DANE

Hi! I'm Dane Findley ~

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I'm interested in:

  • personal productivity
  • functional fitness
  • optimal nutrition
  • art of reciprocity
  • life extension
  • success strategies


    • My free e-Newsletter shoots out every few weeks -- full of fascinating features on high-concept living, extreme health, and longevity.

    Profile

    Dane Findley
    Owner at Think of Me Media
    Broadcast Media | Greater Los Angeles Area, US

    Summary

    I am a Founding Partner in Think Of Me Media, and editor-in-chief for three dynamic digital magazines.

    InstantDane.tv offers the latest info about life extension, for creative types who want to live a high-energy, robust life -- providing entertaining features on superfoods, longevity, green smoothies, functional fitness, organizing, and time management. I'm fascinated by lifestyle strategies that help us to live longer, and to get more joy from living!

    David and I also help people buy and sell luxury lifestyle properties, including those international clients relocating or adding to their real estate portfolio from overseas. We provide two helpful online portals to help with this: estatehomesLA.com and estatehomesPalmSprings.com.

    In the past, I worked as a full time newspaper reporter and photographer before returning to university to obtain a masters degree in Counseling Psychology where I learned communication and active-listening techniques, and became interested in the place where psychology and marketing intersect.
    Specialties: Public speaking, presentations, in-house education, client appreciation and aftercare, retention, lead-generation systems, editorial and writing, Wordpress, Mindmanager, Backpack, follow-through to completion, project management, Analytics, metrics, and pay-per-click (PPC), orientation toward details, video, photography, search engine optimization (SEO), active listening, directing social media campaigns, digital media marketing, counseling, and fostering and enriching a company's culture.

    Experience

    • Nov 2010 - Present
      Owner / Think of Me Media
      We produce creative digital content and consult with companies seeking to grow market share.
    • Mar 2009 - Present
      Editor-in-Chief / InstantDane.tv
      Providing valuable, relevant, entertaining media and information that explores the longevity lifestyle: extreme health, organic living, functional fitness, personal productivity and organization.
    • Jul 2009 - Present
      Partner and Marketing Director / Partners Trust
      Dane advocates for relationships and client care — both during and after a transaction. Said Dane, “one of the favorite parts of my job is to help our team of talented associates create their own content — so that they can stay in touch with their cherished customers and remain helpful between transactions. For me, it’s a fun challenge: to create relevant content that provides clients with value, while at the very same time making it interesting and entertaining.”
    • Aug 1998 - Present
      Director: Client Appreciation Program / Estate Homes LA, Inc.
      Meticulously track figures and relationships, and translate that information into creative business decisions:  Oversee (and created) lead-generation program; build and maintain referral network  Supervise executive assistant and support staff  Oversee (and created) operational systems, including diligent monitoring and revising of transaction tracking, client relationship and retention lists, and daily and weekly assistant checklists  Creation of “Tangible Gestures,” a plan of client-care that includes new prospect additions, pop-by visits, phone calls, hand-written personal notes, client events, business-to-business outreach, and monthly item-of-value mailers  Team earned top 1% of teams worldwide  Team secured 22 high-end transactions in 2007  Oversee special projects, such as new website launch, hiring and delegating to vendors and contractors, researching technology trends and making key decisions based on newest information, and communicating with President on progress  Oversee business blog; write and post entries  Propose new business targets  Interact with high-end clientele (we specialize in luxury estates and lifestyle properties)  First three years as Transaction Coordinator.
    • Aug 2006 - Present
      Discharge Planner and Therapist / Alternatives, Inc.
      Inpatient, and Intensive Outpatient Program, providing support and overseeing the unit on behalf of the Director: > Provided individual, couples and family counseling (including interventions) > Coordinated patient care > Oversaw discharge process of patient and planned their aftercare > Maintained (and significantly contributed to creative programming of) group program > Facilitated seven groups a week; incldding creating their course outlines > Attended two Treatment-Teams per week (for inpatient and outpatient programs; the inpatient meeting I facilitated) > Oversaw assistant and volunteers > Patient advocate, and liaison between patient and staff > Worked with patients in identifying outer goals and inner obstacles > Project manager and project creator, such as the Positive Reinforcement Plan > Communicated each morning with CFO in satellite office and met weekly with Vice-President.
    • Sept 2001 - Present
      Facilitator / LA Shanti Community Services
      Facilitated one-on-one sessions, intake interviews, three therapy groups, and created a seminarseries. Provided 716 hours of counseling service, under clinical supervision with intensive training; emphasis on recovery.

