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KARRIN WINN

Essence

I am a regenerative designer, conviviologist, meaning entrepreneur, sustainability expert, social scientist, purpose technician, culture curator, permaculture designer, systems thinker, phenomenological artist, somatic movement teacher, creative strategist, sensation scientist and leader on a path of conscious evolution.

 

I stand for Mother Earth.

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Culture Convivium

I Bring Regenerative Visions To Life

CURRICULA VITAE

Experience

BUSINESS ADVISOR TO OWNERS

August 2023 - PRESENT​

Nia Technique

  • Executive Communication, Administration, Planning

  • Program Design + Business Development Strategy

  • Coaching General Management Team

SENSATION SCIENCE DESIGNER + EDITOR

​May 2021- PRESENT  

Nia Technique

Nia Nested System Theory Designer + Copy Writer

Art of Sensation | Designed 32-hour curriculum 

Program Director

  • Edited 16 training books, copy writing

  • Curated 16 online learning content chapters

  • Conducted extensive research on movement, neuroscience, mindfulness, and well-being

  • Co-designed training books with Art Director

  • Designed original cover art, illustrations, symbols 

  • Managed 16 slide presentations | 748 slides

Global Wisdom Summit | Designed 32-hour curriculum

Program Director + Event Designer

  • Developed 16 Wisdom Summit online movement workshops

  • Edited and organized 16 training handouts

 

SYSTEMIC SCIENCE RESEARCHER + WINDTUNNELING FACILITATOR  

​January 2022-June 2023 

Culture Convivium 

  • Designed a qualitative research program to explore common perceptions of well-being 

  • Used WindTunneling to document felt sense emergent knowledge from 978 participants in relationship to 52 somatic movement activities

  • Presented my research at the 2023 International Society for Systems Sciences conference

  • Published peer-review paper in Systems Research and Behavioral Sciences Journal, August 2024

 

CO-FOUNDER + DIRECTOR

March 2020-present​ 

Earthsongs

 

Earthsongs is a not-for-profit regeneration agency. We specialize in music campaigns and music media to promote biodiversity stewardship, regeneration, and human well-being. 

SOCIAL ARCHITECT | SOCIAL ENTERPRISE START UP TEAM

January 2019-present​ 

Catalytic Thinking Labs

 

  • Professional development program for people and teams 

  • 100+ process skills in four content areas: 

    • Applied Critical Thinking

    • Navigating Complex Issues

    • Self-Knowledge for Leading + Supporting

    • Disciplined Social Innovation

CHIEF VISIONARY OFFICER  

​January 2013-August 2018 

Nia Technique

  • Modernized education curriculum, designed foundational theory for Nia Sensation Science (I conceptualized Nia as an applied science, "sensory science", in 2010) 

  • Designed and wrote syllabi, education training books for all Nia programs. Redesigned the global teacher membership program

  • Designed Financial and Business Policy

  • Produced quarterly sales reports and business analytics

  • Collaborated on Brand Book, Brand Manifesto, Brand Guidelines

GREEN FESTIVALS NATIONAL PROGRAM CURATOR 

​August 2002-December2010

 

This was a project of Global Exchange and Green America promoting the local living economy. The speaker program played a pivotal role in attracting large audiences,  corporate sponsorship, and exhibit sales. 

CHIEF CULTURE CURATOR  

​2010-11 

Mapping The Human Story - A Project of ​National Geographic Explorer Dr. Elizabeth Lindsey.

 

We explored ways to highlight traditional wisdom with modern storytelling tools and media.

RESEARCH DIRECTOR

​2008-10 

Environmental Finance Center West

I directed three research projects related to sustainability on Native American tribal lands. These projects were funded by a grant from US EPA Region IX. For each project, I recruited and directed a graduate student research team from the GreenMBA.

EXPERIENCE

Abya Yala Fund

Africa Community-Based Development Initiatives

Airbnb

Aranya Solutions

Bridging The Divide

Catalytic Thinking Labs

Centro Internacional para el Desarrollo Sustentable

City of Davis Planning + Building

Circulo de Tres Naciones

Cook First!

Crow Clothing

Culture of Future

Earthsongs

Ecotrust

EcoHome Improvement

Environmental Finance Center West

Fair Housing Council of Oregon

Future 500

Future Insight Maps

Global Exchange

Global Futures Foundation

Green America

Green Festivals

Green Your Management, Inc.

Indigenous Permaculture

Mapping The Human Story

Mayor's Office of International Relations Portland, OR

Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture

Nia Technique

One Project

PartnerSHIFT

Planetwork

Presidio School of Management

RakshaBella Organic Textiles

Re-Elect Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown

REfuturists

Sierra Economic Development District

Solstice Grove Institute

Sustainable Communities Consortium

Syntony Quest

TESOL Jakarta, Indonesia

The Oakland Table with Ivan Illich and Mayor Jerry Brown

Uribe & Associates

US-Mexico Chamber of Commerce

UN World Environment Day

White Wave

Whole Life EXPO

Women's Earth Alliance

SKILLS

Public Speaking

Program + Education Design

Transformational Experience Design

Writing + Copy Editing

Research

Ideation

Curator

Administration

Systems Thinking + Systemics

Intercultural Human Relations

Holistic Decision-Making

Diplomacy + Communication

Event Production

Leadership + Collaboration

Discerning Purpose

EVENTS 

3X13 Triptych Dance Party | 2010 | Producer

 

