“Don has an impressive command of learning theory, design, and implementation. To his projects he provides insight, creative solutions, and flexibility toward customer needs. ”
Don Shearer
San Francisco, California, United States
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Crafting and sharing relevant, meaningful, and motivating experiences through media…
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He just keeps digging that hole deeper. --"If she wants to brainwash and destroy the mind of children, she should have some of her own and leave…
He just keeps digging that hole deeper. --"If she wants to brainwash and destroy the mind of children, she should have some of her own and leave…
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Can any maga intellectual define "integrity"? "On Wednesday, Paxton’s office announced that it had carried out an undisclosed number of search…
Can any maga intellectual define "integrity"? "On Wednesday, Paxton’s office announced that it had carried out an undisclosed number of search…
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Any maga intellectuals care to comment? What could go wrong? https://lnkd.in/gkRU2Xwy
Any maga intellectuals care to comment? What could go wrong? https://lnkd.in/gkRU2Xwy
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Don Shearer Media
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Education
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San Francisco State University
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Activities and Societies: Community Service Learning Projects - Mentored teams of graduate Instructional Technology students in finding and completing pro bono design projects for local non-profit organizations. The community organizations received valuable assistance in achieving their missions, and the students gained invaluable experience.
Earned M.A. Education in Instructional Technology
Volunteer Experience
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Friend of Sunset Neighborhood Beacon Center
Sunset Neighborhood Beacon Center
- 1 year 1 month
Social Services
The Sunset Neighborhood Beacon Center is entering into their Winter fund appeal. This is a service organization that is improving the quality of life for kids and families in the San Francisco Sunset District. Please check out their website for more info on how you can help: www.snbc.org.
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Media Specialist
First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco
- Present 6 years 8 months
Civil Rights and Social Action
Coaching, designing, writing, producing video and graphics for strategic communications, events, videos, and supporting event webcasts: Beloved Conversations envisioning and video; Too White Zone performance sketches; No Cages, No Walls street action and performance; Inconvenient Truths speaker series.
Courses
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Adobe Storyline
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CASEL Introduction to Social and Emotional Learning.
Intro to SEL
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First Aid & CPR
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Instructional Techniques for the Virtual Classroom
Friesen, Kaye & Assoc.
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Playwrights Lab
Three Girls Theatre
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Six Sigma
White Belt Training
Projects
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Using Puppets and Avatars in Low Technical Fidelity / High Emotional Fidelity Simulations and Visualizations
Puppets and avatars with relatively low technical fidelity (non-photographic or simple/crude graphic representations) may have high recognition factors/triggers and high emotional and cognitive impact in helping learners to construct new knowledge and understanding in novel situations. Example: troll-style puppets can help right-wing extremists and trump-stans understand that Trump is a dangerous racist, fascist, and criminal and must be incarcerated for the safety of us all. His cult followers…
Puppets and avatars with relatively low technical fidelity (non-photographic or simple/crude graphic representations) may have high recognition factors/triggers and high emotional and cognitive impact in helping learners to construct new knowledge and understanding in novel situations. Example: troll-style puppets can help right-wing extremists and trump-stans understand that Trump is a dangerous racist, fascist, and criminal and must be incarcerated for the safety of us all. His cult followers must be de-programmed. Download, print, cut, and assemble your own scenes to clarify your understanding.
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You Are Loved - Song Writing Challenge
I set these words to music:
You are Loved, You are Worthy, You are Beautiful, You are Strong, Irreplaceable, You Belong.
These words may be spoken, sung as song, and can be the chorus to a longer song with verses. I am currently writing additional verses.
Imagine speaking or singing these words to child at their birth, and on their birthdays, or whenever, just because.
Imagine a business organization in which the people can say this sincerely to each other.
Imagine a community…I set these words to music:
You are Loved, You are Worthy, You are Beautiful, You are Strong, Irreplaceable, You Belong.
These words may be spoken, sung as song, and can be the chorus to a longer song with verses. I am currently writing additional verses.
Imagine speaking or singing these words to child at their birth, and on their birthdays, or whenever, just because.
Imagine a business organization in which the people can say this sincerely to each other.
