Who are you?

I’m a professional multimedia producer, storyteller, and activist. I spend my days in schools, colleges and universities educating people about current events, environmental and global development issues. I’m a domestic daddy giant interested in connecting with inspired people and businesses who aren’t afraid to wear it on their sleeve and do their part to develop a more compassionate world.

What do you do for fun?

Although I’m psycho busy with work, school and my family life it’s all fun – everything is fun. I design and implement holistic non-profit initiatives that engage all ages of my community and help people or attack issues that resonate with me or are deemed “impossible” by the general public. I have a new project in pre-production called The HEAL Project that supports Romeo Dallaire’s Child Soldiers Initiative and War Child. This project goes from May 2011 to February 2012 and if everything lines up and I do my job well – it’s going to be big. I engage all of my strengths in developing and leading awareness/fundraising projects and I can’t think of anything more fulfilling than watching people come together and make our world a better place. I also love travelling, taking pictures and acquiring knowledge or creatively presenting things I’m inspired by. If I’m looking for cheap thrills I socialize on Facebook or write blogs that are colloquial, and about half as sexy as anything on the The Potentiality – that is catharsis right there.

What is your favorite community?

Earth – there is no other community quite as beautifully twisted or self absorbed as the people on earth. More specifically, I love my fellow media production junkies, John Stewart types and idealists. I thrive on the feeling you get when people understand your jargon and the basis of your assertions before you open your mouth. You can get more accomplished in less time so can use the extra hours to kick back, play guitar and drink some Nelson Paddywhacks or Greg Norman Cab together.

What is your superpower?

Compounding energy. I’m an extroverted hypomanic ENTJ. I get my juice from ideas, people or both so when I get up in the morning I’m groggy but throughout the day I build energy. This superpower helps me connect with people in groups and pushes my mind and body to their potential. Coffee and sugar are not good for my powers.

How do you use it to build community?

When it comes to directing world scale change in a relatively short amount of time you need a good amount of sustainable energy. Being a family man and working on initiatives like The HEAL Project are my life’s purpose and I have all my energy available for those things. I’m thankful to have a gift that connects me with so many amazing people who want to achieve their own enlightened journey through the work we do together. You can never have too many friends so count me as one of them.

My Three Favourite Things About Zac are…

1. He’s of Good Island Stock. My friend Zac lives in the town of Courtenay on Vancouver Island. Good people come from this place, as it is a model of community-building-awesomeness. The Island also exports compound energy to the world through people like Zac Whyte. And it’s a beautiful thing when Zac takes his island mentality on the road and shares his values, energy, ideas, and big hugs with the global community.

2. Digital Innovation. One need only check out these hot links to get a sense of Zac’s impact in, on, around, over, and beyond the Internets. There’s his supercool website. The HEAL Project. Warchild.ca. And Child Soldiers Initiative. I love how Zac has taken his refined technical toolkit and transformed said skills into powerful means of changing the world one classroom at a time. His stuff is ambitious, touching, and very edutaining. Follow him on Twitter, Like him on Facebook, and enagage his blog.

3. Collaboratively Cool. People love working with Zac because he’s really, really nice and a really, really fun to work with. If you haven’t already, look him up and see what he can do to help your cause, sure – but also check out what you can do to help him and the people whose lives he is changing for good.

Special Bonus Favourite Thing!

TEDx Isfeld. “Facing the Fear of my Success” is the title of Zac’s TED Talk in the Comox Valley. If you live on the island be sure to check it out, as it promises to be a life changing presentation by one of my favourite people out there making positive things happen in the from local to global community. Good luck, Zac!