“New Voice Strategies plumbs the collective wisdom of committed people with front-line experience in fields that are crucial to our country’s future, turning their expertise into recommendations for building a better, fairer and more productive America.”
Our team is grateful for the generous advice and support provided by a group of teachers who experienced VIVA directly and national experts in networking, community engagement, and social change. The Johnson Foundation generously sponsored a strategy session at Wingspread in Fall 2012 to inform our vision for WikiWisdom™ as a social change agent. Participants at this groundbreaking session:
Jim Alexander, Illinois Action for Children
Jill Bass, The Mikva Challenge
Anna Burger, Advanced Leadership Fellow at Harvard University
Roberto Cremonini, Cremonini Consulting Network
Tiziana Dearing, Boston Rising
John Della Volpe, Harvard University Institute of Politics & SocialSphere LLC.
Alan Fluharty, Teacher, Chicago Public Schools
Darshan Goux, Moderator
Peter Handler, Driehaus Foundation
Nikki Heidepriem, Heidepriem & Associates LLC
John Hussey, Battelle for Kids
Kip Kolkmeier, Office Counsel at Perkins, Coie, Principal at Kolkmeier Consulting
Sarah Buhayar, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Jesse Littlewood, EchoDitto
Allan Ludgate, Monitor Institute
Bob Massie, New Economics Institute
Glenn Morehouse Olson, Teacher, St. Francis, Minnesota, School District
Tina Nolan. Tina Nolan Consulting
Dave Quanz, Assistant Prinicpal, Chicago Public Schools
Joan Sanger, Entrepreneur
Ashley Warlick, Teacher, Cambridge Public Schools
New Voice Strategies created WikiWisdom™ to offer leaders a new way to engage with their stakeholders. Our innovation—the VIVA Idea Exchange™, an online peer collaboration platform—empowers any individual with direct experience and a vision to connect with peers and make positive change happen. We believe in the power of authentic experience. Our passion is to make their voices heard.