exploring & escapades

Web3

• Blockchain Connects the World: A Conversation with Stephen Etugbo, Community Moderator at GoodDollar – Web3ForGood (2022)
• How Web3 Tech Could Connect 1.1 Billion People To The Global Financial System – BFF (2022)
• The Impact Professional’s Guide to The Merge – Web3ForGood (2022)
• Impact Certificates 101 – Web3ForGood (2022)
• If Web3 Is Going to Make the World Better, We Need More Horizontal Communities – Web3ForGood (2022)
• Social Impact Startup Dotty Makes Sustainable Choices Accessible to All With Impact2Earn Model – Web3ForGood (2022)
• Maximizing Impact with Effective Altruism and Crypto Philanthropy: A Conversation with Jon Behar, Strategic Advisor at The Life You Can Save – Web3ForGood (2022)
• Beyond Crypto Donations: Fundraising with Digital Art NFTs – Web3ForGood (2022)
• Bitcoin Mining is Bad for the Planet. Here’s Why We Shouldn’t Ban It. – Web3ForGood (2022)
• NFT Social Utility and Social Impact – Web3ForGood (2022)

Innovation / Entrepreneurs / Economic Development

• OCD Tech Founder Michael Hammond Reflects on a Decade of Security Evolution – Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council (2022)
• Fighting Homelessness and Why Tech Should Care: A Conversation with NETSCOUT COO Michael Szabados– Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council (2022)
• Innovative Experiential PhD Framework Lets Motivated Professionals Earn a PhD While Working Full-Time – Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council (2022)
• Science is a Puzzle: Selux Diagnostics Director of Research and Development Kelly Flentie On Collaboration, Idea Diversity, and Solving One of the Biggest Medical Problems of Our Time – Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council (2022)
• Keeping Human Resources Human: Dr. Liana Epstein, Chief Operating and Analytics Officer at Cangrade, on Humanizing Hiring with AI, Valuing Employees, and More – Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council (2022)
• Creating Environments Where People Find Meaning: Steve Pemberton, CHRO of Workhuman, on the Changing Ways We Work and Why It Matters – Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council (2022)
• Be Curious and Stay Curious: Ava Robotics’ Chief Scientist Dr. Alyssa Pierson on Ava’s Unique Approach to Research and What’s Next for the Company – Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council (2021)
• Boston Startup Engora Promises to Fundamentally Accelerate the Engineering of Complex System: CEO David Anderson Explains How – Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council (2021)
• AspenTech Turns 40: Digitalization Levels the Sustainability & Profitability Playing Field – Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council (2021)
• Revised plans for an expanded Dali Museum are revealed – St Pete Rising (2021)
• Plans for new Woodson African American Museum in the Deuces move forward – St Pete Rising (2021)
• Not the Great Equalizer: Which Neighborhoods Are Most Economically Vulnerable to the Coronavirus Crisis? – Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (2020)
• Newton-Needham Partnership Creates Suburban Innovation Hub – Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council (2019)
• Two Hundred Years Later, Lowell Continues to Experiment & Evolve – Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council (2019)
• From Big Ideas to Big Changes: Lance Li and Aerospec Technologies Make Renewable Energy Adoption a Practical Reality – Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council (2019)
• Lexington, Revolutionary in More Ways Than One – Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council (2019)
• More than Maritime Industries: North Shore Increasingly Attracts Tech Companies & Talent – Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council (2019)
• Back to the Future: Maynard Continues to Look Forward – Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council (2019)
• Celebrating Women’s History Month  – Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (2019)
• Meet the multi-generational business that grew out of one family’s story of survival – Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (2019)
• ICAN Founding Member Provides Healthy Meals to Over 320 Million Kids in Need – Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (2019)
• Celebrating National Small Business Week Right Here in Dudley Square – Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (2018)
• ICIC Highlights Veteran-Owned Businesses for National Veterans Small Business Week – Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (2018)
• Tailored, Targeted Approach Needed to Close Skills Gap – Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council (2018)
• Forget What You Thought You Knew about MOOCs – Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council (2018)

