Publications/Media

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Writing

Pop/counter culture

• Megaphone Magazine, “Varley’s Vancouver”
• Megaphone Magazine, “Let’s Get Lost – Vancouver Counter-Culture Landmarks”
• Uncle Weed’s Dossier (column in Vancouver Observer) includes transportation, history and music
• Tourism Vancouver, Featured Vancouver (favourite places etc.), Dec. 2010
• Heads Magazine, “The First Rule of Longboard Hockey” – 2007
• Heads Magazine, “Regabliatti Positive for 2010” – 2007
• Heads Magazine, “Zen Rambling in Japan” (cover) – 2006
• High Times Magazine, “Cops at Evergreen” – 2003
• Cannabis Culture, “Hemp Culture in Japan” (cover + Best of) – 2000
• Journal of International Hemp Association, “Hemp Culture in Japan” Also: excerpted in Hemp Horizons (USA), Hanf (Norway), Hemp for Victory (UK) – 2000

Internet Culture
Menu Magazine, “Leveling the Playing Field” column, Olympia, WA, 2000~01

• Internet Business and Mayhem
• The Real Lowdown on MP3 Downloads
• Activism on the Internet
• Hockey and the Internet
• Free the Internet – Open access

Law and Public Policy

• “Should U.S. military evaders be extradited? -Yes & No arguments” for Evergreen College, 2004
• “Privacy Issues in Workplace Drug Testing” for Evergreen College, 2004
• “Observations on Restorative and Rehabilitative Justice from the Thurston County Drug Court program” for Evergreen College, 2004
• “Practical Guide to Cannabis – A Guide for Policy Makers” for Hemplobby.org, 2001

Literature

• “Letters from Russia” – historical epistletory literature with illustrations (excerpted in RainZine & Exode.ca)
• Chapbooks: Depth Perception; January in the Hot spring; 4 Haibun for You; Shoebox; Uncle Weed’s Red Rock Adventure (illustrated story)

Film

• Featured in “With Glowing Hearts” a documentary about social justice, social media and the Olympics – 2009-2011
• “HempenRoad” – Produced, wrote, narrated and distributed feature-length documentary film. Presented screenings at festivals and distributed worldwide – 1996~9
• “Go with the Flow” – Featured in film about Olympia’s culture, Oct. 2002
• Numerous appearances in student films made at University of Utah, Rhode Island School of Design, Utah Valley College – 1987~90

Media Appearances

(this does not include day-job related press coverage)

• Dotto Tech – Dotto Tech 102 – HootSuite and Ebooks – April 2013
• Global BC Morning News – HootPress – April 2013 
  
• GrowVC October 2012 – Community Building Begins by Listening
• Just Talking Podcast October 2012 – About HootSuite
• CiTR 101.9, “Tweets and Tunes” October 2012 – Interview with Dave Olson, VP of Community for HootSuite
• CBC Radio 1, “BC Almanac” April 2011 – Coping with the Canucks (game 7)
• CBC Radio 3, “Grant Lawrence Live” Feb. 2011 – Search Light Best music website (again in March, 2011)
• News 1130, segment about True North Media House and With Glowing Hearts, Feb. 2011
• Vancouver Sun “Good Idea to Fruition” Jan. 2011 (re: UBC SLC event)
• PBS Media Shift, “True North Media House, W2 Provide Citizen Media Hub at Olympics” Feb. 2010
• CP, “Citizen journalists preparing to get the unofficial Olympic scoop” Feb. 2010
• Harvard Business Review Olympic Social Reporting and TNMH profiled, Feb. 2010
• Vancouver Sun “Social networking media push for inclusion in Olympic plan” Nov. 2008
• 24 Hours “Worldwide in 2010″ (re: TNMH & Olympics),
• Business in Vancouver “VANOC slow to get into new media game” June, 2009
• Georgia Straight, “Geek Talk” about True North Olympic media campaign
• CBC Radio One, “Early Edition” Aug. 2009 – Team Canada sweater launch
• CBC Radio One, “Early Edition” May 2009 – Canucks playoff preview
• CTV, “Global News” May 2009 – Canucks playoffs predictions
• Vancouver Sun, “Online and on Set” June 2009 – MovieSet.com traffic growth
• CBC Radio One, “BC Almanac” Oct. 2008 – Canucks season preview
• BBC, “Blogs and Pods” Nov. 2008 – Alternative media at Vancouver 2010
• TechTV, “Lab with Leo” 2008 – Digital & analog DIY culture
• Shaw TV, “Urban Rush” 2008 – Interview about Happyfrog and green business
• Evolution Radio, “Show” 2008 – Interview about eco-business and activism
• CBC Radio One, “On the Coast” April 2006 – Canucks Outsider video-cast
• North Shore News – 2008 – Interview about green lifestyle choices – 2008
• CKNW, “Get Connected” June 2006 – The Crazy Canucks podcasting
• Santa Cruz Free Radio, “WriteNow! The Art & Action of Letterwriting” Dec. 2007 Interview about Letters from Russia literature project
• Vancouver Courier, “Slow Train Coming” 2008 – Washington State to BC train travel
• Vancouver Courier, “Hockey Night in Canuck Land” June 2006 – Canucks Outsider podcasting
• CTV, “Global News” June 2006 Crazy Canucks podcasting the playoffs
• Fresh Cup Magazine, “Why Wi-fi? – Pros and cons of a wireless cafe” Feb. 2006 – Wireless Internet access in cafes
• The Olympian (WA), “Wireless Net links spread” Dec. 16 2005
• The Olympian (WA), “Private sector offers unique challenges” March 20, 2005
• The Olympian, “Entrepreneurs create local ISP” March 21 2003
• High Times, “Top Counter Culture College” Aug. 2002 – Evergreen College and filmmaking
• The Olympian, “ATG purchased” June 6, 2002
• The Olympian, “OlyWa office empty” May 28, 2002
• Business Examiner (Tacoma, WA),  “Candid Conversation with Dave Olson” March 4, 2002
• Pacific Daily News (Guam), interview about Jerry Garcia’s passing

