How To Pronounce the Name of This Blog:  kay-dis-ee kay-dis-oh

My Name:  Adrian Kedar Coleman

Age:  30 sumthin

City: Chicago

Sign:  Taurus

Ethnicity:  Brotha (African American)

A few select press items about me:  Makin’ waves in ‘01, Makin’ waves in ‘06, An award for me??? Moving up in ‘07

Bio:

I am a visionary and strategist.  I inspire and facilitate change.  I help people (and brands) discover and unleash their own agency and momentum.
 
I’ve always had a keen interest in helping people.  And I’ve long enjoyed throwing one-of-a-kind parties (organizing, entertaining and engaging people).  A bulk of my creative and intellectual energy has been dedicated to finding effective ways to combine and feed both of my passions.  In a way, my life has been a lively pursuit of partying with a purpose.
 
My pursuit picked up steam while in school at Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA.  I worked as tour manager for a socially responsible super-group, marketing director for a legendary music venue, and spent my summers as a community and union organizer.  This was a very instructive and inspiring period of my life that was punctuated with a fellowship at Amnesty International.
 
My pursuit continued in Chicago.  I worked a series of very challenging and rewarding jobs that included stints as an engagement/experience designer, artist manager (major label artist) and executive producer of a cutting edge radio program.  At this point, my interest in throwing parties has morphed into an intense concentration on audience/community development, social networking and multi-platform content creation and management. 
 
Most recently I worked as a key member of the strategic communications team at Chicago Public Radio, co-founded a ground breaking social networking/new media project, Vocalo.org, and served as program, content, and music director for the musically ambitious, Radio Milwaukee.

To be continued…