Real Estate / Development

• 35-story condo tower Saltaire sells out in downtown St. Pete – St Pete Rising (2022)
• $1.5 million renovation proposed for Williams Park’s historic bandshell in downtown St. Pete – St Pete Rising (2022)
• 11-unit affordable townhome community proposed for south St. Pete – St Pete Rising (2022)
• 15-story Tuxedo Court apartment building approved by St. Pete City Council – St Pete Rising (2022)
• Art House, a 42-story condo tower planned for 200 Central Avenue, is approved – St Pete Rising (2022)
• 40-unit condo building Domus Urbana sells out in downtown St. Pete – St Pete Rising (2021)
• 16-story Orange Station at the EDGE receives approval from Development Review Commission – St Pete Rising (2021)
• 39-acre mixed-use project moving forward near Gandy Blvd – St Pete Rising (2021)
• Sales launch for The Residences at 400 Central, a 46-story condo tower in downtown St. Pete – St Pete Rising (2021)
• The Metro, an all-studio apartment building, breaks ground in the EDGE District – St Pete Rising (2021)
• 20-story residential building planned for 17th Street moves forward – St Pete Rising (2021)
• 15-story apartment tower proposed for 1st Avenue North gets approved – St Pete Rising (2021)
• Local developer proposes 20-story condo tower on 4th Street in downtown St. Pete – St Pete Rising (2021)
• Shell Dash Townhomes will provide affordability and historic preservation to Campbell Park – St Pete Rising (2021)
• 357 Apartments use zoning changes to bring quality, affordable small-unit housing downtown – St Pete Rising (2021)

Food & Wine

• Tokyo-style listening bar, In Between Days, opens this month in St. Pete – St Pete Rising (2021)
• Must Wine Loft to expand this fall in downtown St. Pete – St Pete Rising (2021)
• Pete’s General is expanding, bringing fresh bagels to the Grand Central District – St Pete Rising (2021)

Travel

• England: Must See Places – Portico (2021)
• United Kingdom: Must See Places – Portico (2021)
• London: Must See Places – Portico (2021)
• Instagram Spotlight: Sam Flanagan (@sam_flanagan) – Passion Passport (2017)

Tech/Startup

• Health eHeart (2014) – Introducing Health eHeart Stories
• Marked Point (2014) – Making Health Care Human
• Marked Point (2014) – Be Yourself
• Marked Point (2014) – Innovating in Education 
• Marked Point (2014) – Your WHY is Your Marked Point Amidst Chaos
• Marked Point (2014) – Focus on Engagement to Grow Meaningful Relationships 
• Young Women in Digital (2014) – Designing Your Social Media Strategy
• Young Women in Digital (2014) – How to Design Your Brand Personality
• Young Women in Digital (2014) – To Stand out on Social Media, Focus on Quality
• Young Women in Digital (2014) – Using Instagram to Share Your Brand Story
• Mapkin (2013) – 9 Easy Ways to Ensure Your House Guests Feel Right at Home
• Mapkin (2013) – Off the beaten path: Apple picking
• Mapkin (2013) – Off the beaten path: A motorcycle ride
• Training Pal (2011) – Just Because Your Clients Are on Vacation Doesn’t Mean You Need to Be Too
• Green Monkey Yoga (2010) – Hitting the Mat and Taking Control

News/Reporting

• Shake-A-Leg Miami’s Community Bay Day – Grand Ave News (2010)
• She’s Got Her Own Patch in Levittown – Communique (2010)

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I’ve worked with:

• Web3ForGood
• Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council
• Initiative for a Competitive Inner City
• Nairobits Trust
• Mississippi State University Entrepreneurship Center
• Instiglio
• Marked Point (Agency)
  • Projects: Factor 75 (acquired by HelloFresh), Society Nine, UCSF Health eHeart Study
• WellnessFX (acquired by Thorne Research Group)
• TrainingPal (startup)

I’ve volunteered with:

• MassChallenge
• The Entrepreneur Refugee Network
• Dat Ventures