Randy Fisher, MA is the founder and director of Development Wisdom, a registered nonprofit that develops programs and partnerships to empower at-risk and vulnerable youth and adults in Canada and internationally. He has 15+ years of experience in working with organizations to find the right mix of technology, social media and people engagement. His background in communications and organization development are invaluable in helping clients address change (and resistance to change) and engage and mobilize stakeholders locally, nationally and globally.
Randy has a rare combination of skills and experience in stakeholder engagement / strategic partnering; technology and social media / digital marketing; project and change management; education, online collaboration and the design of effective virtual communities.
He was Education Specialist with Canada's ICT Sector Skills Council, and has worked with the Commonwealth of Learning and uOttawa. For WikiEducator.org, he helped build a community of 18,000 educators in 120 countries. He is a volunteer with the Open Source Initiative.
Early Career He began his career as a business journalist with The Globe and Mail, Financial Post and CBC Radio and has written for numerous business and lifestyle publications. He was also Director, Communications of the Public Policy Forum. He lives in Ottawa with his wife, a social worker, and Bella Grace, his beloved Bernese Mountain Dog.
