{"id":12261,"date":"2016-11-04T15:04:57","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T15:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sparkvisionnow.com\/\/?p=12261"},"modified":"2016-11-04T15:04:57","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T15:04:57","slug":"sparkvisions-contributing-writers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunneez.com\/sparkvision\/sparkvisions-contributing-writers\/","title":{"rendered":"SparkVision&#8217;s Contributing Writers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><em>Moving into our second year of business, \u00a0there&#8217;s specialized &#8220;workplace culture&#8221; territory we want to cover that we simply aren&#8217;t &#8211; nor do we have the capacity to be &#8211; experts in. <\/em><\/h1>\n<p><em>With incredible visionaries in our personal and professional tribe, we are proud to bring on three regular contributors to our blog community. <strong>They are amazing humans, talented writers and gifted professionals.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I&#8217;m confident\u00a0you&#8217;ll enjoy their perspectives to give an even more rounded voice to all that makes people and workplaces thrive.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cory J. Anderson<\/strong> will partner with SparkVision as a voice for equity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. His work will provide enlightened thinking towards taking tangible steps in creating more inclusive environments. \u00a0He is a facilitator, consultant, and life coach. He is passionate about using\u00a0facilitated conversations as a tool to increase understanding and personal development.\u00a0Cory\u00a0attended Eastern Michigan University obtaining a Bachelor&#8217;s in International Business and Master&#8217;s in Educational Leadership.\u00a0He has held\u00a0various leadership positions with several nonprofit organizations\u00a0and universities\u00a0facilitating multicultural education.\u00a0He is\u00a0the founder of Diverse\u00a0Dialogues, an organization focused on breaking down barriers through conversation. A native of metro Detroit,\u00a0Cory has always lived in a multicultural environment which he credits as his inspiration to change the world, one conversation at a time.\u00a0Follow him on Twitter @mrca12.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Christiana Mercer Rigby<\/strong>\u00a0writes passionately about millennial parents in the workplace and actively embraces the term \u201cmillennial mom.\u201d\u00a0She\u2019s a seasoned nonprofit professional, digital editor, community advocate, mother of small children, and lifelong learner. With a degree in Environmental science, and minor degrees in dance and sociology she&#8217;s never been one to take the straight forward path. As a compulsive volunteer she is still learning the difference between the right opportunities and the wrong ones. Community involvement is her passion and she\u2019s forever interested in finding common ground in the perspectives of others. As a parent, she\u2019s worked full time, part time, no time, and contract \u2013 so she\u2019s seen it all. Christiana is also deeply active in her community serving on nonprofit boards and government committees.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dov Hoffman<\/strong> joins the SparkVision contributing team as an experienced marketing expert and well-known professional in the Baltimore region and beyond. As an account manager at Right Source Marketing, he works with his clients to strategize their marketing efforts across the full spectrum of digital marketing channels. In this and previous roles, Dov has demonstrated a proven ability to develop and implement tactical marketing initiatives that support business goals.<\/p>\n<p>Through his professional and volunteer experiences, Dov has demonstrated his leadership expertise and his commitment to serving his community.\u00a0He strongly believes in this important lesson from Abraham Lincoln: \u201cIn the end, it\u2019s not the years in your life count. 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