Steven Joiner

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Steven Joiner is…

1. A Writer*
2. A speaker**
3. A thinker***
4. A Futurist****

A Steven Joiner by any other name would be as cheeky

My writing from 2006-2008 was all under the name Steven Pascal-Joiner. No, that’s not a pen name… though Pascal was a great thinker. If I were to choose a pen name, I think I would go with Steven Shakespeare-Penn-Warren-Stephenson-Cummings-Emerson-Orwell-Poe-Joiner. Pascal-Joiner was my married name and, while it took me until the summer of 2010 to legally change it back, I started writing under my ‘maiden name’ (‘Jüngling Name’?) in 2008. Curious about my married life (which is obviously over) and want to jump right into the musings? Click here.

Am I too legit to quit?

In this wonderful world of thinking, speaking, and writing, lots of folks rightly want a ‘legitimacy’ blurb to convince people to pay to sit and listen. I get it. You want a ‘platform’? Here’s what some of that looks like in my case:

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Steven is a speaker, writer, teacher, and project manager with 15 years of experience stretching from the American east coast to the shores of Asia. His journey began as a classroom English teacher (high school, ESL, and reading/study skills), which took him to Finland, Japan, and San Francisco, California. After getting a master’s degree in Adult Education, Steven returned to Asia to teach at Mukogawa Women’s University university as well as to create and teach courses in international business relations with some of Japan’s largest companies.

In 2007, he took his love of social-impact work and his deep understanding of the nonprofit sector into his work as the Director of Career Transitions with the nonprofit-resource website Idealist.org. While at Idealist Steven authored the widely-read Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers for Sector Switchers, wrote a monthly ‘Career Corner’ blog, and traveled around the country helping professionals discover ‘road maps’ to finding a paid nonprofit position.

Since leaving Idealist, Steven continues writing and speaking at the national level.

He speaks both at institutions of higher learning, including: Stanford University, Columbia University, Harvard University, UCLA, Portland State University, Reed College, University of Portland, Oregon State University, Portland Community College, University of Minnesota, University of Washington, Seattle University, Roosevelt University, McDaniel College, University of Connecticut, Truman State University, St. Louis Community College, Kansas City Kansas Community College, and Metropolitan Community College (KC, MO).

As well as at  professional and community organization meetings, including: the National Career Development Association, American Society on Aging, Nonprofit Connect (KC, MO), Western Leadership Fellowship Training: California Libraries, Next Chapter Kansas City, The Center for Spirit at Work, Pecha Kucha, InternBridge, Unified Government of Wyandotte County, Drake Beam Morin Inc, Financial Stewardship Resources, Multnomah County Library, Actors Fund/Career Transitions for Dancers, and The Conference Board).

He sustains his sector-switcher life and lives as holistically and integrated a life as possible. He believes strongly in continuums (and not polarized thinking), living in uncertainty (as fuel for creativity), letting go (of anything that doesn’t serve our higher purpose), and choosing abundance thinking (over deficiency thinking).

He is a featured workforce expert in the NY Times, Marketplace, and in a host of local media outlets.

Steven received his B.A. in Secondary English Education from North Carolina State University and his M.A. in International Adult Education from San Francisco State University.

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If you haven’t had enough, visit the Speaking page for an even more exhaustive list of past missives, messages, and other musings.

Still haven’t had enough? Check out some example of Media Mentions and Other Collaborations.