Daniel Thorson Email & Phone Number

Burlington, Vermont

• Business plan and marketing development• Project management across the organization• Fundraising strategy and CRM implementation• Lean customer and product development to find new opportunities and emerging markets• Website Design (www.centerformindfullearning.org) and general tech lead• Holacracy facilitation

Boulder, Co

• Designed and built the Buddhist Geeks Community using through customer interviews and extensive problem & solution interviews.• Managed the Buddhist Geeks Community including: moderating discussions, online event management and design,creating support documents for community members, managing member databases and payment information, connecting members based on shared interests, etc.• Corresponded with members providing account and tech support.• Hosted weekly introductory video call events for groups of new community members.• Produced and hosted the show 'Practice and Life' in the community. This show features interviews with notable teachers, authors and leaders in the contemplative world.• Helped plan and execute the 2012 and 2013 Buddhist Geeks Conference in Boulder, CO.• Wrote and shared weekly newsletters for the community.• Organized and trained facilitators to host video based conversations on topics of interest to geeky meditators.• General startup GTD ninja.

Boulder, Co

• Started a company, with all the little and big things that go into that: website design, payment systems, advertising, outreach, scheduling, etc.• Taught mindfulness to teens and families.

Boulder, Co

• Present on day one to build and manage an award winning disaster relief organization. Kept cool in high stress, high stakes situations.• Built and maintained and trained others to use organizational communication infrastructure (Trello, Google+ Community, shared knowledgebase infastructure, etc).• Managed projects in various parts of the organization including fundraising, social media, organizational systems, and information management.• Facilitated consensus and holocratic decision making meetings for core organizational staff.• Managed web presence and database systems.

New York, Ny

• Hosted and facilitated meetings and assemblies involving anywhere from ten to a thousand people.• Organized marches and events of varying sizes. Duties included: press interaction, social media promotion, community outreach, event management etc.• Organized and hosted the weekly Open Space meeting, an event that drew hundreds of participants every week.• Led daily workshops on consensus, direct democracy and facilitation that were attended by hundreds of people. Trained facilitators to lead meetings and guide assemblies.• Created video interviews with a number of different thinkers within Occupy Wall Street for education and outreach.