Hey there, I’m DK—yes, just a D and a K—I believe in the power of making people think and / or smile.
I’m:
- the founding Director of MediaSnackers (a term I coined early 2004/5′ish) which does social media training / consulting for a wide variety of folks such as UNICEF, BBC, The Gates Foundation
- a kick-ass conference speaker / masterclass taker on all things social (media)
- the author of Zen And The Heart Of Social Media
- a carpentry student, and,
- the current four days a week Social Media Manager for CORE Education in Christchurch, New Zealand.
This is my corner of the interwebs.
A random collection of related media snacks which I like the flavour of.
I have an educational background in communications and media, a professional background in local government (I was the UK’s first and only, at that time, Corporate Youth Officer… oooh!) and been running my own business(es) since 2004.
Other stuff which floats my boat is minimalism (check out my Declutter100 project blog), punching (I’m a qualified Boxercise instructor) and sushi… love sushi!
I’m the type of guy who says stuff like the following and gets goosebumps:
…become a bonfire and dare the world to put you out!
And thinks stuff like:
…why don’t you ever see “opinions expressed here do not reflect the views of our employees” on corporate sites?
The DK comes from the initials of my old name. One of the first young people I started working with called me DK and it just stuck—never liked my old name so adopted it fully (and legally).
Available for hire as a keynote speaker at conferences / internal events and random consulting gigs.
