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Thomas Knoll
Freelance Apostle, Web Developer, & Community Developer
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
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- Community Manager at Seesmic
- Sytem Administration Team at JoiLab
- Guild Member and Web Admin at We Know
- Web Developer and Community Developer at EmergingLeadersNetwork.org
- Owner at ekklesiaLab (Sole Proprietorship)
- Past
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- Web Designer at Concordia University Saint Paul
- Region 3 Mission Director Apprentice at ELCA - Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
- Web Services Analyst at Concordia University Saint paul
- Computer Support Specialist at Concordia University Saint Paul
- Labor Foreman at McCarthy Construction
- Computing Support at Concordia University
- Co-Director of Senior High Ministry at Bethlehem Lutheran Church
- Interim Youth Minister & Web Developer at Woodbury Lutheran Church
- Director of Youth and Family Ministries at Bethel & Emmaus Lutheran Churches
- Jr. High Ministry Summer Intern at Saint Andrews Lutheran Church - Mahtomedi, MN
- Education
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- Luther Seminary
- Concordia University-St. Paul
- Tarleton State University
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Summary
Passionate about helping people connect by making technology simple and information accessible. Develop web presence to enhance communication and collaboration for individuals, educational institutions, churches, and non-profit organizations.
Technology is just a tool to help people make the world a better place.
Specialties:
web development, community development, web design, spiritual formation, mission development, content management, collaborative communication, participatory media, writing, social networking, usability, visioning, renewal, resourcing
Experience
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Community Manager
Seesmic
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2008 — Present (less than a year)
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Sytem Administration Team
JoiLab
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Think Tanks industry)
June 2007 — Present (1 year 2 months)
Help update and admin Joi's RedHat Enterprise server.
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Guild Member and Web Admin
We Know
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)
March 2007 — Present (1 year 5 months)
We Know is a World of Warcraft (WoW) Guild on Eitrigg, populated by many exciting and active members of the crossroads of Community and Technology.
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Web Developer and Community Developer
EmergingLeadersNetwork.org
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
December 2004 — Present (3 years 8 months)
Develop, design, and maintian an on-line community to encourage and equip emerging leaders in the Lutheran tribe--helping people connect locally and think globally.
Responsibilities include: Design; CMS development and hackery; developing new ways for people to interact, working with local cohort facilitators to increase involvement and local discussion, offering 24/7 user support and troubleshooting. -
Owner
ekklesiaLab (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Online Media industry)
April 2000 — Present (8 years 4 months)
Work with individuals, churches, educational institutions, and small social-communites to develop and design web presence and collaboration using blogs, CMSs, and wikis. Train clients how to utilze their on-line presence to facilitate personal interactions, and enhance their educational offerings.
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Web Designer
Concordia University Saint Paul
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)
October 2007 — February 2008 (5 months)
Carried over most responsibilities from previous position in this move from IT to Marketing. In marketing I am additionally responsible for the design and branding of the site, email communication with prospective students, and developing new ways to engage our market.
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Region 3 Mission Director Apprentice
ELCA - Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
(Non-Profit; 5001-10,000 employees; Religious Institutions industry)
August 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 5 months)
Learn through hands-on experience how to serve as a mission director, who is responsible for starting new ministires, renewing exisiting ministries, and encouraging the developement of leadership and mission in the entire region.
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Web Services Analyst
Concordia University Saint paul
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)
April 2007 — October 2007 (7 months)
Maintain, update, and hack the university's main website; develop new web products to increase communication and collaboration; drive the university to utilize more open source solutions; train faculty and staff to maintain their departmental pages.
Projects include: http://freshlysqueezed.csp.edu; http://support.csp.edu; http://magazine.csp.edu; http://blogs.csp.edu; http://orientation.csp.edu; as well as hacking and maintenance on the base CMS of the university.
