ABOUT ME:

I am an online and offline community builder, strategist, and speaker.

PERSONAL MISSION:

To connect, support, and inspire people, organizations and governments to realize the difference they can make when they take action, work collaboratively, and leverage social media.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Over the last 10 years, I've worked as a Senior Associate for a CRM consulting firm where I provided consulting and training services, and substantially increased new and referral business four-fold.

Working as a Program Coordinator for the Boston Police Department, I created new programmatic organizing models that contributed to a resulted in double-digit decreases in crime while simultaneously doubling program participation.

I directed Online Operations and Partnerships for the ServiceNation legislative campaign that tripled funding for Americorps.

Currently I serve as the Chief Executive Neighbor at NeighborsForNeighbors.org a Boston based 501c3, that operates neighborhood-centric, community-generated social networks powered by Ning. These networks are leveraged to connect people who live, work, and serve in the same neighborhood and provide tools for them to communicate and collaborate around their common interests.

PROJECTS:

I am the founder and organizer of
The Nametag Project which in 2007 resulted in 19,000 people wearing a nametag for a day to promote neighborliness. I am also the co-founder and organizer ofThe Mug Project (winner of Mayor Menino's 2009 Green Residential Waste Reduction Champion Award.
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