About
Community Communications:
Community Communications (ComCom) is a nonprofit
501(c)(3) educational organization.
ComCom's purpose is to
present educational experiences in support of
mutually satisfying communication mastery.
ComCom
designs and delivers lectures, seminars,
trainings, tutorials and workshops for
individuals, couples, groups and organizations—to include follow-up supportive services such as
support groups, on-line forums and consultations.
Since
its beginning in 1988 ComCom has presented a wide
variety of communication skills workshops. The president,
board members and directors are volunteers and elect
to receive no salaries. Over 100 volunteer
assistants have donated no less than 500 hours each,
presenting workshops. ComCom has granted over $20,000 in communication
workshop tuition scholarships for low income
participants. Participants come
through word-of-mouth. The policy continues to be,
no paid advertising.
About the Founder
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Kerrith
H. (Kerry) King, 72, is the founder and president of
Community Communications. Kerry has been a Communication
Skills Coach/Consultant in Hawaii for thirty-six years.
He has consulted for such clients as Mike McCormack
Realtors (Hawaii's largest realtor), Hobart Corp., Budar
Advertising, the president of Pacific Construction
(builders of the Ala Moana Shopping Center), R. M. Towill
Corp. (builders of the Honolulu Airport), U.S. Postal
Service—Oahu, the chief psychiatrist of Leahi
Hospital, Hawaii Child Care Centers (a school system),
the Director of the State Department of Health—Big
Isle, the manager of John Hancock Life Insurance of
Hawaii—Oahu, many educators, attorneys, doctors, dentists and
thousands more. Kerry has taught part-time for the University of Hawaii's
Speech/Communication Department on the Manoa and Hilo
campuses as well as for the distinguished JAIMS
(Japanese-American Institute of Management Science).
Prior to becoming a consultant Kerry was a career
military officer. He served as an enlisted man in
the Navy on submarines and then with UDT-21
(Underwater Demolition Team - Class 20) now called
SEALs.
He left the Navy to go to college and transferred,
through the R.O.T.C., to the Army. He did two tours in
Vietnam. He served both as an Infantry Platoon
Leader (173rd Airborne) and as Infantry Company
Commander (82nd Airborne). A gunshot wound ended
his military career. He has two bronze stars (one
for valor) and two purple hearts.
After consulting and teaching on Oahu for
thirteen years Kerry retired to the Big Isle. In
1988 he donated an Organization Communication
Workshop to the East Hawaii Coalition to Stop
Food Irradiation. That one workshop evolved into
what's now called Community Communications (ComCom),
a nonprofit, 501(c)(3), educational organization.
The political activists of the Big Isle were
responsible for enrolling more than 1000
participants into the Communication Skills Workshop
for Community Leaders, aka, The Introduction to
Leadership Communication Skills Workshop.
Kerry's military training experiences represent
proven educational processes having to do with
teamwork and excellence. He has integrated these
various leadership/communication models with what is
currently being taught in the fields of human
potential and speech/communication.
Ninety-five percent of the
critiques
written by our
workshop
participants report favorably. Most participants say
it transforms their experience of communication.
Kerry also does individual, couples, and small-group, three-hour
communication consultations.
More about consultations.
For
a three-hour communication-skills consulting/coaching
appointment.
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