Welcome

Hi, I'm Trenton. I work to create positive, widespread change using online communications. I've been applying my strong writing skills, web design talents, and strategic social media management experience to further the work of mission-driven organizations since 2005. (Here's my resume to prove it.)

This site brings together various aspects of my online presence, from the professional to the personal. Want to know a bit more about me? Dive in! Want to get in touch? Use one of the buttons above to contact me on Facebook, Twitter, email or phone.

Writing

Examples of my writing on social change, online innovations, sustainability and other topics from across the web.

No Hay Camino - personal blog

NetSquared - remixing the web for social change

L.A. Poverty Examiner - Covering poverty issues with a Los Angeles perspective for Examiner.com

Green Tips on GigaOm -  Articles on environmentally-friendly web-based business, cross-posted on  Web Worker Daily and Earth2Tech

Writing sample - Communications collateral for Freedom From Hunger's innovative Healthkeeper inititative

Social Media

Green Bottom Line - sharing the latest in curated "green business" content

Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund's Facebook page - custom tabs for each of the Fund's areas of interest

Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund "12 Days of Sharing" - a Facebook-based campaign for a year-end donation drive

MoveOn.org's Media project - posts I submitted, wrote or edited, including YouTube's top political video of 2011

Opportunity Fund's I ♥ Local Microfinance - provided strategy for social media tie-ins to this donation and membership drive

Biography

I'm a California native who attended the University of California in Berkeley, where I took the full range of pre-med classes while majoring in English Literature. In addition to my current home in Oakland, CA, I've lived in Brighton, England; Madrid, Spain; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Tel Aviv, Israel; and Washington, D.C. I've crossed Spain by foot, the Atlantic Ocean by boat and Nairboi by matatu. I love bringing my international, multicultural perspective, including my Spanish and French speaking abilitiies, to all of my work. When I'm not working, I enjoy camping, hiking, creating art, watching movies and playing games with friends.