[INTRODUCTION] Thanks again for having me!

[INTRODUCTION] Thanks again for having me! My introduction and "story" is a bit in flux at the moment. WaterCitizen.Com is a media organization that has provided water news, education, and WaterTainment(TM) for people passionate about water since August 2011 (nearly 4 years!). Non-advocacy, non-partisan, non-siloed fun cool "sexy" multimedia stories on water-related topics, personal profiles, event announcements, and - increasingly - live online TV shows and livecast of live events using Hangouts.  We're about to complete our tax application to become a 501(c)3 ("non-profit" - although we intend for all of our projects to be "internally profitable" to support our mission: elevate the water dialogue; improve the water communications infrastructure, and make water sexy!).

Personally, I (Cat Shrier - separate G+ profile) had worked for 20+ years in water planning & policy when I started WaterCitizen.Com, recognizing that more and more of my work was focusing on education, communication, and outreach or "inreach" (within and among members of the water community, not just "the public"). I had originally intended to create a nonprofit, but couldn't afford the IRS process & associated legal fees at the time (feel free to PM me for info on how that's changed), so tried different forms of for-profit media outlets. Switching over to a 501(c)3 will allow us to include more focus on cutting-edge approaches to water communications (including HOAs), with sharing and education of our results, and continuing our commitment to education (we've had dozens of interns).

I still didn't say much about me personally, did I? Sorry -a m focusing on WaterCitizen at the moment. I'll get my story up on my personal profile at some point. I will say that I have done a lot with the personal development space as well, and have certifications in coaching, NLP, and experiential learning facilitation, although I don't consider myself to be a coach and don't really plan to use that background much professionally, other than possibly Hangout-based Mastermind, which I love facilitating (see the photo of me doing a demo at the Water 2.0 event - with Meilani MacDonald  and John Jurkiewicz in the filmstrip - and of a Mastermind I ran this winter - and one of a series of live hangout interviews I did during a conference last fall).

WaterCitizen is based on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.