My experience has shown me that our neighborhoods are strongest, and we are happiest when we are connected, in communication, and in service to each other.
I’ve been neighboring professionally for the last 20 years and, through technology, have expanded the ways neighbors can be helpful to each other and how they cooperate with local, state, and federal government agencies and not-for-profit organizations to increase safety, resilience, and belonging, increase trust and improving service delivery.
In the 2006 Boston Globe article “Mighty Neighborly: Social theory comes to life as communities fight crime,” Thomas Sander, the then Executive Director of the Saguaro Seminar for Civic Engagement at Harvard, stated, “What they’ve [Joseph] figured out how to do … is how to keep people together after the threat is gone.”
Today, I serve as the Global Public Agency, Life Safety & Disaster Response Lead at Nextdoor.com. In my free time, I’m doing things with and for my neighbors.
Media organizations such as National Public Radio, The Boston Globe, and national news networks have featured my work. I have given keynote addresses, hosted conferences, and served as a panelist at gatherings such as the Ford Hall Forum and national and international government social media conferences.
I consider everyone on earth my neighbor, and I care for all of them, including you!
Neighboring professionally with Joseph Porcelli 