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| Background Following the completion of an M.A. in Inter-American Diplomatic History, service as a Peace Corps volunteer in Colombia, S.A. and a Ph.D. in multicultural education at the University of New Mexico, Jim worked as a Drop-Out Prevention Specialist on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and as a Resource Training Director with the Minneapolis Public Schools. In these positions, he was responsible for developing and delivering a variety of curriculum and training programs. Since that time, Jim has carried the professional profiles of writer, award-winning film and TV producer and director, telecommunications and marketing consultant, statewide media campaign coordinator in the State of Minnesota, workshop leader, public speaker, and lecturer. Intergenerational Consulting, National Training, and Keynote Addresses Jim is recognized as a national and international resource in the area of training and intergenerational relationships. His Intergenerational Dialogue Tool™, is being used in all sectors of society including corporations, churches, government, nonprofit institutions, and community-based organizations. The Intergenerational Dialogue Tool has been applied to such issues as: child abuse prevention programs; disaster relief; family and community violence prevention; aging corporations; deficit reduction; and homeland security. His book, Together for Tomorrow: Creating Community Through Intergenerational Dialogue is now in its 6th printing. Jim’s major keynote speeches include: The National Association of Family and Consumer Sciences; The National Council On Family Relations; The National Association of Lutheran Health Care Agencies for the Aging; The British Columbia Council on the Family; The Minnesota Gerontological Society; The 1994 United Nations International Year of the Family Intergenerational Conference; as well as conducting trainings and numerous customized organizational presentations. Intentional Intergenerational Ministry Jim, under contract with Thrivant for Lutherans, produced a series of multimedia materials on how communities of faith can become more intentionally intergenerational. His book All Are Welcome: A Primer on Intergenerational Ministry and Dialogue has been used in the USA, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. Media Production Jim’s early award-winning investigative research and film and video work includes: an investigative documentary on Agent Orange (Agent Orange) narrated by Martin Sheen; a 15-week, half-hour commercially broadcast television series; 12 major national teleconferences and other documentaries on rural poverty; creating the future in rural communities; national land stewardship; and a summer youth employment video about working with at-risk kids. Jim produced and directed an 18-minute intergenerational dramatic film, Foreclosure (1982). The film was independently funded and included a cast consisting completely of local talent—no professional actors. In 1984, Jim produced and directed a community dramatic film in St. Cloud, Minnesota, a one half-hour intergenerational children’s film, The St. Cloud Sleep. This film broke new ground in children’s entertainment as the first made-for-television children’s film where the story idea, the cast, and the principal funding came from a community that had made the commitment to improve the quality of children’s television. Jim also produced a half-hour, made for television documentary, Creating the Future in Rural Communities (1994). The video was used as part of a workshop to train rural leaders nationwide around the concept of change. |
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