Media-creation

Podcasts
Conceptualized, produced and distributed podcasts for professional and personal endeavors, including:

• Choogle On! – renegade dispatches and documentaries about public policy conundrums, travel, transportation, economics, activism, music, art and culture (awards = 3rd place in local podcast for Georgia Straight’s Best of Vancouver 2010; 2nd place for Miss604 Awards 2008)
• Postcards from Gravelly Beach – spoken word literature -original and classics – in context with music and anecdotes
• Canucks Outsider – audio magazine covering Vancouver hockey culture and sport on and off the ice with a view to international fans
• Olympic Outsider – non-accredited chronicle with athlete interviews, sport punditry plus civic concerns
• Urban Vancouver – people, issues, festivals, scenes of life and personalities from Vancouver, BC
• Raincity Radio – discourse on open source software and community building with Drupal CMS
• Happyfrog Pondcast – interviews with entrepreneurs at trade shows and green-focused events
• Get Elastic Ecommerce podcast – interviews with tech biz industry luminaries including Wired Ed-in-Chief Chris Anderson
• Co-host of The Crazy Canucks plus, frequent guest on Roland’s Rabble (technology) and many other webcasts

Olympic coverage

• Numerous established media appearances discussing social media and Olympics and the True North Media House campaign including CP, PBS, CBC, Harvard Business Review, 24 Hours, …
• Creation of blog posts (see Vancouver Access 2010) for Vancouver 2010
• Creation of Olympic Outsider podcast series for Torino 2006 and Vancouver 2010
• Open Letters to VANOC & IOC for True North Media House
• Extensive blog and podcast coverage of Torino 2006 and Beijing 2008
• Photo essay from 28 events in 13 days at SLC 2002 including informal appearance on CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada

Social Media Campaigns

• Wrote hundreds of expository articles for business communication and promotional purposes. Optimized, published and promoted using blogs and social channels.
• Initiated dozens of participatory campaigns and executed activities using myriad social media tools and outlets. Measured results against objectives and created duplicatable recipes.
• Highlights include:
  • “Next Movie Star””Micro Movie Reviews” & “Souvenirs de Cannes” for MovieSet, 2009
  • “Phones for Fearless” for Raincity Studios, 2009
  • “Frog Squad at EPIC” for happyfrog.ca, 2009
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  • Vancouver Women in Tech list” for Raincity Studios, 2008
  • “Blogging for Retailers” White Paper for Elastic Path, 2007

