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Symbiosis Education Curriculum
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Brian Crawford
Regional lanning for resilience and adaptation taking into consideration climate vulnerable and marginalized population
Adaptive co-management of natural resources / SES research
Regenerative Community Development
SES redesign
Creative Outbursts of Hope and Realignment
Additional focuses:
System change
Social change
Social Impact
(Social Science) Research and Analysis:
Conducting qualitative and quantitative research
Ethnographic research and participant observation
Data collection, interpretation, and analysis
Synthesizing research findings into actionable insights
(Participatory Design Research) Community Engagement and Stakeholder Relations:
Facilitating dialogue (around new ways of doing/seeing things) and collaboration among diverse stakeholders
Building relationships with community members, organizations, and government agencies
Conducting outreach and engagement activities
Identifying community needs and priorities
[Have not done formally] Strategic Planning: Developing and implementing strategic plans, setting organizational goals, identifying opportunities for growth or improvement, and guiding organizations in achieving their objectives.
[Have done a little] Program Development and Evaluation: Designing, implementing, and evaluating programs and initiatives aimed at addressing community or organizational needs, measuring impact, and making adjustments for continuous improvement.
[What does this mean?] Stakeholder Management: Identifying key stakeholders, understanding their perspectives and needs, building relationships, and facilitating communication to ensure alignment and collaboration.
[Where is the creativity?]
Durando, Colorado; Colorado; Remote; I am open to relocating (smaller town)
Live/work balance
Collaborative Culture/Work Environment - Integrated Teams
Company Size is less than 100 employees; Preferably 50 or under
Deal Breakers:
Hierarchical Structures of authority/communication
No Benefits - or no additional pay to cover benefits (as a contractor)
No Self-Management in doing the job/position - need independence
No Involvement in the Decision-Making Process - No Sense of Ownership
No Opportunity for Creative Freedom and/or Meaning Connection to work
Ideal: $75,000 - $85,000 Minimum: $65,000 Both includes: 2wks PTO Health and 401K
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Marcus Castain
Executive Education
Instruction, Advising
Based in Los Angeles but open to remote possibilities for a part-time role
Prefer highly collaborative
Additional $100K per year (over UCLA comp)
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Kostas Sgoutas
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President/COO/Chief Revenue Officer
Los Angeles Hybrid or Remote
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Susan Burgess
Tech, climate or elder/advanced age tech
Product/Experience/Content design IC or leadership.
PNW, New England, Remote, international (depending on visa requirements)
Small company or small org withing larger company, zero-to-one, generative, collaborative, people figuring it out (not precious about titles), misson and/or value - driven, tech for good.
Ideally equal to or greater than most recent comp (if staying within tech), willing to downshift for the right role/opportunity in another sector (non-profit, edu), within reason.
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Jonathan Pearson
Public sector climate adaptation, environmental protection, climate-health nexus
Management consulting - evidence-based strategy, risk assessment, evaluation, evidence-for-action
Portugal, South Africa, Other International, Remote
Prefer to scale/shift my own consultancy (Strategy 4ward) or target small-to-medium consultancies
Willing to take ~25% reduction for climate and related environmental clients >> assuming a drop in our daily rate due to relative lack of domain/industry experience
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Holly Stein
Carbon removal?
Technical/hardware product manager, or similar
SF or Seattle
Work life balance
Min: 120k | Ideal: 200k (+benefits)
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Kristen McGee
AgTech, Food Supply Chain, anything Food related.
Consulting? Communications? Selling climate-related tech? Potentially pioneering a new role.
LA-based 100%
Hybrid, no problem going to office full time
$100K+
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