    Education

    • 2001 - 2006
      Pacifica Graduate Institute
      Masters in Counseling Depth Psychology

    Additional Information

    Websites:
    InstantDane.tv, California Estate Homes, How Dane Can Help You
    Honors:
    Certificate in Effective Communication Techniques. Awarded by the Want Training Institute in 1998 ~ Newport Beach, California Certified Q-1 Team for Dedication, Quality Work, and Personal Contribution. Awarded by American Express Employee Health & Fitness Program ~ Amex Tower, NY Personal Trainer Certificate to Design and Implement Fitness Programs. Awarded by American Council on Exercise in 1994 ~ San Diego, California Licensed Arizona Real Estate Agent. CPR and MAB certifications. Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology.
    Interests:
    Outdoor Runs, CrossFit, MindManager Project Planning Software, Reading (mostly nonfiction), Productivity (GTD enthusiast), Writing (free-lance articles and columns published in newspapers, served as editor of three newsletters -- Trousdale Report [real estate], Cupid's Table [relationships] and Soundings [spirituality], and self-published a book currently available on Amazon.com, "Romantic Stability: Transcending the Ordinary with your Mate").
    Dane's Credentials

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    May 02, 12:16 PM
    What is Healthy Living?

      Healthy Living is a technique for looking better and feeling better than you ever have before.   Healthy Living is a voluntary lifestyle in which a person stacks positive habits and self-care protocols that create an overall effect of [...]

    Healthy Living: What is Healthy Living?

    March 22, 03:51 PM
    Tree of Life Discovered that Makes You Younger

      Imagine if grocery shopping were as simple as visiting a “tree of life” in your own backyard. The Moringa Tree is possibly the closest thing nature offers to a universal panacea. Its benefits have been touted for decades in [...]

    Healthy Living: Tree of Life Discovered that Makes You Younger

    March 21, 04:56 PM
    Why The Universe is Responding to Your Words and Thoughts

                        The world is made of language and as our communication skills improve so does our place in the world. Everything in The Universe is made of vibrating energy. Some things [...]

    Healthy Living: Why The Universe is Responding to Your Words and Thoughts

    March 16, 11:46 AM
    Organize Your Life: What Would You Do with More Free Time?

      The Dane Technique is a checklist system that will help you to organize your life so that you can create more free time.   You’ve heard the expression that “living well is the best revenge?” Well, though revenge is [...]

    Healthy Living: Organize Your Life: What Would You Do with More Free Time?

    March 14, 09:47 PM
    How to Age Successfully – The Numinous Journey

      The Numinous Journey is an eBook designed to help prepare you to live a fascinating post-40 life! One of the most important items within the new The Longevity Lifestyle Kit is the 139-page eBook that helps people to live [...]

    Healthy Living: How to Age Successfully – The Numinous Journey

    March 12, 11:50 AM
    Best Smoothie Recipes

      Try the Best Smoothie Recipes. Losing inches from your waist is just a side effect; the real purpose is to become even healthier!   How to Use Your Blender to Become Lean and Energized is a recipe eBooklet with [...]

    Healthy Living: Best Smoothie Recipes

    March 09, 06:25 PM
    Supplement Your Diet with Iodine for a Healthy Thyroid

        Is your thyroid healthy? Iodine supplementation can help!         Many nutritionists believe that iodine is one of the most important supplements you can take, because iodine helps keep your thyroid healthy. The trick, however, is [...]

    Healthy Living: Supplement Your Diet with Iodine for a Healthy Thyroid

    March 09, 02:07 AM
    What is Whey Protein?

          What is whey protein, and should I add it to my daily diet?       Whey protein is a powder derived from cow’s milk and is a popular choice for athletes who want to easily replenish [...]

    Healthy Living: What is Whey Protein?

    March 06, 04:51 PM
    Telomeres Are Keys to the Body’s Time Machine

    Do you wish you could live an entire lifetime within your physical and mental prime? Researchers now believe they may have discovered the proverbial time machine for the human body! Imagine being 90 years old, but with the organ function [...]

    Healthy Living: Telomeres Are Keys to the Body’s Time Machine

    March 04, 03:48 PM
    28 Best Friends: Your Own Social Experiment

                        New research indicates that paying close attention to the relationships in your life is a social experiment the reaps big dividends! The ultimate social experiment is to try to examine [...]

    Healthy Living: 28 Best Friends: Your Own Social Experiment

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