Welcome To Synergy Publishing!  Home to information about computers, technology, philosophy, and social networking... all served up with generous helpings of kindness.  My name is Doc (aka Dave Dockery).  I'm the proprietor here.  Park yourself in my little corner of the Internet.

I'm President of the Tampa Bay Computer Society.  We are a 1,300 member technology and computer user group located in Clearwater, Florida.  Our claim to fame is that we repair our members' computers for free.  We also have the equipment necessary for our members to convert their VHS tapes to DVDs as well as to digitize vinyl records, cassette audio tapes, and 35mm slides.  Finally, we are one of Pinellas County's premier technology training facilities.

Are you Interested in Kindness?  I'm a true believer when it comes to practicing daily "random acts of kindness".  My kindness blog is known as Doc's Kindness Café.  Feel free to drop on by to read my musings on Kindness.

I speak to a variety of business, civic, and technology groups.  Predominately, my speeches tend to be instructional in nature: Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook, Internet, Technology, and Social Networking.  However, I also speak on subjects like kindness, shifting paradigms, the future, mind mapping, and human connectivity.

It's always pleasant to receive the occasional honorarium, but I do not charge for my speeches.  I'm more interested in helping people to use the marvelous tools that we have at our disposal.  While I'm not at all opposed to making a profit, my heart lies with nonprofit groups -- "people who want to change the world, need the tools to do it."

My most popular speeches at the moment:

"Social Networking Boot Camp" - for those who feel a bit overwhelmed by the onslaught of websites like Facebook, Twitter, Meetup, LinkedIn, YouTube, etc. etc. etc., this seminar doesn't address HOW to use these utilities, this seminar is about WHAT they do and WHY you would use them.  Attendees come away with a broad overview of their options to help them focus their efforts.

"Technology: Today and Tomorrow" - I highlight the marvelous technologies that we are using or will use in an educational and entertaining format.  This speech can be as long or as short as the time slot available.