1994.

King, David A., Petritz, D.C., Maier, and D.E., Technology, Impact and Extension, a Tale of Effectiveness, 5th International Conference on Computers in Agriculture, Orlando, FL, February 7, 1994.

King, David A., Petritz, D.C., and Maier, D.E., E-mail, Fax and Hardcopy, the Effectiveness Trio, National Extension Technology Conference, Lexington, KY, May 8, 1994.

King, David A., and Poley, Janet, National Communications at the Crossroads, Joint Agricultural Communicators in Education International Conference and National Extension Technology Conference, Miami, FL, May 9, 1993.

King, David A., When Creativity and Technology Clash: Winners and Losers, National Extension Technology Conference, East Lansing, MI, May 4, 1992.

King, David A., Group Leader, National Invitational Meeting for Communication and Information Technology Leaders, Scottsdale, AZ, September 9-11, 1990.

King, David A., and Ernst, Stanley, Training the Trainer, presentation on media relations at international Agricultural Communicators in Education meeting, St. Paul, MN, July 14, 1990.

King, David A., The Technology Nemesis Today, seminar presented at Purdue University School of Agriculture, West Lafayette, IN, March 19, 1990.

King, David A., and Duncan, James A., The Cowboy in Mongolia, film shown at Range Society of America international meeting, Reno, NV, March 2, 1990.

King, David A., and Duncan, James A., The Cowboy in Mongolia, film shown at scholarly seminar entitled: Nomads Along the Great Wall, Yesterday and Today, Museum of Natural History, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., November 18, 1989.

King David A., and Duncan, James A., On the Road to Inner Mongolia: Politics and International Motion Picture Production, invited speakers, international Agricultural Communicators in Education annual conference, Portland, OR, July 17, 1989.

King, David A., and Duncan, James A., Film as an Educational Tool for Training International Development Staff, invited speakers, Association for United States University Directors of International Agriculture Programs (ASUDIAP), invited speakers, annual meeting, Newport, OR, June 6, 1989.

King, David A., Effective Use of Electronic Media at Your Institution, Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, Newcomers to Advancement, national workshop faculty member, Bellevue, WA, May 4-5, 1989.

King, David A., Twenty-second PSA Production, Electronic Media Special Interest Group, invited speaker, international Agricultural Communicators in Education annual conference, Fairbanks, AK, June 24, 1985.

King, David A., Whatever Happened to Mr. Wizard, or How Do We Really Find Out About Science?, invited panel member at conference entitled: Reporting Natural Hazard Information to the General Public, Association of Earth Science Editors, American Geologic Institute annual meeting, Portland, OR, October 10, 1984.

Professional and Honorary Memberships

Agricultural Communicators in Education (ACE)
Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)
Epsilon Sigma Phi (National Honorary Extension Fraternity)
Kappa Tau Alpha (Honorary Journalism Scholastic Society)
National Association of Science Writers