Speaking

• SXSWi “Crowd Sourcing Community Projects Like Tom Sawyer” Austin, TX 2012
• Pecha Kucha All-Star Edition, “Vancouver Inspiration Anecdotes” Vancouver Feb 2012
• Internet Masterminds, “5 Days at HootSuite” Vancouver, Feb. 2012
• Think/Share, BCIT “5 Days at HootSuite” + panel Vancouver, Feb 2012
• INFO 2011 (Financial Services Ombudsmen Assoc), “Social Media for Problem Solving” Vancouver,
• Social Media for Government, Victoria
• UBC Engineer’s event
• UBC Student Leadership “Hitchhiking to the Boardroom” Jan. 2011
• Global Pecha Kucha Day “Inspire Japan” Vancouver, April 2011
• SFU International Business Association Gala, Vancouver, March 2011
• Brown Paper Ticket Salons at Driskill , “Community Building” Austin, TX, March 2011
• Social Media Unplugged “Social Media Campaign Tactics” Vancouver, Jan. 2011
• Boot Up Garage mentor program “Social Media Kung Fu” series, from Jan. 2011 ~
• CBC Radio 3 Summit, “Social Campaign Tactics” Vancouver, Feb. 2011
• University of British Columbia Student Leadership Conference, Jan. 2011
• Social Media Camp Victoria, “Social Media Campaign Power Tuning” Oct. 2010
• WordCamp Vancouver “Art and Technology are Old Pals” June, 2010
• Northern Voice 2010 “Finding your Story”, Vancouver, May 2010
• Fresh Media (at W2), “True North Media House” Vancouver,
• Capilano University (X2 Media and Olympics)
• BC Institute of Technology (multiple re: social media), Vancouver-area
• Pecha Kucha, “F@ck Stats, Make art (abridged), Vancouver, May 2010
• SXSW Interactive 2009 “F@ck Stats, Make Art” Core Conversation, Austin TX, March 2009
• Northern Voice 2009 “Letters from Russia” & “Rock N’ Roll Photography” & “Olympics and Social Media” Vancouver, Feb. 2009
• WordCamp Whistler 2009 “Are you Worthy? Expression from Greeks to Geeks” Dec. 2008
• Net Tuesday (Net Squared) “Podcasting for Social Change” Vancouver 2008
• Northern Voice 2008 “F@ck Stats, Make Art” Vancouver, Feb. 2008
• Northern Voice 2007 “3 Ps of Podcasting” Vancouver, Feb. 2007
• Northern Voice 2006 “Blogging your passion” Feb. 2006
• Presented to numerous school groups (Guam, Germany, Japan), Chambers of Commerce, Rotary Clubs, planning councils and industry groups (Washington)

Recaps

Prezo roundups posts with Twitters, blogs, remarks, materials, etc.

• Stories from Japan ~ Inspiration in 20 seconds at Pecha Kucha Vancouver
• F@ck Stats, Make Art spiel at SXSWi 2009 – Round-up Jamboree
• Artifacts and Anecdotes from #SMunplugged 2011
• Hitchhiking + Leadership ~ Artifacts from Prezo at UBC
• Apparently Pecha Kucha is pronounced anyway you choose – Spiel Recap
• Spieling at a Wedding ~ Artifacts from Sheila/Kemp’s Nuptials
• Art and Tech are Old Pals – Prezo from WordCamp Vancouver 2010
• Northern Voice 2010 – There in spirit and talking images
• University, Institute and Media Tour 2010 Misc. Roundup
• IslandTech Victoria ~ F@ck Stats, Make Art Re-cap
• Rock n’ Roll Photo w/ Bev Davies + Kris Krug at Northern Voice 09
• Letters from Russia Recap from Northern Voice 09
• Are You Worthy? Recapping spiel from Wordcamp Whistler
• Sweet Nectar of Validation – NV08 wrap up, reviews and podcast
• Belated, but Joyful, Northern Voice Podcast Mop-up

Organizing/Lobbying

• True North Media House – co-founder and communications wrangler – a collaborative media campaign for social reporting during Vancouver Olympics.
• Drupal Camp Vancouver, Lead organizer for workshop-style conference, plus supported/mentored/participated Drupal Camps in Victoria, Alberta, Seattle, and SF Bay Area
• Transit Camp Vancouver, Co-organizer of conference
• Washington Association of ISP, Member (and active, informal lobbyist)
• Washington State Internet Lobby, Co-founder and Communications Director
• HempLobby.org (Washington), Communications, Director

Ephemera

• TEDX Vancouver, Official Blogger, 2011, Official Twitter, 2010
• Translink’s Buzzer blog 2009 “Rolling to the End of the Line” transit essay
• BBC (radio) “World Stories with Boris Maksimov” 1997 interview about eco business development
• “Deep Cuts” (radio show in Guam, USA) 1994-5 – Discussed eco-business, counter-culture and DIY entrepreneurship
• “Buenas!” (TV show in Guam, USA) 1995 – Interviewed about entrepreneurial activities and juggling sticks
• “Zoom-in Asa” (National TV show in Japan) 1993 – Featured making and selling handmade juggling sticks
• Guest on Nick Trotter’s show on Salt Lake City talk radio – 1992
• KUTE – Host on University of Utah campus radio station

Contact Dave Olson ~ dave (at) olsonboys (dot) org
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