: p r o f i l e

"If you understood everything I said, you’d be me."
​  ― Miles Davis
​​Lately, I've been focusing on short-form writing, drawing and walking to explore places, history, ideas, and actions... real and imagined.  I connect with others to pursue interesting questions and make useful things.
Here are some things that I have done, that I can remember, to resist becoming wealthy and famous. My resume was updated more than a few years ago.  If you find anything relevant to your interests and wish to chat, please feel free to be in touch.
The friends I made during my 40+ years in volleyball are significant, and my experiences with them have been purposeful, noted here. I learned much from the sport community, and have worked to return the favor, most recently with The Volleyball Practice (TVP) and TVP's Youth Programs.
​Read a short story that illustrates some of my past experiences. All names have been edited out so I can claim plausible deniability.
Experience (by keyword)
"I've tried to become someone else for a while, only to discover that he, too, was me."
​ ― Stephen Dunn
This is a shortened list. For more detail, see my resume.
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Educator: teaching, teacher training, coaching, educational technology, curriculum design, instructional design, education program management 
Creative: writing and editing, information managment, web development, publications managment, mapmaking, graphic design
Management: management consulting, project management, sales, business operations. 
​Line Service: bicycle tour guiding, waiting tables, bookstore clerking, stadium sweeping, lawn mowing & snow shoveling, newspaper delivering
Education
"The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows."
​ ​ ​― Sydney J. Harris
Johns Hopkins University  MS in Business
Penn State University  BS in Secondary Education/Social Studies 
Penn State World Campus  Certificate in Geographic Information Systems
Oops, were you were hoping to learn about this John Hartranft?
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