MBA Sustainable Business Candidate

I am available for paid & pro-bono consultation. Contact me.
  • -Got something that just isn't getting off the ground?
  • -Been curious about how your organization could engage ALL of its stakeholders in a way that adds value?
  • -Have a tough meeting ahead that needs facilitation?
  • -Strategic planning for the last 10 years and wondering when you'll finish?
  • -Looking to get a community, coalition or project off the ground and don't know where to start?
  • -Have sustainability (social AND environmental) questions?

Contact me for hire, consult, ask a question, or collaboration.
I love to travel and distance is no issue, please don't hesitate to engage me. I will be honest with my time and abilities.

Why community?

We always have one thing in common, we are all becoming something.

I see myself as a compassionate community organizer who looks to best allocate the resources of any size community or group.
All of the resources I need or that you need to solve complex problems are at the fingertips of any community. I bring those hands together.

Why creativity?

Issues and opportunities are complex.
Creative solutions that involve all stakeholders are necessary. I keep the spirit and soul of many in mind. This encourages creative solutions that include ownership.

I discover new ways to turn multiple visions into practical reality using my cultural, social, business and economic knowledge.

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Music builds community, share a song with me and you just might see it in a post, tweet, training, exercise, or with my non-profit Community Records Foundation.

Let me know how you might think it would build community, comradeship, or get people together.
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Comparing Online vs. Offline

By: Justin - October 28, 2009, at 12:16 am

Tonight was a good night of work at the theater. It all went by quickly. This was due to jovial conversation, joking, and comradeship. Just fun. The tips were good and I didn’t seem to have much on my mind.
When I got home, of course after going out for a beer, stress via my living [...]

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Category: Community Building, Series, Social Web for Social Change

Defining Community Partnerships: A Foundation for Any Community Relationship

By: Justin - June 12, 2009, at 1:36 pm

This is part 1 in a series on community partnerships…This series came out of my two years of service with Michigan Campus Compact at Eastern Michigan University as an AmeriCorps*VISTA.
To use the word partnership too casually does harm to the same relationships we say we are building.
I worked with many other VISTAs doing similar work [...]

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Category: Community Partnerships, Relationships/Partnerships, Series, Stakeholder Engagement

Building your own glass ceiling

By: Justin - August 9, 2008, at 10:54 pm

To overwhelm yourself, is to be human. I don’t think any of us are free of that. I think it is most often self-created, which is why it’s probably the most intimidating foe. Built with words of false perception, sometimes it feels like reality. Viewing it this way makes it seems [...]

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Bound

By: Justin - July 31, 2008, at 11:25 pm

One hill, one loose bike lock chain, I flew, and landed.
I wonder sometimes if the most normal of trouble is the most awesome. Ever relish the most normal of fights? of days? Things can get so out of control sometimes that maybe a simple mistake or basic rough spot can bring [...]

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Category: Career - Branding, Personal Imagery, becoming...

A Chinese cookie fortune frees me from life’s maze

By: Justin - March 4, 2008, at 3:20 pm

“You emerge victoriously from the maze you’ve been traveling in.”
Life sure does feel like a maze, does it not? Wandering looking for the right direction, knowing at any moment we might walk right into a wall. The worst part is that we are often doomed to back-track. At best, we find ourselves [...]

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