Larry L. Richman

Richman is an online strategist{{citation |url=https://www.distilled.net/blog/seo/breaking-down-the-mormon-seo-strategy/ |title=Breaking Down the Mormon SEO Strategy |first=Justin |last=Briggs |date=December 29, 2010}}{{cite web |title=The LDS Church's "Mormon Message": Almost as omnipresent as the God it preaches |url=http://www.outreachcatalyst.com/technology/case-study-the-lds-churchs-mormon-message-almost-as-omnipresent-as-the-god-it-preaches/ |accessdate=December 2, 2014 |date=August 24, 2010 |archive-date=February 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224202903/http://www.outreachcatalyst.com/technology/case-study-the-lds-churchs-mormon-message-almost-as-omnipresent-as-the-god-it-preaches/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=Marketing Religion Online: The LDS Church's SEO Efforts |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/241727998 |accessdate=October 27, 2016 |date=November 28, 2011}} with a specialty in using social media in product marketing. He is the former Director of Communications for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to market the church's materials to members and leaders worldwide.{{cite news |last=Richman |first=Larry |url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/705367274/Why-We-Blog-Using-LDS-Church-online-resources.html |title=Why We Blog: Using LDS Church online resources |newspaper=Deseret News |date=2011-02-23 |accessdate=2014-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425160749/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/705367274/Why-We-Blog-Using-LDS-Church-online-resources.html |archive-date=25 April 2018 |url-status=dead}}

Since 2006, he has written daily articles at LDSMediaTalk.com and [http://LDS365.com LDS365.com], his professional blog about LDS Church materials and using social media and technology responsibly.{{citation |url=https://ldsmediatalk.com/2016/07/05/happy-10th-anniversary-lds-media-talk/ |title=Happy 10th Anniversary LDS Media Talk |date=July 5, 2016 |work=LDSMediaTalk.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425160750/https://ldsmediatalk.com/2016/07/05/happy-10th-anniversary-lds-media-talk/ |archive-date=25 April 2018 |url-status=dead}}

Richman directed the content and services of LDS.org, coordinating with all the LDS Church's websites, such as Mormon.org, FamilySearch.org, JosephSmith.net, and JesusChrist.lds.org. He was the domain portfolio manager of the church’s web properties and web pages. LDS Church websites are visited by over 50 million people each month {{cite web |url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/church/news/ldsorg-improvements-make-site-more-user-friendly?lang=eng |title=LDS.org Improvements Make Site More User Friendly |publisher=Church News |first=Ryan |last=Morgenegg |date=2013-10-28 |accessdate=2015-07-14}} Richman directed a redesign and rebuild of LDS.org from 2004-2007, implementing XML, metadata and taxonomy standards, a content management system, web portal server technology, new web search tools, and a strategy for Search Engine Optimization.{{citation |url=https://www.distilled.net/blog/seo/breaking-down-the-mormon-seo-strategy/ |title=Breaking Down the Mormon SEO Strategy |first=Justin |last=Briggs |date=December 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908224515/https://www.distilled.net/blog/seo/breaking-down-the-mormon-seo-strategy/ |archive-date=8 September 2018 |url-status=dead}}

Richman is a certified PMP (Project Management Professional), consultant, and trainer. He has authored seven books on project management, including two college texts.

Richman directed the Publications and Media Project Office that manages the creation of 8,000 printed, media, and web products a year in up to 185 languages. This included managing the projects for writing, editing, translation, production, printing, and international distribution in 105 offices worldwide.{{cite web |url=https://ldsmediatalk.com/about-this-blog/ |title=About |work=LDSMediaTalk.com |accessdate=2014-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413212448/https://ldsmediatalk.com/about-this-blog/ |archive-date=13 April 2018 |url-status=dead}}

Richman directed the processes and systems for print and web publishing at the LDS Church.

He is the President and CEO of Century Publishing, a custom media publisher based in Salt Lake City, Utah.{{citation |title=Company Profile |url=http://centurypubl.com/about |work=CenturyPubl.com |publisher=Century Publishing}}

He has authored over a dozen books,{{citation |url=https://www.amazon.com/Larry-L.-Richman/e/B001KCLZOW/ |contribution=Larry L. Richman |title=Author Page |publisher=Amazon.com |accessdate=2014-01-21}} several book translations (in English, Spanish, and Cakchiquel{{citation |title=Translations in Cakchiquel (Kaqchikel) |url=http://larryrichman.org/cakchiquel/ |accessdate=2015-10-24 |archive-date=August 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814034300/http://centurypubl.com/cakchiquel.html |url-status=dead }}), and has published articles in professional journals and magazines.{{citation |url=http://larryrichman.org/author/ |title=Publications by Larry Richman |work=CenturyPubl.com |publisher=Century Publishing}}

