Introduction

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It is easy to see why someone like John W. Scherer would extend his business into helping people. John Scherer, the self-proclaimed “Video Professor” is, first and foremost, a teacher. He has built his business, Video Professor, on the idea that people want to better themselves. He simply uses the gifts he has been given to help people in their quest for knowledge.

In the mid-1980s, John Scherer owned Data Link Research Service, Inc., a successful PC sales company, which later merged to form Creative Characters, Inc. What John found in his business selling computers was that many customers, after purchasing a PC in the hopes of using it to help at home or in business, needed help maneuvering around their new machine.

Scherer realized that a computer couldn’t help you unless you had the tools to operate it.

John W. Scherer recognized the need for an instructional tool that was easier to follow than hefty computer manuals. In April of 1987, he produced his first set of computer lessons on videotape. These lessons led to the creation of Video Professor, John W. Scherer’s answer to the complicated world of computers.

The success of Video Professor motivated the “Video Professor” himself to give back to the community his company served. John W. Scherer’s charitable efforts are closely connected to his ability to recognize a need and take positive steps to fill that need.

John W. Scherer believes in sharing his success and has supported countless foundations in an effort to use his wealth to effect positive change through the involvement of his company, Video Professor, in such organizations as:

  • Chickasaw Nation

  • ComputerCorps

  • Multi-Cultural Center

  • Calvary Bible Church Computer Ministry

  • Victory Junction Gang Camp

  • Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center

  • Modesto, CA School System

  • Colorado Prevention Center

  • Alive at 25

  • Denver Mission Homeless Shelter

  • Celebrity Fight Night

  • United States Peace Corps

  • Habitat Thrift Store

  • Internet Cafe

  • Walter Reed Hospital

  • Soldiers’ Angels Project

  • United States Armed Forces

  • Tillie Project