Presentations and Workshops
The End of Hierarchy: Are you Ready? was co-presented with Lisa Negstad highlighting the differences between traditional organizations and networks. It also included key strategies for working effectively within networks.
Network Mapping: Visualize and Strategize about your Connections was co-facilitated with Michael Bischoff and Kristin Johnstad. In this workshop, attendees mapped their own network and discussed how to use their maps to increase their effectiveness.
Building the Alliance – A Regional Network Weaving Workshop was co-facilitated with Kristin Johnstad at the Alliance for Healthy Homes and Communities’ 2014 Convening. This workshop highlighted why the Alliance was choosing a network model. A facilitated game helped more than 100 attendees identify valuable resources available in the network and connect them to other Alliance members seeking those resources.
Publications
Green Resident Education: A Case Study walks through a project engaging residents in green living. As the work unfolded, the team realized we needed to shift the focus to implementation of green operations and management. The case study describes this shift and the collaborative process I facilitated with the owner and management company. A supporting document for this Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership project is the Green Resident Education: A Best Practices Review.
Choosing a Healthy Home (realtor version also available), 12 Lessons Learned summaries, demonstration project summary sheets, and website content for the Minnesota Green Communities initiative, 2005-2014. Program coordinator responsibilities included drafting and overseeing content development and collaborating on design for program materials.
Content oversight and expert content review for the Green Remodeling Plan Book, as well as organization and accessibility of the content, 2011, funded by the Roseville HRA and Family Housing Fund.
Awards
Center for Ethics and Public Life Vocation Visitors residency, Luther College, 2011
2010 Environmental Initiative Award, Minnesota Green Communities, Minnesota Environmental Initiative
2009 Upstream Health Leadership Award, Minnesota Green Communities, Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Minnesota
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Complete List of Publications, Presentations, Awards
The Death of Hierarchy: Are You Ready?, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Annual Conference, 2014
Network Nexus; What, So What, Now What, Multifamily Advocates Meeting, Energy Foundation, 2014
Evaluating Retrofit Financing Options, Minnesota Preservation through Energy Efficiency Road Show, 2014
Green Resident Education: A Case Study (Note: the focus is on implementing green operations and maintenance with O&M staff), Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership, 2013
Network Mapping: Visualize and Strategize about Your Connections, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits 2014 Leadership Conference
Minnesota Green Communities, numerous presentations 2005-2014
Green Resident Education: A Best Practices Review, Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership, 2013
Blog posts, streets.mn, 2013-present
Building the Alliance — A Regional Network Weaving Workshop, Alliance for Healthy Homes and Communities 2nd Annual Convening, 2013
The Homeowner and the Contractors: An Energy Retrofit Tale, Energy Design Conference, 2012
Effectively Using Green Rating Systems and Standards, Solutions for Sustainable Communities, 2011
Green Remodeling Plan Book, 2011
The Green Building Industry and Smoke-Free Multi-Housing, Making It Better conference, 2011
Center for Ethics and Public Life Vocation Visitors residency, Luther College, 2011
The Luxury of Limited Means: The Freedom to Choose your own Route, Luther College, 2011
Choosing a Healthy Home, Minnesota Green Communities, 2011
Oh, the Places You’ll Go: The Surprising Practices of Practicing Anthropologists (session chair), Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, 2011
Where’s the ‘Anthropology’ in ‘Urban Sustainability Consultant?’, Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, 2011
Marketing Green Apartments, 4th Annual Build Green Conference, MN Real Estate Journal, 2011
Blog posts, Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition, 2011-2014
2010 Environmental Initiative Award, Minnesota Green Communities, Minnesota Environmental Initiative, 2010
The Exchange, New Hampshire Public Radio expert guest on avoiding greenwashing for call in show, 2010
Mind Opener Breakfast: To the Source with Gene Merriam, Citizens League, 2009
2009 Upstream Health Leadership Award, Minnesota Green Communities, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation, 2009
Going Green, Looking for Answers, 2009
Green or Greenwashing?, Energy Design Conference, 2009
Greenwash Brigade, Marketplace Money blog, 2007-2010
Socially Responsible Investing, West Enders Investment Club, 2009; Spamtown Investors, 2009
Personal Energy Efficiency, Generations, Austin, MN 2007
Facilitating a Healthier Built Environment, Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, 2006
Affordable Housing State Tax Credit: Models for Minnesota, Housing Minnesota, 2004
Commercial Corridor Institute Report, Center for Neighborhoods, 2003
Development Handbook for Neighborhoods, Center for Neighborhoods, 2003
I-35 W Corridor Coalition housing report, 2003
Hope VI: A Policy Review, Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, 2001
Public Housing: A Journey from Isolationism to Community Building, Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, 2000