Annual "Unofficial" Bioneers After Party | 2005-2008 | Production Team

 

United Nations World Environment Day-San Francisco | 2005 | VIP-Talent

 

Future 500 Executive Briefing: Corporate Accountability | 2003 | Event Planner

 

The Oakland Table with Ivan Illich + Jerry Brown | 2000 | Event Assistant

 

Sacramento Regional Forum: Sustainable Economic Development| 1998 |  Coordinator

Whole Life EXPO | 1996-1999 

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Transformational Travel

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DEGREES

Presidio School of Management | Marin, CA

​MBA Sustainable Management 2005

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University of California at Davis

MSci Community Development 1999

Internships

  • City of Davis, California Planning and Building Department | Apprentice Planner | 1997

  • City of Portland, Oregon Mayor's Office of International Relations | Administrative Coordinator | 1995​​​

School for International Training | Brattleboro, VT

Bachelor's of International Studies 1993

Internship

  • Africa Community-Based Development Initiatives

  • Assistant Administrative Secretary | Bulawayo, Zimababwe | 1992

Presentations

Documenting Felt Sense Knowledge and Well-Being

International Society for the Systems Sciences

Kruger National Park 2023

IGNITE Why Matters.

Pinchot University

Seattle, WA 2015

IGNITE Sustainability, And Then What?

Pinchot University, Seattle, WA 2013

Portland Ignite, 2013

Creating A Sacred Livelihood 

Cape Town 2012

Speed Date Your Purpose

Movement-Play MicroFestival

California 2012

Body-Mind-Spirit Business Trends

Nia Technique Trainer Summit

Portland, OR 2011

Carbon Offsets + Business Trends

Co-Presented with Mickey Lee, Carbon Concierge | San Francisco Green Festival 2010

Jody Turner with Karri Winn: Redesigning How We Do _________* In A Carbon Constrained Future

Culture of Future | Nevermind Copenhagen, (via Internet) 2010

Internet - Global Tool for Strategic Networking

World Social Forum Nairobi, Kenya 2007

Sustainability, A Paradigm for Community Development

International Community Development Society Conference

New Brunswick, Canada 2000

Gleaners, Hackers and Do-Gooders: Perspectives on Sustainable Economic Development

Co-Presented with Dr. Ted K. Bradshw | International Community Development Society Conference | Kansas City 1998

FACILITATION

Nia Trainer Art of Sensation Summit | 2022

Co-Facilitator

 

Nia Global Wisdom Summit | 2021

Co-Facilitator

 

SuiteTalkers Toastmaster Club | 2013-2018

Club President

 

Ft. Baker Leadership Summit | 2009 |

Facilitation Team

Bay Area PartnerSHIFT | 2007-2009

Retreat Facilitation Team

Digital Be-In 14: Planet Code| 2006

Panel Moderator

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
and
CERTIFICATES

Professional Development

​Trimtab Space Camp: Design Science Redux

Buckminster Fuller Institute | 2021

Towards Climate Stabilization 

Buckminster Fuller Institute | 2022

Planetary Purpose + Regeneration: Paul Hawken + Chip Conley

Modern Elder Academy | 2020

SuiteTalkers Toastmasters Club

Toastmasters International​ | 2013-2019

 

Certificates

Transformational Travel Design 2023

Transformational Travel Council

Regenerative Agriculture + Systems Change 2021

Buckminster Fuller Institute

Regeneration 2020

Buckminster Fuller Institute

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Mindset Management 2020

Modern Elder Academy

Baja Sur, Mexico

Design, Partnering, Management, Innovation 2019

Middlebury Institute/Aga Khan Foundation

​Mombasa, Kenya

WindTunneling Facilitator Design 2019

Future Insight Maps, Inc​

 

Critical Thinking 2003

Institute for Environmental Entrepreneurship

Sustainable Development 1998

Jyvalaska University

Calabria, Italy

Permaculture Design 1998

Traditional Native American Farmer Association Picuris Pueblo New Mexico

TESOL 1994

Coast Language Academy

Permaculture Design 1992

Fambidzanai Training Centre

Zimbabwe

Tropical Ecology Costa Rica 1989

School For Field Studies

Monteverde, Costa Rica

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SOMATIC MOVEMENT

Somatic Education

Next Steps Urban Retreat | 2024

Vincent Grieco-Martinez

Primal Fit: 6-Week Community Health Fitness | 2023

Primal Vinyasa​

Nia Technique 500-hour Somatic Movement Teacher Training | 2001-2011

Primal Vinyasa

Annie Adamson, Todd Vogt

2020-Present 

Yoga: Vinyasa, Primal Vinyasa

Annie Adamson, Chris Calarco, Winter Permberton | Yoga Union | 2012-2020

Yoga: Ashtanga, Iyengar

Tim Thompson | Monkey Yoga Shala | 2000-2010

Aikido

Sensei David | UC Davis | 1996-1998

CERTIFICATES

​Planetary Dance Facilitator

Anna Halprin Tamalpa Institute | 2011

Nia Black Belt

Nia Technique | 2009

Red Cross CPR​

Teaching

Nia Dance Movement Teacher

2002-Present

  • Weekly movement classes, workshops, and special events in US and international.

Taitung University Taiwan 4th International Somatic Movement Education Symposium 2009 Movement Workshop Presenter

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