;Books

• {{cite book |last=Richman |first=Larry |author-mask= |year=2014 |orig-year=2014 |title=101 Ways to Hasten the Work Online |place=Salt Lake City |publisher=Century Publishing |isbn=9780941846264}}
• {{cite book |last=Richman |first=Larry L. |author-mask= |year=2013 |orig-year=2013 |title=Talk About Saving Money: How to Save on Food, Utilities, Car Expenses, Mortgage, and Health Care |place=Salt Lake City |publisher=Century Publishing |isbn=9780941846202}}
• {{cite book |last=Richman |first=Larry L. |author-mask= |year=2012 |orig-year=2006 |title=Improving your Project Management Skills |edition=2nd |place=New York |publisher=American Management Association |isbn=9780814417294 |oclc=738439397}}
• {{cite book |last=Richman |first=Larry L. |author-mask=2 |year=2011 |title=Successful Project Management |edition=3rd |place=New York |publisher=American Management Association |isbn=9780761215189 |oclc=755719401}}
• {{cite book |last=Richman |first=Larry L. |author-mask= |year=2007 |orig-year=2007 |title=Learning Through Life's Trials |place=Salt Lake City |publisher=Century Publishing |isbn=9780941846172}}
• {{cite book |last=Richman |first=Larry L. |author-mask=2 |year=2002 |title=Project Management Step-by-Step |place=New York |publisher=American Management Association |isbn=0814407277 |oclc=48966644 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/projectmanagemen00larr }}
• {{cite book |last=Richman |first=Larry L. |author-mask=2 |year=1996 |title=Project Management: a Strategic Approach |place=Salt Lake City, Utah |publisher=Richman Publishing |isbn=0941846040 |oclc=36596511}}
• {{cite book |last=Richman |first=Larry |author-mask= |year=1984 |orig-year=1984 |title=Tales of the Cakchiquels: Trilingual Collection of Folklore from the Cakchiquel Indians of Guatemala |isbn=0941846016}}
• {{cite book |editor-last=Richman |editor-first=Larry L. |year=1983 |title=Prominent Men and Women of Provo |place=Salt Lake City, Utah |publisher=Richman Publishing |isbn=0941846008 |oclc=10659452}}
• {{cite book |last=Richman |first=Larry |author-mask= |year=1981 |orig-year=1981 |title=Diccionario Español-Cakchiquel-Inglés |place=New York and London |publisher=Garland Publishing] |isbn=0824092775}}

;Articles

• {{cite journal |title=An Examination of Adjectival Forms in the Cakchiquel Language |first=Larry |last=Richman |journal=Journal of Mayan Linguistics |volume=3 |issue=2 |date=Fall 1982 |publisher=Department of Anthropology, University of Iowa}}
• {{cite journal |title=Learning through Life's Trials |first=Larry |last=Richman |journal=Ensign |volume=40 |issue=3 |date=March 2010 |publisher=url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2010/03/learning-through-lifes-trials?lang=eng}}
• {{cite journal |title=Learning a Second Language: A Challenge Older People Can Handle |first=Larry |last=Richman |journal=Deseret Language and Linguistic Society Proceedings |date=March 1980 |publisher=Brigham Young University}}
• Syndicated author for [http://www.ldsmag.com Meridian Magazine] with over 125 published articles.

;Speaker

• National speaker on self-help topics {{cite news |last=Richman |first=Larry |url=https://video.byui.edu/media/Larry+Richman+%22Learning+through+Life's+Trials%22/0_6g3uxzea |title=Learning Through Life's Trials, Keynote Speech, Brigham Young University-Idaho |date=2007-10-30 |accessdate=2016-12-23}} and technology issues.{{cite news |last=Richman |first=Larry |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_April_11/ai_n13594532/ |title=Vignette Executives and Customer Present at DCI'S Portals, Collaboration and Content Management Conference |date=2005-04-11 |accessdate=2016-12-23 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120707233023/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_April_11/ai_n13594532/ |archivedate=2012-07-07 }}

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• [http://www.lds365.com LDS365]
• {{LinkedIn page|in/larryrichman}}
• [http://larryrichman.org/guatemala-earthquake-1976/ Latter-day Saint Missionaries in the Guatemala Earthquake of 1976]

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