How to be an advocate for your own community | Nick O'Brien | TEDxFondduLac

Nick O’Brien is a community/economic development creative with a passion for building and activating people-centered communities. Following the first several years of his professional life as a TV sports reporter and anchor (which relocated him to the state of Wisconsin), Nick serendipitously collided with the realm of community and economic development when he was asked to manage a young professionals group in the central Wisconsin community where his journalism career had landed him. It didn’t take long for Nick to realize his passion for the work that it takes to drive place-based talent engagement and community-enhancing projects. Since 2015, Nick has built a professional career from his personal purpose in life - to connect people to people, people to place, and people to purpose. His work benefits cities and organizations through the use of grassroots community engagement and creative economic development projects, which has led him to serve on dozens of local, regional, and statewide committees and boards throughout Wisconsin. In addition, Nick has been fortunate to gain recognition as both a 20 Under 40 recipient and a Person of the Year in cities where he’s lived and worked. Nick O’Brien is a community/economic development creative with a passion for building and activating people-centered communities. Following the first several years of his professional life as a TV sports reporter and anchor (which relocated him to the state of Wisconsin), Nick serendipitously collided with the realm of community and economic development when he was asked to manage a young professionals group in the central Wisconsin community where his journalism career had landed him. It didn’t take long for Nick to realize his passion for the work that it takes to drive place-based talent engagement and community-enhancing projects. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@mrv1271]

Wisconsin sounds like a great place to live and work, I wish I had moved there when I was younger....

[@DJTheBlondeSpirit]

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[@amrutaponkshe]

This is so much on point! Thanks for sharing your wisdom and insights on community building through people, Nick. This is an essential element of creating a better city not just for cities in the US, but for small and medium sized cities everywhere!

[@sunnyraquel9251]

I agree

[@kristenharrison4656]

It would be so neat to get new people to move to the city where I'm from. Never really thought about it

[@sunnyraquel9251]

Hello! What is a community advocate 15th judicial court to represent the voice of a child in court?

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how the state persecuting those receiving checks as a way to create jobs destroys the true elimination of the problem which is need for constant monetary assistance

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looking for be your own legal advocate program for the mentally handicapped

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looking for a way to gain political advocacy for programs created for the poor by the poor of each culture to eliminate the possibility of the possibility of a poor class of person

[@MargaretGibson-tg8xc]

how let's recreate the world of tomorrow through the use of tomorrow's worker's got shut down by oppressive rich people class regime

[@MargaretGibson-tg8xc]

how to get funding for public good projects created by the poor to eliminate a poor class existence