Liz McLellan

@flowisfree

I am a lot of things. A true-born-and-bred generalist of yore, with an old-school “liberal education” in the sciences and the arts, which my parents and the State of California ensured I had. Art school kid turned Silicon Valley technologist. Founder of one of the first yardsharing sites. Sustainability advocate, capacity builder, bodhran player, artificial intelligence orchestrator, lifelong lucid dreamer, and avid defender of some of the darkest skies in the lower 48 out here in Eastern Oregon.

These last three years I have retrained, deeply, in every aspect of AI; I am an AI practitioner now. I work alongside a back office full of friendly, capable agents with names and personalities, across forty-something projects — I think we are, in a way, creating each other. This is flow, unblocked: a channel, a consultancy, and dispatches from my commonplace book (my private, self-maintaining wiki).

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What People Say

I have been very fortunate to work with wonderful people.

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Liz did a professional, high quality job on our website and as a team member. She was strategic, responsible, fun to be around, and already committed to our field. She's professional, creative, intelligent, responsive, and knows her stuff.

Vicki Robin

Author, Your Money or Your Life

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Liz is a tenacious, extremely thorough and organized, empathetic, loyal, resourceful and inventive leader. She will help inspire people to new heights during the positive times, and rally people to victory during the difficult trials.

Samuel Rose

Platform Engineer · Supabase

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This was a tricky project, with team members spread across 15 timezones, considerable uncertainty, and limited budget. Liz's steady hand, levelheadedness and ability to anticipate problems was very appreciated by the whole team.

Sebastien Paquet

Research Manager · ServiceNow Research

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Liz knows social media. She understands how to work collaboratively in ways to make each person feel included and important. She is SUPER quick in putting out fires and helping people in need of support.

Terry Matlen, LMSW

Founder · ADHD Expert & Author

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Liz is a phenomenal asset to any team. She took our website and our user experience to levels we didn't even dream of — it was her interface design that REALLY helped sell our application to clients.

Harry Tucker

Strategy · Tech · AI · Writer

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As co-members of a small core organizing team, Liz and I collaborated extensively on The Next Edge Festival, which was held in Montreal in 2015. Liz proved to be a passionate, dedicated, trustworthy, whole-hearted, talented contributor, despite the distance that separated our two cities during the planning phase. Her knowledge, experience and incredible commitment to designing our amazing website, driving communications and helping with most (if not all!) aspects of project management, were key elements in the Festival's resounding success.

Julie Bourbonnais

Associee, Psychologue organisationnelle · Hors-Piste

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In 2015 when I was building an art installation for Burning Man and needed help funding the project, I barely knew what crowdfunding was. Through friends I got connected with Liz McLellan and she agreed to be the Fearless Leader of my GoFundMe Campaign. She was easy and enjoyable to work with, walked me through the process step by step, and produced excellent results. With her guidance we were able to meet our funding goal in only 26 hours! She has also continued to give me a lot of useful advice with my other social media efforts for my business. I highly recommend Liz to anyone who needs a crowdfunding expert.

Barry Crawford

Owner · Burning Man art installation client

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Liz and I worked together on a video aimed at the environmental consequences of an era where technology becomes obsolete practically overnight (check out The Secret Life of Cell Phones on YouTube). It wasn't long before I realized that Liz was dedicated to the environmental cause, knew what she was talking about, and could communicate it to others effectively. She's also one of the most down-to-earth New Yorkers I've ever met. She rocks.

Nathan Ackerman

Creative Director · Producer · Communicator

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