Co-founder, Publisher & Social Entrepreneur Jacquelyn Rose is passionate about bridge-building, community empowerment, and civic engagement through positive storytelling.
BuzzAround emerged organically in 2009 as three friends searching for local civic solutions created a weekly newsletter to encourage volunteerism and town pride in East Bridgewater. It’s proven neighbors will help neighbors when they know what is needed. BuzzAround’s newsletter, painting a picture of a kind and respectful creative community, encourages involvement. Jacquelyn, seeing the broad vision of the positive social impact BuzzAround has made wherever published, has made it her life’s work to establish BuzzAround as a leading news source in our region.
With varied lived and educational experience, Jacquelyn benefits from the knowledge of learning human motivation and moral development. She has studied economics and ethics; culture, cooperative work and civics and uses all in steering the growth and development of BuzzAround.
Through digital storytelling, Jacquelyn shares a vision of a diverse, cooperative, and just society; one which focuses on healthy living and interacting in sustainable ways with our environment.
Through the BuzzAround newsletters, Jacquelyn has proven this isn’t a vision of the future, it’s happening now, all over Metro South and in our neighborhoods. Everyone, regardless of age, ability, identity, or cultural background, is invited to participate.
We CAN live peacefully and respectfully together. Request Jacquelyn for a speaking engagement.
Experience
- Buzz Around, Inc
- Social entrepreneur: Co-Founder, President ~ Building sustainable communities and encouraging an active democracy through the power of sharing positive local news & information. Est. 2009.
- Creates roughly 5,000 posts/ year to promote over 120 civic & community organizations and events.
- Networks with grassroots civic and municipal organizations to source local news.
- Promotes BuzzAround’s Brand: selling advertising: attending events, developing business partnerships.
- Works closely with small businesses to create advertising and interactive marketing plans
- Innovative, holistic approach to workplace, creating an engaged & supportive remote team.
- Yearly engages 30 marketing and journalism interns with varied backgrounds; building tailored internships for students from Brown University, Boston College and Stonehill College, as well as Bridgewater State University, UMass Dartmouth, Southern NH University and many others.
- Member since 2018, Metro South Chamber of Commerce
- As a single parent, raised 4 children on under $25,000 year following principles layed out in New York Times best- seller “Your Money or Your Life” for becoming Financially Independent.
Education
- MA Theology, Concentration in Interfaith Leadership & Communication, Andover Newton Theological School, Newton, MA, 2018
- Focused on the inherent spirituality of all human beings.
- Developed business practices to encourage spiritual understanding in the workplace.
- Studied Adaptive Leadership with Margaret Benefiel, PhD.
- Learned Community Building through Relational Meetings with Rev. Burns Stanfield, President of the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization
- Reiki Master Certification, 2019: Rev. Sharon Dickenson, MDIV, Reiki Program Coordinator at Brigham & Women’s Hospital
- Reiki Practitioner Level II Certification, 2012 & Usui Fire, Level III Certification, 2015: Rachelle Croteau, Reiki Master Teacher
- Special Education Parent Advocate Certification, Federation for Children with Special Needs, Boston MA, 2006
- BA English/ Communication Arts, Concentration in Journalism & Art / Design: Emmanuel College, Boston, MA 1987