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Cameron Conaway

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What I’m doing now

Updated July 23, 2022, from Yelamu – Ramaytush Ohlone land (San Francisco, California)

Cameron Conaway headshot, with his quote in Forbes from 2016: "Empathy is the most overlooked leadership skill in the workplace."

During the day

I’m working inspired at Cisco Networking Academy, the world’s largest and longest-running corporate social responsibility education program. I’m also preparing to teach digital marketing for the University of San Francisco’s Master of Arts in Professional Communication program.

Writing

My latest at Harvard Business Review went live on June 14. Check it out: The Right Way to Process Feedback.

Reading

I’m currently reading Frank Ostaseski’s The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully.

Watching

I highly recommend How To Change Your Mind. From Netflix: “Author Michael Pollan leads the way in this docuseries exploring the history and uses of psychedelics, including LSD, psilocybin, MDMA and mescaline.”

Love

After 15 years together, I still fall more and more in love with my partner Maggie. We also love and get lovins from our Alaskan Klee Kai named Baker.

A bio, if you need it

This is my University of San Francisco faculty bio:

Cameron Conaway, adjunct professor in the Professional Communication program, is an author, former investigative journalist, and corporate communications leader whose work has appeared in Harvard Business Review, NPR, Stanford Social Innovation Review, the Washington Post, World Economic Forum, Newsweek, Forbes, and The Guardian, among other publications.

With an MFA in creative writing from the University of Arizona and an executive MBA from the University of San Francisco, Professor Conaway brings a multi-disciplinary approach to marketing, management, and communications. In various marketing and communications roles, he has worked with brands ranging from the United Nations and Rotary International to Silicon Valley startups focused on artificial intelligence.

His international experience includes living and working in Thailand for three years, and reporting and researching from India, Burma, and Ethiopia on critical issues of social and environmental justice.

Originally from Altoona, Pennsylvania, Professor Conaway now lives in San Francisco.

Cameron is passionate about transforming the lives of learners, educators and communities through the power of technology, education and career opportunities.

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