About

I make, experiment and educate with new media.  I share back what I learn with creative individuals and organizations.

Most recently, I returned to San Diego after teaching and working with kids in a rural mining colony in Western Australia.  It was with an awesome organization called CuriousWorks.

Now I work at a local media arts center running our DIY New Media Lab.

When I’m not busy running youth media camps, I make original electronic music. Or help my dad run an online community.

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Curriculum Vitae

Here is a list of other projects and work experience.

THINGS I’VE BUILT

• built an online portal to monitor brand mentions of NAMAC
• built a search engine of national community media centers
• built, launched and contributed to online communities of creative audio/video/film artists
• founded and developed offline electronic music communities
• developed and refined Media Arts Center San Diego’s first Digital Storytelling Station
• created a digital storytelling toolkit that was adopted and remixed for the web (note – the quote on that page is actually from Natasha Freidus from Creative Narrations)

NETWORKS I’VE CONTRIBUTED TO

• CTC VISTA now the Transmission Project: I regularly contributed to their wiki. I also served as a VISTA Leader.
• The National Alliance for Media Arts & Culture: I managed their website and online presence from 2007-2008.
• Digital Democracy: I helped them win $5000 as a Project Champion for Netsquared’s Mobile Development Challenge
• CTCNet: I served as an ad-hoc listserv moderator. I also helped facilitate a great report from the conference with Belinda Rawlins, Director of the Transmission Project.
• N-TEN: I crowd-funded my way to the conference, co-presented a session for nptechies and then helped facilitate a meetup of fellow community technologists.
• The San Diego LGBT Center: I co-developed their Digital Media Project, built field-tested toolkits and taught classes on digital storytelling using the Center for Digital Storytelling’s train the trainer model.

CURRENTLY WORKING ON

• We Operate Best Together (CURRENTLY ON HOLD – sign up for next update) – a project to map the stories of social innovation worldwide. I successfully raised $1500 7 minutes before the pledge campaign ended.
• #4change – monthly Twitter-based conversation on how social media is creating change facilitated by some cool folks
• Manifesto – the inspiration for We Operate Best Together and the community I’m nurturing around it
• Memeshift – this website and all content on it. Memeshift is also the name of (one of) my musical alter ego(s).

CONSULTING SERVICES

I can provide a range of services to help you or your organization use the web well:

• content management system installation, configuration, development
• choosing appropriate technology for your goals and mission
• strategic planning for your online social network initiatives
• finding appropriate technology vendors
• blogging and social network etiquette
• online community management
• online brand monitoring
• online video streaming
• Drupal/Wordpress
• content marketing
• digital storytelling
• djing
• various open-source tools and software

What People Say

“Morgan is a dynamic and creative change maker, who advocates the use and application of media and all forms of art for the betterment of all people.” – Jo’el Roth, Technical Sales & Grad Student

“Morgan is one of the most inspiring yet practical people with whom I have ever worked. He constantly surprises me with new and innovative ideas that have greatly pushed us in positive directions.” – Ben Sheldon, Assistant Director | Digital Arts Service Corps (formerly CTC VISTA)

“Morgan was instrumental in organizing and directing a group of core members and connecting to groups practicing parallel disciplines around the city (and the world!) The results were engaging, entertaining and educational…Morgan acted as the leading spirit in our community, effortlessly finding common connections to a wide variety of people” – Louis Haiman, co-founder | ShareSD

“Morgan is one of the most creative people I ever met – talented artist, dedicated organizer, non-trivial problem solver.” – Daniel Obodovski, Director of Strategic Business Development | QUALCOMM, Inc.

“Morgan’s enthusiasm and passion for community technology is contagious. He is always eager to share new ideas and plays an active role in educating and enlightening those around him. I gained much insight from Morgan’s approach to work and life.” – Lindsay Estrada, Chair | San Diego Community Technology Coalition

Feel free to leave your own comments below. You can also message me privately here.