A partial list of our customers

Customers have relied on IDEAS for top-notch training, technical support, and publishing design, production & editorial services. Most of our customers return for more advanced education and troubleshooting, as well as training on new software versions and additional products.

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Corporate Departments
Universities & Colleges
Government Agencies
Magazine Publishers
Book & Directory Publishers
Catalog Publishers
Newspaper Publishers
Newsletter Publishers
Non-Profits & Associations
Printing & Prepress Companies

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CORPORATIONS

Abbott Labs Abbott Vascular Agilent American Honda Motor Co., CA Amistar, CA AMO (Advanced Medical Optics), CA ARUP Laboratories, UT BAE Systems, CA BankFirst, AZ Beckman Coulter Black & Decker, CA Broadcom, CA Calloway Golf, CA Canon Inc., CA CIT Group, CA Clarient, CA Computer Guidance Corporation, AZ Conducta-Endress Cymer, Inc. Datron Systems, CA The Walt DISNEY Corporation, CA Endocare, CA ESRI, CA First American SMS Corporation, nationwide Franklin-Templeton, Inc., nationwide Genentech, CA General Dynamics, AZ Gilbane, AZ Gowan Co., AZ Guidant, CA HDR, Inc. Henkel Corporation, CA Hewlett-Packard, CA & WA Honeywell, AZ & NM Hughes Network Systems, CA Hunter Industries, CA IDEC Pharmaceuticals, CA Ingram Micro, CA INTEL, AZ & CA Intuit, CA Jack-in-the-Box, CA Kelcourt Plastics Kimberly-Clark Kitchell Contractors, AZ

L-3 Communications LifeCare Assurance, CA Lockheed Martin LPL Financial, CA Mayo Clinic Medtronic MGM Mirage, NV Mitel Mitsubishi NBC Nestle Corp. Northrop Grumman Oakley PacSun Padres Baseball, CA Pelco, Inc., CA PEN-CAL PETCO, CA Pirnie, CA Psomas Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego Raytheon, CA Regenesis, CA Resmed SAIC, CA Salt River Project SCE SolCal Edison Sempra Energy Sharp HealthCare SKF, CA Solar Turbines, CA Stantec, AZ & CA Starkey Laboratories, CA Strategene, CA Suzuki Motor Corp., CA TGS, CA TIMEC, CA USA Federal Credit Union, CA Vanir ViaSat Networks, CA Viejas Casino, CA Westinghouse, UT Xerox Corporation, CA Yamaha Corporation

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Universities, Colleges, and School Districts

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Barstow Community College CAL State, Fullerton, CA CAL State, Long Beach, CA Dublin Unified School District, CA Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR Loma Linda University, Marketing & Publishing, Riverside County, CA Maricopa Community College, AZ Navajo Nation, Window Rock, AZ Northern Arizona University, AZ San Diego County Office of Education

Sweetwater Union School District, Chula Vista, CA University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) University of California, San Diego (UCSD) University of Iowa University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (Instructor) Ysleta Independent School District, El Paso, TX Various School Districts from OR, WA, CA, FL, NV, SD, and AZ

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Government Agencies/Departments &
Government Contractors

CA Parks and Recreation Dept. City of Chino, CA City of Diamond Bar City of Henderson City of Hesperia City of Oceanside, CA City of Palm Springs, CA City of Phoenix, AZ City of Scottsdale, AZ City of Victorville DHS Department of Homeland Security, AZ & CA DOT Department of Transportation, CA Fairplex (LA County Fairgrounds) First 5 CA WIC Grand Canyon National Park Service, AZ Imperial County Water District, CA

Los Alamos National Laboratories, NM MCAS Miramar MCAS Okinawa Monterey Bay Aquarium MBARI National Park Service, NM NAVAIR, CA & FL NAVSEA NAVSUP NOAA, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, CA Oceanside Police Department, CA Omaha Public Power San Diego County Fairgrounds, CA Sandia National Laboratories, NM U.S. Air Force U.S. Army USDA U.S. Geological Survey, NM Western Municipal Water District

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Magazine Publishers

AIM Media (Better Nutrition, Log Home Design, Southwest Art, Vegetarian Times), CA Auto Trader Fancy Publications, CA Florida Sportsman General Electric Technical Publications, FL Harcourt, Inc. Homes & Land of Southwest Florida The Gourmet Retailer, FL Madden Media

McMurry Publishing, AZ Multilingual Computing, ID New Mexico Woman Newsweek en Español (Spanish Edition of Newsweek), FL Publishers Resource Group, TX PC Sources, Ziff-Davis, NY Sterling Southeast (Golf Industry & Tennis Industry), FL Sunshine Media, Phoenix, AZ T.T. Publications, Inc., Longwood, FL Virgo Publishing, AZ

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Book & Directory Publishers

AnsMar Publishers, Poway, CA The Dining & Doing Guide, FL Pasternack Enterprises, CA

