Michael Stoner

I'm president of mStoner, Inc., a marketing and communications agency that works exclusively with colleges, universities, and [secondary, independent] schools. We create and implement web and mobile sites, print publications, video, and social media by taking a "strategy first" approach. We gather all of the information we can to develop a deep understanding of our client's needs so we offer them innovative and unique solutions. Our work helps those institutions think strategically about how to use these communication channels effectively so they can recruit students, engage alumni, and raise money.

I've been tangled in the web since 1994. I did my first web strategy projects in 1995.

In my personal life, I'm an avid runner; a cook who loves to shop, buy and prepare the many wonderful foods produced in my home state of Vermont; and a reader of fiction (often fantasy & SF) and nonfiction; a lover of music (especially traditional Irish music, world music, Louis Armstrong, gypsy jazz, old-time and alt country); and a meditator.

In general, I prefer quiet to clamor; Italian or European to Australian or New Zealand; and simple to fancy.