Also known as: Griff
I help local governments improve their citizen engagement practices and process through the use of online tools. I coach business, non-profit, government and civic leaders on the art of leadership blogging and the use of other social media technologies. In my free time, Im chief blogger and moderator for Locally Grown, a public affairscommunity blog in my hometown of Northfield, MN. Ive pretty much made my living online since , primarily building online communities, both topic- and geographic-based. I was project director for MIX, the McGraw-Hill Information Exchange for Teachers and Schools (-) and Utne Reader magazines Cafe Utne (-) which won a Webby Award for community in May, . I co-founded Northfield Citizens