Imagine a community in which the neighbors can willingly say this to each other.
I invite you to download the pdf lead sheet for You Are Loved, learn it and perform it, and write addition verses that reflect your own experience and aspirations.
I invite you to learn the words and song, and create verses that reflect your own experiences and aspirations.
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Anti-Bias Action Guide & Learning Plan
Everyone holds unconscious beliefs that trigger biases and inform decision making and action.
Bias is usually considered to be unfair as it confers arbitrary advantages and disadvantages on individuals and groups based on predjudice. Biases result in harmful micro-aggressions.
The Anti-Bias Action Guide provides direction in the identification and disruption of bias and micro-aggression.
Don Shearer Media created this Guide and the companion Anti-Bias Action Learning Plan as…Everyone holds unconscious beliefs that trigger biases and inform decision making and action.
Bias is usually considered to be unfair as it confers arbitrary advantages and disadvantages on individuals and groups based on predjudice. Biases result in harmful micro-aggressions.
The Anti-Bias Action Guide provides direction in the identification and disruption of bias and micro-aggression.
Don Shearer Media created this Guide and the companion Anti-Bias Action Learning Plan as resources for individuals and organizations starting and continuing their journeys as we work together to dismantle supremacy and create equity. -
Don Shearer & Friends Music
I've been challenging myself to write songs for years. I've written a variety of music; here is a link to some demo recordings of some of my songs posted on bandcamp.com
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I WONDER, A Journey Of Discovery Illustrated Storybook by Don Shearer
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I WONDER, A Journey of Discovery, soars on the wings of discovery with a fun read for all ages.
I WONDER, A Journey of Discovery, is a full color, illustrated storybook, that follows the transformations and travels of a Monarch butterfly throughout its life's unique odyssey, recognizing the impact of Monarch butterflies, inviting curiosity, celebrating the beauty of the natural world, and sparking positive self-awareness.
I WONDER is a fun read that carries a simple, uplifting…I WONDER, A Journey of Discovery, soars on the wings of discovery with a fun read for all ages.
I WONDER, A Journey of Discovery, is a full color, illustrated storybook, that follows the transformations and travels of a Monarch butterfly throughout its life's unique odyssey, recognizing the impact of Monarch butterflies, inviting curiosity, celebrating the beauty of the natural world, and sparking positive self-awareness.
I WONDER is a fun read that carries a simple, uplifting message: we can believe in ourselves and accomplish more than we might imagine.
Don Shearer is the author and illustrator of I WONDER. The illustrations for I WONDER were created in Adobe Illustrator. The page layouts were done in Adobe InDesign. The font throughout is Iowan Old Style. I use Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Aero, and Apple GarageBand to create companion digital media. No AI generated content is used in creating my illustrations.
Recommended for ages 3 and up.
While I WONDER can be enjoyed just for fun, the book also aligns with Social Emotional Learning standards, and with Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools and lesson plans for Pre-K through Grade Four:
K-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
K-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity
1-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
2-LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
3-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
4-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
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Test project for 2d in 3d animation techniques and workflow for a bigger project under development. Using Adobe Illustrator, After Effects, Media Encoder, Garageband. The contemporaneous events around thereiverfront brawl in Montgomery Alabama, inspired the inclusion of the chair character.
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Beloved Community - Building Visibility of People of Color With Video.
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I supported this volunteer project with coaching on the Envisioning and pre-production process, as well as with graphic, audio, and video production.
The Challenge: One of the most significant barriers to building beloved community is the continued occurance of unconscious bias and micro-aggressions experienced by BIPOC members of organizations and congregations.
The Solution: Using the technique of Envisioning with a core set of interview questions, the Team produced an impactful…I supported this volunteer project with coaching on the Envisioning and pre-production process, as well as with graphic, audio, and video production.
The Challenge: One of the most significant barriers to building beloved community is the continued occurance of unconscious bias and micro-aggressions experienced by BIPOC members of organizations and congregations.
