About
I’m Ian Wilker. I’m a communications and IT consultant; roots.lab, my newly minted practice, specializes in helping nonprofits leverage participatory media and emerging web technologies to connect with their natural constituencies. This blog is a sandbox, a place to practice what I preach, play with widgets and other blog bling, keep exploring my professional interests.
Prior to hanging out a shingle in Asheville, North Carolina, I worked in New York as a book editor, travel writer, website producer, and most recently as website managing editor for the Natural Resources Defense Council. I continue to do a lot of work for NRDC, managing online-community initiatives and serving as OnEarth Magazine‘s new-media editor, among other things.
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Your Emcee
I'm Ian Wilker, a web strategist and project manager. I help organizations engage the social web -- the blogosphere, online social networks, content-sharing services, and other emerging media.
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Inspiration
- Beth Kanter
- Brian Oberkirch
- Chris Messina
- Colin Delany
- Dawn Foster
- Development Seed
- DigiDave
- Dion Hinchcliffe
- Doc Searls
- Fred Stutzman
- Jake McKee
- Jeff Jarvis
- Jeremiah Owyang
- Josh Porter
- Lee LeFever
- Mark Glaser
- Marnie Webb
- Michele Martin
- Nancy White
- O’Reilly Radar
- Read/Write Web
- Scott Karp
- Stowe Boyd
- Suw Charman
- Tara Hunt
- TechPresident
- the Energizer Bunny (Brogan)
- the Sleeping Giant (Sierra)
