Voices of Detroit #22-Production Cafe & Mind Body & Spirits

Voices of Detroit with Larry Henry and David Benjamin continue our stay at Mind, Body & Spirits at 301 S. Main in Rochester for this show.  (Hey, they were giving us food and drink, how could we leave!)

We talk about Mind, Body & Spirits with the Director of Marketing Communications and Public Relations for the new restaurant and the Rochester Mills Beer Company David Youngman.

Television shows and movies seem to be being created all over Metro Detroit these days.  Ron Herman, owner of Production Cafe, talks about the growth of that business in Detroit and how his full service production company stays ahead of an ever changing market.

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Ron Herman        www.ProductionCafe.com     Ron@ProductionCafe.com

Ron Herman has been producing live events and television projects for 35 years. He discovered production at the early age of 15. He worked as a producer at the high school radio station in Southfield, Mi. In 1968 he volunteered to help WTVS, the public television station in Detroit, with their first live auction. For the next four years he worked at the station as a production technician.

Upon receiving his bachelors’ degree from Central Michigan University in 1974, Ron headed to the West Coast. He worked at The Vidtronics Company and Compact Video Systems. While employed at these companies he worked on shows that included “Barbara Walter’s Specials”, “Barney Miller”, “Alice”, and “Missiles of October”.

In December of 2003 we opened Production Café. Production Café is a full service production company. Projects of note include Daniel O’Donnell Live From Branson and a four hour e-learning training project for Daimler Chrysler Financial Services. The team led by Mr. Herman produces custom training projects, interactive i-Pod training for corporate clients as well as broadcast and spot work for a large list of clients.

David Youngman     www.Pleszure.com       DavidYoungman@Pleszure.com

For the past fifteen years David Youngman has worked in the field of Advertising, Marketing and Communications for various Fortune 500 companies in the competitive automotive supplier industry. 

Currently he is applying his talents to the restaurant business for the Pleszure Food Group as the Director of Marketing Communications and Public Relations. Prior to his employment for Pleszure Food Group he worked for Collins & Aikman Corporation as the Vice president of Corporate Communications as the company navigated the stormy waters of bankruptcy.

Presently, Youngman has been at the forefront of delivering a much more positive message, handling the public awareness about Pleszure Food Groups newest restaurant: Mind, Body & Spirits.  The eco-friendly, organic restaurant opened in late October and has been seamlessly available and well receipted by the media through Youngman’s ambitious public relations campaign.

He is responsible for developing the corporate identity, press releases, and website among many other marketing and communication tools.  Youngman, who holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Western Michigan University, has also been able to employ his creativity and artistic talents through a variety of means developing and managing the restaurants visual image including: logo design, menu layout and informational table décor.  He is particularly proud of developing an icon system for the menu to assist guests who have dietary restrictions.