The Resort Pages, FL The San Diego Film Commission, CA United Yellow Pages, CA

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Catalog Publishers

Gander Mountain, WI

Glenn-Mar Marine Supply, FL

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Newspaper Publishers

Arizona Tribune Las Vegas Review Journal Marco Island Eagle (a New York Times affiliate), FL Mature Lifestyles, FL Medical Business, FL

The News Press (a USA Today affiliate), FL San Diego Union Tribune, CA Santa Fe New Mexican, Santa Fe, NM Sierra Vista Herald Group, AZ Sun Sentinel, FL Victorville Daily Press, CA

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Newsletter Publishers

Home Builders Association of Central NM

Starlight Publishing, NM

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Non-Profits & Associations

Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau, FL CA Teachers Association Long Beach Blast, CA Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, CA North American Vegetarian Society, NY

Paradise Valley Hospital, CA The Philharmonic Center for the Arts, FL RIMS-CTAP, CA Salt Lake Olympic Committee, UT United Nurses Association, CA

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Printing & Prepress Companies

Color Reflections, NV Consolidated Reprographics, CA DM Steele, CA

Fuji Photo Film USA, CO Oceanus Press, CA Signs By Tomorrow (Speaker at annual conference)

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IDEAS also provides private, 1-to-1 training and solutions for marketing, consulting, and other small business owners and their personnel.

Customer Testimonials

Here is sample of what other professionals have to say about their recent experiences with IDEAS:

Note: Names and companies have been kept confidential to protect the privacy of our clients.

Thanks so much! I had a wonderful time and experience. A lot of what you taught [in the Premiere Pro class] has already come in handy...—Graphic Designer/Marketing Dept.

Thank you so much...you were such an awesome teacher!—High School Graphic Arts Instructor

Thank you so much! It was a great class.

Thanks for everything! [The class was] More than I could have wished for. Hope to see you in the InDesign class.

I want to thank you for helping me coordinate a Captivate 5 training session for me and my team. I wanted to you know that David did a PHENOMENAL job even though the session started at 6am his time. He was very thorough and answered questions that anyone had.—Instructional design IT support for large corporation

I want you to know how valuable your class was.... I have used a LOT of what I learned in class and I’m really amazed at how fantastic the program is and how well I learned from you.... I used many techniques I learned in class to set things up and get the document ready for content. Thanks again for a great class experience. I really appreciate it!
—Washington School District

Thank you so much for your help! You are a great instructor.
—eLearning student from private class for large corporation

Thank you for making Frame Maker so much more understandable. I am already using the techniques you taught me. You definitely have a teaching gift! I look forward to taking other classes in the future.
—Technical writer at defense contractor

David is a great trainer, very knowledgeable, patient, and has excellent teaching skills! I will definitely recommend him and IDEAS training to anyone who needs software training!
—marketing specialist at large corporation, technology and services industries

I would absolutely love to attend another one of your classes. In my opinion, the class that I attended was the most instructive, and informative class I have ever taken, and I intend to take another as soon as funding becomes available. By all means, keep me informed when classes are available. —Instructional Designer, Government

Terry and David: You were both so flexible with my schedule so I could take the 1-to-1 class. Without your help, I would not have had the skills to get and keep my job. Thank you so much!
—working mom

What an awesome class! It was so great to get the shortcuts and tips to help me with my projects for my clients. As a self-employed person, too, you understood what I needed. The insight that you shared made the most use of my time. I look forward to more training in the future with you.
—small (graphics) business owner

Wow! You connected the dots exactly how I needed. Now I'm going to see if my co-workers can take some classes with IDEAS.—supervisor at communications company

David inspired confidence with his vast experience and was able to communicate complex skills in an understandable way. But best of all he was patient, making sure each of us was on board every step of the way. We are all energized and excited to get to work in these (Adobe) programs. — CA school director

It was great training! I’ll be sure to refer you if I have an opportunity.

You are an awesome instructor!  It was a pleasure being in your class.
—graphics dept., large marketing corporation

We loved your class. You were one of the better trainers any of us had experienced. Very efficient and progressive with the time. I am sure you will get rave reviews and that we'll request you personally for more training in the future. Thanks again.
—InDesign for Architectural, Engineering and Consulting firm

Thanks again for all your help. The class was very helpful and the extra length that David went to put my project back together, and testing that other program, was outstanding. If I need another training course, I'll definitely keep you folks in mind.
—Premiere Pro Video editing custom training for police dept.

Thanks for all of your help.  You have made this a very simple process.
—A County Government office

Thank you so much for all your help and expertise in providing our staff with an excellent two-day training session on Adobe Acrobat Pro 8. It has only been a week, and our staff has developed numerous on-line forms. You have greatly helped their productivity and efficiency!—MIS Department

You guys are my choice for the money. . . Would be interested in your off site classroom as we are not set up to facilitate a classroom here.
—A Federal Government office

The Photoshop training was wonderful, we learned some great tips! Oh, and we can’t wait for David to come back for Illustrator next month.
—Advertising Agency, advanced training on Photoshop/Illustrator

I would recommend IDEAS' Adobe InDesign courses to beginners and experienced users alike. They taught me all of the basics that I needed as well as valuable shortcuts. Don't waste your time with oversized training schools or bland tutorials!
—Commercial & Residential Building & Design company

Thanks again very much for the terrific class — and please tell Terry that it was nice meeting her and thanks for setting up all of the details.
—FileMaker Pro for Healthcare Company Marketing Dept.

