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Founder of Bigsight Media Group
CEO of BigSight Media Group
Dan Birdwhistell is an entrepreneur and writer based in Washington, DC. He is a graduate of both Cambridge University and Washington & Lee University and is currently serving as the CEO of bigsight media group, the company behind this site. He is both a Truman Scholar and Gates Cambridge Scholar.
In addition to his Internet work, Dan is an avid researcher and has worked alongside Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi to study how individuals can cultivate happiness and creativity in their daily lives. Most recently he completed a two year study of “Good Work” in the context of higher education.
Over the past five years Dan has worked with McKinsey & Company, co-founded a toy company, helped launch an Internet design agency, and traveled to over 35 different countries. He’s now devoting his full energy to building and scaling this site, which he ultimately hopes will help people promote their work, maintain their identity online, and connect with meaningful opportunities. He also runs a nightlife photography site at nashtown.com and maintains various blogs and sites around the web.
Dan Birdwhistell's Schools
Dan Birdwhistell's Companies
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bigsight media group
2007
- Nashville, Tennessee
CEO
Founded Bigsight at the end of 2006; launched first bigsight.org site in early 2007, and have been slowly building ever since.
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Rockabye Toys
2004 - 2006
Co-Founder
Co-Founded this toy company at the start of 2004. Grew it to $6mm in annual revenues, but not before a whole host of ups and downs
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Claremont Graduate University
2003 - 2006
- Claremont, California
Research Associate
Worked for two years with Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi at the Quality of Life Research Center
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McKinsey and Company
2002 - 2003
- Brussels, Belgium
Research Fellow
Spent a term in the European Knowledge Center outside of Brussels. Worked alongside both Analysts and Knowledge Specialists across all practice groups.
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Dan Birdwhistell's Affiliations
Dan Birdwhistell's Groups
Dan Birdwhistell's Publications
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Good Work in Higher Education: Reports to Colleges
March, 2006
I served as the editor of a collection of analysis reports to the 10 colleges that were part of the Good Work in Higher Education study. Below is one of the reports to De Anza Community College.
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District-Level Education Reform in the US, McKinsey KNOW Portal
February, 2003
Working with an Associate and Analyst in the Dallas office, I helped research and publish a 24-page knowledge document on district-wide education reform initiatives in the US.
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Dan Birdwhistell's Presentations
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Environmental Variables for Promoting Social Responsibility Among College Students, American Educational Research Association National Conference, San Francisco, California
April, 2006
After working for a couple years with Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Jeanne Nakamura at CGU on the Good Work in Higher Education project, I was able to put together a paper on the specific variables that best prompted “social change” outcomes among college students. Here is the final draft version of the paper and also the PPT handout that I shared with the audience.
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Dan Birdwhistell's Spaces
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