Amy Lenzo

Current

Director of Web Presence at Powers of Place Project
Community Technology Steward at World Café
Creative Director at Clear Light Communications (Sole Proprietorship)

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Past

Web Consultant at Heartland Inc. (now Heartland Circle)
Communications at TeamWork Promotions
Co-founder and Director of Programs, Fund-Raising and Communications at River Ocean

Owner at Aphrodite Catering (Sole Proprietorship)

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Education

University of Sussex

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Connections

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Industry

Design

Websites

Amy Lenzo’s Summary

I am the founder of Clear Light Communications, an online design and communications company that helps people understand how to engage web 2.0 and articulate themselves and their vision online.

One of my strengths is in creating positive, welcoming online environments that provide social and cultural benefit.

I blog on the role of design aesthetics and keeping 'beauty at the center' of all we do at the "BeautyDialogues.com".

I find my inspiration in Art, Creativity, Imagination, & Nature.

Amy Lenzo’s Specialties:

My strengths are in creating customized online environments that are both beautiful and effective.

I specialize in utilizing appropriate social media tools and integrating best practices in order to support individuals and develop communities, for the purpose of catalyzing deep connection and true collaboration.

Amy Lenzo’s Experience

Director of Web Presence

Powers of Place Project

(Research industry)

January 2009 — Present (11 months)

I am responsible for building an extensive web presence for this international research, education and connection project which is supported by Berkana Institute and funded by Fetzer Institute.

My work will include an interactive website, as well as functioning project management site, community platform, blog, and story-place.
Community Technology Steward

World Café

(Non-Profit; 5001-10,000 employees; Think Tanks industry)

January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

The World Café is a dialogic process used around the world in a wide variety of sectors; it is a loosely affiliated, self-directed network of people and organizations using the World Café process.

My work has been to help create a virtual infrastructure to support the complex needs of this constantly emergent and evolving multi-lingual, multi-cultural network.

To this end I have initiated and continue to collaboratively develop a constellation of online communication vehicles that include: a central website with global directory and international event calendar; conversational forum and resource repository; a StoryNet; four blogs (covering regional, philosophical, climate change and overall network community issues); two wikis, a photographic gallery and a network-wide newsletter.

Two of the current projects I'm most excited about are creating the precise conditions for an online World Cafe and opening a virtual World Café headquarters in Second Life.
Creative Director
Clear Light Communications (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Design industry)

June 2003 — Present (6 years 6 months)

Online Communications Design and Implementation - for Artists, Visionaries and Social Entrepreneurs.

Examples of my work

The World Café (non-profit): www.theworldcafe.com
Alan Briskin (writer): www.alanbriskin.com
Patricia Yenawine (ceramic artist): www.patriciayenawine.com
Lisa Berg (consultant & visionary):
Web Consultant

Heartland Inc. (now Heartland Circle)

(Design industry)

2003 — 2007 (4 years )
Communications

TeamWork Promotions

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 1999 — July 2004 (5 years 1 month)

I worked closely with owner Brian Duggan in this fast-paced promotional business. Each project was unique and required personalized customization, but much of our work was focused on creating alliances between corporate, media and non-profit partners.

We also helped clients develop their conferences and other live events, including creating benefit packages and handling sales for corporate and media sponsorship.

Clients I worked closely with include Fast Company Magazine, Harvard Business School Magazine, Wines and Vines Magazine, The Institute of Noetic Science, Heartland Institute, and Spirit in Business,
Co-founder and Director of Programs, Fund-Raising and Communications

River Ocean

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Environmental Services industry)

June 1994 — July 1999 (5 years 2 months)

As co-founder of this small environmental education NGO, my work was by necessity wide-ranging; it included:

Communications & Design – I co-developed our interactive, multi-lingual website and managed our regular public communications, including a 20 page monthly print newsletter and extensive annual report.

Program Management – I coordinated our flagship program, LowTide, an annual festival in which hundreds of communities in more than 30 countries participated; administered an annual conference and several smaller programs designed for various community sectors.

Volunteer Coordination - I managed volunteer development programs and supervised volunteer teams of up to 150 people.

Art Direction - My particular interest was in integrating art and science and I initiated and managed several large-scale pubic environmental art installations.

Funding - I wrote many successful grant proposals and managed funds for EU, National, Local, and Arts grants.
Owner
Aphrodite Catering (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; 11-50 employees; Food & Beverages industry)

January 1972 — July 1995 (23 years 7 months)

My catering company provided all food and food-related services for long-term residential trainings put on by luminaries such as Buckminster Fuller and Marshall Thurber's for the Burklyn Business School trainings, Money & You seminars, SuperCamps, the Maui Arica Trainings, and many others for over 20 years. We also provided private catering services for weddings and other large events during this period, including Tony Robbin's wedding! :-)

I co-owned a restaurant/bar in Brighton, UK - The Blue Parrot - between 1986 & 1992, for which I designed and built the kitchen, created the menu, and then trained and supervised the kitchen and floor staff. I also managed the payroll, taxes, and other accounting.

Before that I helped open the vegetarian restaurant Kung Food in San Diego, CA, where I collaboratively designed the menu, cooked, waitressed, managed the floor staff and had a lot of fun for 2 years.

Amy Lenzo’s Education

University of Sussex

BA, MA , Media Studies, Literature , 1991 — 1995

I attended graduate lectures on Gender and Dissident Sexualities throughout my time as an undergraduate, as there were some leading-edge professors in the field in residence during those years.

I helped to produce a University-sponsored Conference on New Writing which featured critically acclaimed authors like Ian Banks and Walter Mosley.

I attended a two-term extra curricular creative writing class with the NY writer Lynn Tillman when she was writer in residence.

I wrote the curriculum for a continuing education class in Art & the Environment and got it accepted in the program.

Activities and Societies:

I served as a Student Representative in the Literature Department for three years, attending meetings and participating in discussions and decisions about curriculum and policy during a period of particular turbulence when the department was audited and the entire English Literature department curriculum re-written at Sussex.

Additional Information

Amy Lenzo’s Websites:

Amy Lenzo’s Interests:

social media, art, design, transformation, nature, cinema, literature, blogs, online community, beauty, ecopsychology, storytelling

Amy Lenzo’s Groups:

The World Café, Arica Institute, Thought Leader Gatherings, International Community for Ecopsychology, Brainstorms, Storyfield, Second Life, Collective Wisdom Initiative, Powers of Place