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Cameron Conaway

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Updated June 15th, 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 work at Cisco to improve their editorial, SEO, and digital marketing efforts.

Writing

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

Teaching

Two years ago, I taught a 3-credit digital storytelling class in the M.A. Professional Communication program at the University of San Francisco. In Fall 2022, I’ll return to teach digital marketing.

Reading

I’m currently reading The Courage to Heal Workbook.

Other learning

I recently completed the University of Cambridge’s Circular Economy and Sustainability Strategies certificate program. I posted about it here on LinkedIn.

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.

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