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Parker Philpot calls Las Vegas her longtime
second home after spending her youth in the
Midwest and on the East Coast. She describes
herself as “versatile, upbeat, highly visual,
detail oriented and incurably curious.” Most of
all, she calls herself “grateful.”
Her life experiences come from “living long
enough to get an AARP frequent-breather card.”
Her work and professional experiences come from
that incurable curiosity about how companies and
people work. And in her commentaries, she lauds
those that work well, and spotlights those that
don’t. Her column covers a mix of informative,
human interest topics, as well.
As a public speaker, writer and researcher, she
creates and delivers compelling seminar and
workshop presentations on various topics, all
with her brand of humor, which she calls “a
sideways look at the twisted ironies of life.”
She has amassed a solid work history, albeit
diverse, even “strangely amusing,” she says.
She often refers to her professional work resume
as a “buffet of everything I’ve always wanted to
do when I grow up, but what do you do with it in
a job interview?” Hence, she decided that her
background is best suited for independent
consulting and the age of the Internet. “From
Parker’s Pen” on VegasCommunityOnline.com is one
of her outlets.
She has worked in a broad range of fields from
nonprofit fundraising to computer skills
training. Her array of jobs in her 30-year-plus
work career include: print design and
production; advanced technologies consultant;
audio-visual equipment sales; major-brands
retail merchandising; wire service call center
operations manager; tradeshow and exhibits
development; emergency international telegram
operator; photo lab portrait touch-up artist,
in-store product and cooking demonstrator,
custom poem writer (with singing telegram phone
delivery—don’t laugh, one poem made a company
millions of dollars!), and she even does casual,
candid photography with humorous customized
captions for private events.
Following an injury, her need for home-based
income led to her working several years as a
newspaper copy editor, journalist and features
writer for community newspapers and businesses,
which fit well with her multifaceted interests
and better allowed her to implement her formal
education and degree in Mass Communications.
She previously published magazines and souvenir
publications. Also in the communications field,
she was a DJ/interviewer on local community
radio (KCEP-FM 88.1, during its 5-watt infancy);
she produced her own magazine-style TV program,
“Wraparound,” for a college campus, and did a
media internship with a CBS affiliate news
station.
Coupled with her writing business, she is
launching a service to customize books for
children, promoting early childhood literacy.
Each book in the 101-title list of Personalized
Books and More includes the child’s age, full
name or nickname, several family members’ or
pets’ names, and hometown, which are all woven
throughout the stories. And the parent or other
book gift-giver gets a personalized dedication
to the child, making the book a treasured
keepsake — a literacy-booster “for a lifetime of
love, learning and laughs.” Book topics include
superheroes, ballerina princess,
African-American heroes, and many are licensed,
trademarked characters, such as “Batman,”
“Spiderman,” “Scooby-Doo” and “Sesame Street.” |