The class was exactly what I needed. David is a very good instructor — very patient and knowledgeable and supportive. Hopefully, with some more practice I'll be able to implement all that he has taught me.
—FrameMaker freelancer working for large company

Thank you for the Quark training last month. After returning to work and beginning to update our documents I realized just how much I learned. These skills will be quite useful to our organization.
—QuarkXPress for CA and Federal Government Contracting Office

We had a wonderful training session with David! It was great to see how GoLive works and learn some of the 'tips of the trade' without spending hours researching the information. We look forward to putting the training to good use. Tell David thanks so much!
—Web software training, Northern CA school district

David, thank you again for an excellent class! — FrameMaker, mortgage company executive

David was excellent! He came to our location and helped us iron out all of the rough spots... Now we can manage our database (FileMaker Pro) and we have saved an enormous amount of time! Thank you! — Magazine publishing group, CA

Thanks again for coming out for the InDesign training. Everyone enjoyed the class and feels better prepared for our transition. Hope you had a safe flight back!
— Large publication group, VA

Wanted to say thanks again for your (FrameMaker) training here at Raytheon in San Diego. Really enjoyed it, and you certainly helped answer some long standing questions for us.
— Team at Raytheon, CA

The quality and scope of the training was excellent, and I would like to obtain similar training for two additional members of my staff. —Technical products manager, large corporation

...I had really good feedback from our staff on the Adobe Acrobat Pro training, and the formatting of our electronic forms. Your information was very helpful in moving this project forward, and your experience with the software was a large contribution to opening new potential solutions to us. Thanks for this engagement -- your contact information is in my file for future reference!
 — IT Customer Support Manager, Newspaper Publishing Group

David is very patient and would be able to accommodate any level of experience for training. We were on the advanced level -- and we learned a few things for sure! ... We will be continuing to use IDEAS for other advanced training. — San Diego County Office of Education

The (IDEAS) training was so valuable! I want to praise David Creamer as an instructor. He was very knowledgeable and thoughtful about the pacing and distribution of info. He answered all questions thoroughly -- and he specifically addressed questions I had about InDesign. Because we had time, he showed us some great tips for GoLive as a web tool (which I use in addition to Dreamweaver). Thanks for this excellent instructor and for finding a nice classroom location for the group. — Cal State University graphics department

It was very helpful for me to attend the training. I picked up new and useful ways to make my work much easier. Thank you for the all the help with my last minute (travel to San Diego) arrangements, also. Best wishes! — Government Contractor, AZ

What a wonderful experience it was working with you and David. Wow! That dude really knows his stuff! — Real Estate Co. manager, CA

The Photoshop seminar really covered some great topics. Our people had wonderful things to say about it. — newspaper publisher

We thought it was a great class and very beneficial to us. Dave is an amazing trainer and showed a great deal of patience when we began to ask way too many questions!... We are very pleased that he will be doing more training for our company. (Intermediate and Advanced FrameMaker) — Information Services Department and Publications Department of Major Communications Corporation

Just wanted to send you a quick note to let you know how much we enjoyed your training class. The InDesign skills we've learned will be invaluable to us. Your class was very well put together and moved at a nice pace. — Marketing Director, large Financial corporation, CA

Thanks to you for a very enlightening training session I recently had on Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and GoLive. The class was excellent! David is extremely knowledgeable, and an excellent teacher. As a conceptual person myself, I especially appreciated learning the programs from a concept perspective as well as a technological one. — Award-winning Photographer and visual arts professional, TX

David is a terrific and patient trainer, the exercises good at eliciting new skills...also appreciated the training center--great venue! — Learning specialist at major Bio-Tech corporation

The class was great. I think everyone got a lot out of it. And the CD you sent continues to be a treasure chest of undiscovered jewels. Because of the holiday rush, I'm just getting around to opening it, and reaping its benefits. I'm asking the systems folks here to take care of the software updates, and I'm asking all my design staff to share the fun of exploring all of these Quark XTensions, utilities, and plug-ins. — Art Director for award-winning Daily Newspaper

The training was great! How you managed to organize all that information, from all of our specific requests over the last couple of weeks (ten people from one company, two different departments) was very commendable. We really appreciated your patience and will know who to come back to when we are ready for the advanced instruction (on Illustrator and InDesign)... which we hope will be in about six months! — Phoenix/Tempe, AZ

I took a class from him (Dave Creamer) and it was excellent. This class was great because he knows PageMaker, InDesign, and Quark — and could jump back and forth as I asked many questions. — Publishing professional, San Diego

Just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate the classes — I learned a lot! — Advertising & Multimedia Professional, Los Angeles

Thanks again! I've started putting my skills to work on our projects already. — Communications Specialist, Irvine, CA

David Creamer is one of the few certified trainers I found in the West who really knows many programs — well. — College Graphics Dept, Portland, OR