Pam Thomas

Summary

"For as long as I can remember I have been intrigued by the concept of bringing people together around ideas, common interests and good causes. That is what makes my role as an online community developer so rewarding; seeing people come together to share and collaborate." Background: With a degree in Creative Writing and minor in Journalism from the University of Arizona, Pam began her career in community building long before communities started on the Web. Prior to a career on the Internet, she served as the co-founder and executive director of a non-profit AIDS prevention organization for youth where she established community outreach programs in local high schools servicing 16,000 youth in a three year period of time. Experience: In 1994, as a stay-at-home mom, Pam discovered the opportunity to develop community using the Internet's electronic medium to reach others. Her first experience in online community building was with the Guide Program on America Online, a trainer for AOL's KARES program and then as a community manager for iVillage's AOL site; Parent Soup. Prior to the formation of CornerWays, she helped provide community building services to organizations such as Arts and Entertainment Television (A&E TV), Martha Stewart Living, Children's Television Workshop (CTW), N2K's Rocktropolis, the IBM/US Open (USTA), Yahoo!, IBM/NFL Super Bowl and AT&T. Pam brings extensive experience in the field of online community development to CornerWays. She specializes in formulating community growth and management strategies, including live event and focus group production and content development. Pam is also founding partner of Solo-E and the executive director of PhoenixWIT, a local chapter of WorldWIT (Women In Technology). Specialties: Creative writing, editing, website content development, online community development, online focus group facilitation, online communication strategies