Communicator and Coach

Specialty in outreach and marketing communications.

Coaching in community building and improving team dynamics.

Daniel Prial

**Connecting People**

There is a beautiful power in people joining together toward a common goal.
This has been my career, helping connect people, for close to two decades.
Whether I was helping small non-profits, government agencies, or multi-national corporations…
Whether I was working in rural sub-Saharan Africa, urban California or online…
Whether I was being paid or acting as a volunteer…
my work has always been to help create connections between people.

We are stronger when we build community together.

Resume

Umicore

Communications and Community Expert

National Center for Appropriate Technology

Community Food and Outreach Specialist

Prial Outreach Consulting

Founder, Lead Consultant

GL Summer House.png — Glover’s Ledge Property

Outreach and Education Coordinator

John Muir National Historic Site

Park Ranger

Peace Corps Senegal

Environmental Education Extension Agent

Main Qualifications

• Experienced outreach communicator and educator bridging the gap between organizations and their communities

• Proven manager of both programs and people, strategic and systems thinker

• Commitment to social justice and celebrating the richness of human diversity and experience

Selected Experiences

Communications and Community Expert
Umicore
Aug 2021 to present

Community Food and Outreach Specialist
National Center for Appropriate Technology
Dec 2017 to May 2021

Founder, Lead Consultant
Prial Outreach Consulting
Jan 2017 to present

Writer/Researcher
Monadnock Farm and Community Coalition
Sep 2016 to Jun 2017

Outreach Coordinator
C&S and Antioch University New England’s Workplace Garden Program
Jun 2016 to Sep 2016

Outreach and Education Coordinator
Antioch University New England
Glover’s Ledge Property
Aug 2014 to May 2016

Lead Educator
Tikkun Olam Project
Feb 2014

Park Guide / Park Ranger
National Park Service
John Muir National Historic Site
Nov 2010 to May 2014

Environmental Education Extension Specialist
Peace Corps - Senegal
Mar 2008 to Mar 2010

Instructor/Naturalist
Ashokan Field Campus
Sep 2007 to Dec 2007

Education

M.S. Environmental Studies
Antioch University New England
Fall 2014 to Spring 2016

Identity Politics
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Spring 2006

B.A. Peace and Conflict Studies
Colgate University
Fall 2003 to Spring 2007

Professional Community

Communications/Narrative Team
Food Solutions New England (FSNE) – a community of practice for communications professionals around unifying messaging to achieve greater results.

Network Leadership Team
New Hampshire Food Alliance (NHFA) – the “board” of NHFA working to increase the impact of the organization and develop goals for the NH food system.

Racial Equity Learning Group
New Hampshire Food Alliance – a group of professionals who dedicated themselves to 21-weeks of racial equity learning using the 21-Week Racial Equity challenge developed by FSNE.

Community Involvement

Board, Monadnock Conservancy – a non-profit land trust in southwest NH pioneering community conservation techniques and focusing on farmland conservation in addition to traditional ecosystem conservation.
2018 - present

Board / President, Friends of Open Space in Keene – non-profit interest group dedicated to conservation and education
2016 - 2019

Curator, TEDx Keene – an annual event highlighting new and untold stories in the Monadnock region
2018 - 2019

Skills, Trainings, Awards

Golden Gate NRA: Multicultural Education, Interpretive Planning, Advanced Volunteer Management

John Muir NHS: Interpretive Writing

Northern States Conservation Center: Scripting the Exhibition (Exhibit Writing)

Award for Outstanding Field or Front-line Interpreter – 2011: National Association of Interpretation Region 9

Languages

English - native, fluent

German - near fluent

French - proficient, used primarily 2008-2010

Pulaar de Guinea (Fulani) - proficient, used primarily 2008-2010

I have learned from studying nature three fundamental concepts:
Diversity, Cooperation and Change

Portfolio

Please enjoy this selected portfolio of my work ranging from written publications and presentations to digital media.

Digital and Social Media Projects

Featured

Armed to Farm Cleveland - Social Media Videos

To help promote the work that NCAT Northeast was doing in Cleveland working with military veterans transitioning to sustainable agriculture, I created a short series of clips for social media.

Teaser Video for Armed to Farm Work

Here’s a teaser video for the work that the Northeast Office of the National Center for Appropriate Technology does with military veterans looking to get into sustainable agriculture.

MOFGA Presentation - Farm Branding

When the world was hit by COVID, we had to figure out how to continue educating from a distance. This simple 27 minute video was something I pulled together for the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) for their 2020 Common Ground Country Fair.

Maintaining your Tractor

For the ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture program of the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT), I created a series of five videos on tractor maintenance.

Glover's Ledge Welcome Video

This Glover's Ledge Video was more of a general welcome to the site and features no voice over or narrative. It was shot entirely with a smart phone and stitched together with free software. It's a great example of what you can do with no budget, but still have a decent result.

Monadnock Earth Day Festival 2015

As part of a group project, Antioch University students ran the Monadnock Earth Day Festival in 2015 in partnership with the Monadnock Food Co-op in Keene, NH. My job was media and outreach, which included making the event film.

Glover's Ledge Winter Twig ID

One of the first videos I made for the Glover's Ledge Site is a summary of the Winter Twig Identification Hike from February 2015.

Publications and Presentations

Featured

Farm Branding: Selling Your Products Through Story

My final publication with the National Center for Appropriate Technology’s ATTRA program is a culmination of all the skills I had learned up to that point: education, communication, marketing, and storytelling.

Presentation to New Entry

The New Entry Sustainable Agriculture Project trains beginning farmers on how to create their business plan and then gives them a plot of land to start off. I became a regular at their bi-annual trainings and regularly followed up with students in the class.

Community Supported Agriculture

For the ATTRA Program of the National Center for Appropriate Technology, I wrote “Community Supported Agriculture”, (CSA) a short publication on how a farmer can start a CSA business model on their farm.

Presentation to WSWMD Board

As part of a small consulting project while I was still at Antioch University, a couple other students and I created a history of the methane-to-electricity project of the Windham Solid Waste Management District. Although you can't see it here, it included a series of short videos as well, interviewing some of the key players.

Internal Program Evaluation

I conducted a full, detailed internal evaluation of the Peer Skills Network's Communication Workshop Series.

Telling the Perfect Story

Joseph Campbell's Monomyth Theory is that all stories that humans have ever told follow the same pattern. I created a quick two-page handout that walks the user through the monomyth and helps them create compelling stories in all situations: education, marketing, etc.

Presentation Skills Workshop

Glover's Ledge Communication Plan

While working on the Glover's Ledge site, I wrote up a simple Communications Plan.

The Princess Bride in Pulaar

On of my **favorite projects of all time** was a radio drama I created from my favorite movie: The Princess Bride. As a Peace Corps Volunteer, I retold the story as a folk tale in the language of the southwest corner of Senegal: Pula Futa or Pulaar de Guinea. I added some free music and sound effects and played it in two installments over the course of two weeks. I'll never forget wandering through the little village of Dande above Dindefello and coming across a little old woman who turned to me and asked with anticipation: "But what will happen to Buttercup?!"

Why the paw print?

The print is that of the river otter. It’s a social, playful creature but also a skilled hunter who can easily move on land and in water. Otters remind me that play is important and is a form of training for our next success.

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