The Institute for Public Dialogue was founded as a nonprofit (501c) in 2008 with a specific mission: To Introduce the Dialogue Document, Print Debate and Public Talks. This organization has one Director and less than ten independent contractors who all work off site.
From the founder and sole funding source of the Institute for Public Dialogue, John Connolly:
Commercial interests:
I acquired www.modernsailing.com in 1995 and still own it, which is one of the largest employers in Sausalito. I write from time to time for Sail Magazine and have a current US Coast Guard license for boats up to 100 gross tons.
I am the founder of this entity that focuses on the oil industry: www.effectiveoilsolutions.com I am also the founder of Sausalito Marine Concepts LLC that is seeking to monetize patents dealing entirely with the oil shipping industry.
With 3D Studios in Oakland, CA, http://www.3dstudiosoakland.com/ I am developing three products based on two different patent projects. One patent is the Lifescoop, to retrieve unconscious victims from the deck of a large ship. (PTO #: 6,953,374) www.lifescoopdevice.com
The other collaboration with 3D Studios is a patent pending device to save a person who has fallen through the ice with a device we have Trademarked Ice Angel. www.iceangelrescue.com
I am also on the management team, and part owner, of this psychology company http://webpsychcorp.com/management-team.html that is an algorithm driven platform grounded in the Evidence Based school of psychology.
- Recent articles: I have been featured in the following recent stories:
- March 31, 2010: Features a patent project that is designed to rescue victims that have fallen through ice. Ice Rescue Device.
- February, 2010: A sailing article: Practicing What He Preaches, Latitude 38
- December, 2008: Features a patent on a life saving device called the Lifescoop that can retrieve an unconscious victim from the deck of a large ship. Man Overboard! Marin Independent Journal.
Political background:
Shortly after moving to California in 1988, I was a low paid worker for a California campaign. It was an automotive insurance campaign (Proposition 103) where I worked part time for about three months. This proposition passed and is now the law of the land in California.
In 2004 I founded a small organization called the Print Debate Project that offered candidates a level communication platform. The exact platform we created at that time is available here: www.printdebate.com
Arising out of the Print Debate project, I testified on “Internet Political Communications” in front of the Federal Election Committee, June 28, 2005.
- The Institute for Public Dialogue:
The Print Debate initiative and the Public Talks initiative: Both of these projects have been largely shaped by hiring writers from www.craigslist.org for small paid projects. No political litmus test has been used in selecting a very diverse group of individuals.
Once Public Talks and the Print Debate are introduced this Institute will have accomplished its objective and will be dissolved. It will play no ongoing role in any future aspect of Public Talks or Print Debate.
Before dissolution, the Institute will give away all acquired assets to credible Overseeing Bodies that are committed to bringing these two processes forward. This distribution will be without compensation asked for or accepted including all the germane urls:
www.publictalks.org , www.epublictalks.org & www.printdebate.com , www.printdebate.org
John Connolly
Sausalito, California
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