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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When the end is just the beginning

By: Justin - December 15, 2009, at 12:49 am

I’ve just finished my class “Social Web for Social Change,” an elective at my progressive MBA program here at Bainbridge Graduate Institute. First and foremost, I am a social being (we all kinda are) and my generation’s upbringing leaves me destined to being online. This influence doesn’t not leave me. So while the class is [...]

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New Community, a poem

By: Justin - November 1, 2009, at 12:31 pm

Grey, cold skies chill the bones of relationships.
The wind forces a relationship between water and land,
soggy sand erodes into cloudy water. Footprint now gone.
A new order takes frozen communities and imperfectly rejuvenates them.
Connection means energy,
like the white crest of a wave waiting to crash.
Creation in the face of destruction, imperfections are constantly
manifesting long term vision, [...]

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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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Preserving the Endangered Language of Community

By: Justin - July 6, 2009, at 10:59 am

This weekend I got a chance to talk to my mom. I got into my rant about how we are losing communities and not sharing resources. From my soap box I overshot my point. I found myself stuck my own generational rut and my mom looking at me with eyes that said disconcertingly, young people [...]

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Why Partner? Focus your energy on what you do best, partner for the rest

By: Justin - June 26, 2009, at 12:21 pm

This is part 2 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.
“Focus your energy on what you do best, partner for the rest” -Heart of West Michigan United Way
I love this quote because it invokes thought. It [...]

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