The Solution: Using the technique of Envisioning with a core set of interview questions, the Team produced an impactful documentary of congregational life of BIPOC members that has made a positive difference in the lives of the community, and has been featured in the "We Built People of Color Visibility with Video" workshop presented at the UU General Assembly in Spokane, WA, 2019. -
Envisioning for the Critical Facilities Technician Training Program
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One of the most empowering projects I had the privilege to lead during my tenure at PG&E was the design and development of Envisioning messages and media in support of change leadership for a new, two-year long Critical Facilities Technician Training Program.
Envisioning: Collaborative articulation of shared stakeholder vision, values, goals and objectives, as well as the roles, responsibilities, and actions necessary for an organization to achieve its mission.
Here’s a…One of the most empowering projects I had the privilege to lead during my tenure at PG&E was the design and development of Envisioning messages and media in support of change leadership for a new, two-year long Critical Facilities Technician Training Program.
Envisioning: Collaborative articulation of shared stakeholder vision, values, goals and objectives, as well as the roles, responsibilities, and actions necessary for an organization to achieve its mission.
Here’s a summary:
What:
Stakeholders participate in facilitated collaboration to develop, document, and deliver key messages and themes, guiding metaphors, and authentic stories in variety of communications and media to support Change and Training initiatives in organizations.
Who:
Stakeholder participants are Leaders, Individual contributors, Partners, and Customers who have a personal and/or professional stake in the success of the initiative.
Why:
Envisioning identifies and communicates the compass bearings that anyone in an organization can follow to ensure alignment on shared visions, values, goals and objectives, and strategies.
When:
Envisioning collaboration should begin as early as possible in the life cycle of a business initiative, and be sustained as the initiative matures.
Where:
Messaging is delivered via a mix of media and events at locations appropriate to the organizational culture. Channels and events for communication may include (but are not limited to): training, recruitment, staff meetings, all hands meetings, and recognition events.
How:
Stakeholder interviews, using a common set of questions, are recorded to capture and share the passion of authentic stories from diverse perspectives and in the stakeholders’ own words. Multiple, short videos are edited around the themes of the various questions; the videos are integrated into other media and communicated through various channels and events.
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My middle-grade adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston's powerful classic, #Barracoon, is now 50% off at Barnesandnoble.com, Inc. until Monday, September…
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Nina Simone lovers can download and print this colorful portrait and quote poster up to 30 inches by 40 inches in size. "It's an artist's duty to…
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Trump should run while he can. But, there's probably no place for him to hide. Millions on millions will refuse and will confront the right wing…
Trump should run while he can. But, there's probably no place for him to hide. Millions on millions will refuse and will confront the right wing…
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Stick it to 'em. Adhesive sticker with Shirley Chisholm quote over illustration of a folding chair on a purple background: "If they don't give you a…
Stick it to 'em. Adhesive sticker with Shirley Chisholm quote over illustration of a folding chair on a purple background: "If they don't give you a…
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Do any Republicans really believe anything Trump says? Please explain yourselves - maybe you'll pick up some votes. Right?
Do any Republicans really believe anything Trump says? Please explain yourselves - maybe you'll pick up some votes. Right?
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Rising seniors are often asked by colleges why they want to major in the subject they chose, or how they define success. MORE money is not a good…
Rising seniors are often asked by colleges why they want to major in the subject they chose, or how they define success. MORE money is not a good…
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Can a maga intellectual please state the defining characteristics of a "race traitor"? "But to some of the toughest-talking, eff-your-feelings MAGA…
Can a maga intellectual please state the defining characteristics of a "race traitor"? "But to some of the toughest-talking, eff-your-feelings MAGA…
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Some of you "self-made" masters of the universe have not yet gotten the memo: you've never had a right of unlimited access to our time, talent, and…
Some of you "self-made" masters of the universe have not yet gotten the memo: you've never had a right of unlimited access to our time, talent, and…
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Who is still dumping $ down the bottomless pit of Trump-hole scams and legal problems? Do you know where that $ goes? How does that demonstrate a…
Who is still dumping $ down the bottomless pit of Trump-hole scams and legal problems? Do you know where that $ goes? How does that demonstrate a…
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"Whiteness is a dangerous concept. It is not about skin color. It is not even about race. It is about the willful blindness used to justify white…
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