Projects launching soon: iTunesU, and a prospective/accepted students social network. -
Computer Support Specialist
Concordia University Saint Paul
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)
2000 October 2006 — April 2007 (7 months)
# Networking
Upgrade and install Cisco wireless APs and switches; IIS and Linux server install/mgmt; DNS mgmt; LDAP integration
# Instructional Technology
WebCT server/user/course management; WebCT course development/creation; Teach new student instructional technology training; User support; Support documentation development; Encourage the university to use more open-source collaborative tools such as wikis and blogs
# Customer Support
Install/admin/hack Footprints customer support tracking webware; Install/admin/hack and design customer support documentation using Mediawiki; Direct customer support for issues ranging from wireless, to Office, to file recovery; Physical repairs of IBM laptops
# Other
Founder/Chair: Open-source Initiative Committee; Chair: Staff Organization Service Committee; Linux support; Install/admin Wordpress-Mu as school blogging platform; Install/admin ActiveCollab for IT project management; Asks questions -
Labor Foreman
McCarthy Construction
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Construction industry)
June 2006 — September 2006 (4 months)
Led a crew on the demolition phase of a large renovation project.
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Computing Support
Concordia University
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2004 — July 2006 (2 years)
First-line technical support for the students, faculty, and staff of Concordia Universtiy at Saint Paul, MN - a laptop university.
Responsibilities included: phone, email, and face-to-face customer support; maintaining and developing internal and public solutions and documentation; laptop deployment, imaging, and repair; support for applicaitons, wireless networking, web CMS -
Co-Director of Senior High Ministry
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Religious Institutions industry)
December 2005 — April 2006 (5 months)
Co-director of the Sr. High ministry with my wife, Kimberly.
- Organized and led retreats for Junior and Senior High students.
- Coordinated the direction for the ministry with the student led youth ministry board, and the parent/adult led youth ministry team. -
Interim Youth Minister & Web Developer
Woodbury Lutheran Church
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Religious Institutions industry)
December 2003 — August 2004 (9 months)
- Discipled students in sharing their faith and ministering to other students
- Designed an interactive web ministry for youth and parents
- Worked with a ministry team to develop and plan relational and outreach events, activities, and retreats for youth
- Vision casting future ministry opportunities with director of Senior High ministry
- Participated in and occasionally led worship in Genesis worship (volunteer)
- Led an Agape group for young adults (volunteer) -
Director of Youth and Family Ministries
Bethel & Emmaus Lutheran Churches
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Religious Institutions industry)
December 2000 — July 2003 (2 years 8 months)
- Established a youth program to unite youth of two churches - club412
- Helped establish an Inter-generational mid-week confirmation program - FAQ
- Helped create and lead a post-modern ministry to reach non-churched persons - 11-10
- Updated the church's community presence through the web, publication, and signage
- Guided youth in creating and leading worship once a month in main sanctuary
- Managed a joint youth committee to involve parents in ministry
- Developed relationships with youth to guide them in sharing their faith
- Leader in 2001 National Youth Gathering in New Orleans
- Coordinated and led bible studies, outreach events, and retreats for youth -
Jr. High Ministry Summer Intern
Saint Andrews Lutheran Church - Mahtomedi, MN
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Religious Institutions industry)
April 2000 — September 2000 (6 months)
- Worship leader for summer camps
- Program design team for summer & confirmation camps
- Counselor for summer & confirmation camps
- Developed/Trained High School leaders for Jr. High confirmation
Education
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Luther Seminary
Non-Degree Seeking, Theology, Spirituality, Mission, and Culture, 2006 — 2007
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Concordia University-St. Paul
BA, Outreach, Missions, 1998 — 2006
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Tarleton State University
Post-Secondary Education, English, Math, Computer Science, 1996 — 1998
Additional Information
Websites:
Interests:
writing, web design/development, collaboration, social networking, spiritual direction, revitalization, mission development, social justice, python, WoW, reading, singer-songwriter, usability, life-change, visioning, long-tail, Linux, open-source
Groups:
LinkedInnovators, LinkedInnovator CityHost, #joiito, WeKnow, Emerging Leaders Network (ELN), HighEdWebDev, Higher Education Web Professionals Association (HEWPA), Benedictine Oblates, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), CreativeCommons
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Accelerate The Cluetrain Manifesto member -
Refresh - Promoting design, technology,and usability. member -
"friendfeed" friends member -
SOBCon08 member -
Web Standards Design + Development member