About The Author:   Dave Berman earned a B.S. in Communication from Cornell University.  Dave has 11 years experience in radio, and in 1995, played a pioneering role in webcasting as host of The Delivery Room, a radio show for unsigned bands presented by former MTV VJ Adam Curry's Metaverse.   ***   Credits:   Tim O'Dell - Chief technical consultant.  Web hosting, design and production.    Matt Eldridge - Technical consultant.   Rob Williams - Media consultant.   Eric Holland - Media consultant.   Chris Bartle - Strategy   John Catoline - Strategy    ***   Acknowledgments:   Heartfelt and sincere thank you to everyone named above and below.  Your input, brainstorms, guidance, encouragement and referrals were of unknowable value.  "Keep your mind open...the future's coming."  DB   Celia Alario, Jane Allen, Jeff Anbinder, Ian Blei, Greta Boesel, Melanie Borba, Amy Buffa, Mark Cimino, Kevin Danaher, Brad deGraf, Gahlord Dewald, Daniel Escalzo, Jim Falzone, Eric Corey Freed, Patrick Goggin, Yuji Hakuno, Andy Harman, Don Hazen, Ryan Holliday, Marie Kerpan, George Lakoff, Ted Leibowitz, Amy Lenzo, Jason Mark (Union of Concerned Scientists), Don Maszle, Phil McGee, Jeff Miller, Holly Minch, Peter Nowack, Raj Pakkala, Duane Peterson, Paul H. Ray Ph.D., Zack Sarconi, Dan Serpa, Don Shaffer, Michele Simon, Charlie Solomon, Jon Squire, Susan Stephenson, Jeff Strahl, Cynthia Stringer, Bill Walker, Andy Weisser   ***   The following endorsements do not reflect a commitment of any kind to this plan.    The following endorsements do reflect affirmation of the statement: "We think these goals are feasible and the means practical."   Ian Blei - Chief Operations Officer, CryptoRights Foundation, Inc. For over two decades, Ian has been consulting and coaching organizations in profitability, organizational structure and operations. Ian is currently the COO for CryptoRights Foundation, Inc., serving human rights NGOs and journalists around the globe with communications security and privacy technologies and training.   Matt Eldridge - Chief Operating Officer, Online Video Service Matt has more 12 years of management, operations and marketing strategy experience. Most recently, he was a Senior Associate at the management consulting firm, Cascadia Consulting Group. He earned an MBA with distinction in advanced courses at Yale School of Management, a BA with honors from Stanford University, and an MA from the University of Cape Town as a Rotary Foundation Scholar.  Matt serves on the Board of Directors of Group Health Credit Union.   Matt Hickey - Director of Technology, Online Video Service Matt brings 8 years of technology implementations, sales, and development experience. He manages all day-to-day encoding, order fulfillment, and production processes, and coordination of customer support. Matt has held technology positions at Unisearch Inc., Archibald Sisters, and Future Shop. He has a broad range of technical management, coding, and design skills.   Eric Holland - Air Talent, WBOS/Boston Eric has 13 years on-air radio experience and can currently be heard on WBOS in Boston, MA. He is a staff writer for Soundcheck magazine and teaches radio programming, production, and performance as a member of the adjunct faculty at Emerson College in Boston.   Tim Treanor - President & Chief Executive Officer, Online Video Service A communications expert, Tim founded and heads Treanor & Associates. His background includes production of more than 30 video and audio commercials and 12 years of public relations and message development. Tim has managed several winning campaigns for Congress, including the 1992 bid of now U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell.   Rob Williams - President, Action Coalition for Media Education A teacher, historian, writer, and musician, Rob holds degrees in U.S. history from Princeton University and the University of New Mexico and has recorded three full-length CDs of original music. Rob currently serves as a Vermont-based media literacy consultant; runs a two-person film production company called memefilms (http://www.memefilms.org/); teaches history, humanities, and media studies at Sacred Heart University, Champlain College and Burlington College; and is the president of a national nonprofit called the Action Coalition for Media Education (http://www.acmecoalition.org/).   Go To Main Menu