SocraticExperience.com, a secondary school for parents seeking a warm, motivating, high performance virtual educational experience for their children, specializing in creative, intellectual, and entrepreneurial students whose needs are not being met by conventional schools.

Founder of the Academy of Thought and Industry, an innovative Montessori-aligned high school with campuses in SF, NYC, Austin, and St. Louis.  They are managed by Higher Ground Education, the leading Montessori network in the U.S.

Twenty-eight years creating innovative K-12 programs and schools, based on Montessori, Socratic, and entrepreneurial principles, including an inner city school at which minority females gained four years of critical thinking skills in four months (on a test that correlates with SAT and IQ); a Montessori middle school in Palo Alto where the average 8th grade SAT for students was higher than the average private school senior; a school for gifted children where middle schoolers passed AP science courses; MVHS, a rural New Mexican school ranked the 36th best public high school in the U.S.; and KoSchool in Austin.  My book, The Habit of Thought:  From Socratic Seminars to Socratic Practice summarizes my approach.  All of my schools are based on the cultivation of respectful, civil, authentic intellectual dialogue.

This led to FLOW, a non-profit devoted to promoting entrepreneurial solutions to world problems, co-founded with John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods Market.  My second book, Be the Solution:  How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the World's Problems, co-authored with Mackey, Mohammad Yunus, Hernando de Soto, and others summarizes our approach.

Because global poverty is the biggest of all problems, FLOW led me to focus on bringing better law and governance to the global poor.  As a consequence, I began working to create Special Development Regions and e-government in  Honduras, Senegal, and other regions around the world.

I'm passionate about entrepreneurial solutions to world problems, with personal interest and experience in education and law/governance.  I write on these issues at Medium.

Michael Strong

Goodlawyer

Legal Talent Recruitment: Spearhead the recruitment process for lawyers joining the Goodlawyer platform, aligning candidate expertise with business needs through a comprehensive evaluation of their background and practice areas.

Onboarding & Support: Facilitate the onboarding of new lawyers, showcasing how Goodlawyer's software and customer experience team optimize their solo practice, enabling efficient billing and client management.

Empowering Legal Professionals: Devote efforts to empower solo firm lawyers by minimizing administrative tasks, allowing them to focus more on client work by streamlining billing processes.

Client Matching & Assessment: Assess and match incoming clients with suitable lawyers based on their specific legal needs, ensuring a precise alignment between the client's requirements and the lawyer's expertise while considering the client's budget.

Effective Lawyer Communication: Engage in daily interactions with lawyers, facilitating discussions and managing legal projects ranging from $300 to $10k in value.

End-to-End Sales Cycle Management: Drive the sales process by initiating the first client call, guiding them through service offerings, and overseeing the cycle until service completion.

Senior Lawyer Experience Manager

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Customer Experience Associate

Clean Beauty Collective Inc.

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Oxford Properties Group

Guest Services Representative

Shoppers Drug Mart

- Developing long lasting relationships with clients
- Educating clients about trends in skincare and makeup 
- Applying makeup to clients to suit their beauty needs
- Ensuring individual and store sales targets are met
- Using " E-Clienteling" to phone or email clients about upcoming events or product launches

Beauty Advisor

NARS Cosmetics

- Educating and training Sephora Beauty Advisors on NARS makeup products during store visits
- Approaching clients on-stage regarding NARS and encouraging them to touch, play and interact with the products
- Assisting clients in picking out correct shades or formulas for their skin or makeup concerns
- Properly sanitizing and disinfecting products for clients try try on and sample
- Assisting in executing in store events for NARS within multiple Sephora Accounts

Makeup Artist

Camp Reservations Canada

- Create and coordinate promotional marketing materials, both internal and public facing
- Writing help/advice related content and creating videos to improve the booking experience
- Executing group video training sessions using screen-sharing to educate new clients on how basics of the system
- Communicating with Campground Managers to set up accounts and edit their profiles
- Develop positive relationships with Campground Managers
- Being the first line of communication and help for Campground Managers and Travellers when they have questions
- Completing accurate data entry as well as organizing files

Communications Coordinator

SEPHORA

- Developing long lasting relationships with clients to ensure loyalty
- Staying to date on new product launches, information, beauty/fashion trends, and in store promotions
- Attending multiple brand trainings and seminars to consistently increase product knowledge 
- Engaging and exploring with clients to find what works for their individual needs
- Applying multiple styles of makeup according to the clients desires, and educating clients on proper technique
- Completing "Mini Makeovers" that are a part of Sephora's services

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