We Connect & Empower Communities.
High-Wired uses a community-based approach to evaluate and develop synergy in local communities and collaborative organizations.
We connect professional work, passions, and creativity to spark positive change in our communities.
We seek to understand our local communities, find key partners, and build new relationships.
We build movements that will improve society and our communities.
signature programs
High-Wired Communities Signature Programs
HandEyeBody Academy
HandEyeBody Academy is a social enterprise with a mission to help people move better, focus better, and function better.
Continuing education for professional educators and therapists, with exercises and strategies for teaching functional skills including coordination, multi-tasking, visual tracking, fine motor control, reaction speed, memory and concentration, sensory processing, and more.
The online platform features an exclusive library of exercises that weave together combinations of hand-eye coordination, body movement, and cognitive challenges.
The Have a Ball Keynote & Team Building program helps corporate clients unlock their team’s ability to face big challenges with confidence, feel more connected & engaged, boost physical & mental well-being, make an impact in the community, and inspire a spirit of giving.
We Serve Summit
Online Speed Networking With Local Social Impact Leaders & Advocates
Are you doing good work, but feel disconnected from many of the other people and programs serving your city?
Could you better serve your community by staying up-to-date with local social impact leaders, programs, and resources?
We Serve Summit brings together local social impact leaders, non-profits, social entrepreneurs, artists, teachers, students, volunteers, and advocates who are passionate about creating opportunities for their community.
Each Summit focuses on sparking connections across individuals and groups who serve their local community from diverse industries and approaches, but with a common mission.
Discover and build relationships in your local city with others who can complement, champion, and fund your efforts to serve your community, and who have a desire to support one another in their work.
Playing By Air Productions
Playing By Air Productions is founded with a mission of "Entertainment That Gives Back." The Social Enterprise business model provides free programs for the community supported by each event appearance. When a client books Playing By Air for corporate events, team building, and conferences, we provide free programs to children's hospitals, schools, and non-profits in their community
Drive For Success
A Community RideShare Program
High-Wired Communities works with our transportation industry partners to provide rides that connect local families to essential resources for education & healthcare. We work with school districts, health-care providers, and families to facilitate community RideShare models for our clients.
High-Wired Lifeline
Lifting Communities from Poverty to Prosperity
High-Wired Lifeline partners with non-profit and social service organizations to offer free and reduced cell phone & text messaging service to the individuals and families that they serve. The High-Wired Lifeline Partnership Program also provides local organizations and advocates with social enterprise opportunities for funding to sustain their programs.
LEADERSHIP TEAM
“Jacob Weiss combines highly skilled professionalism and multi-field expertise with a positive attitude and a sense of fun.”
Jacob Weiss, PhD
Jacob Weiss, PhD, is a social entrepreneur who believes that we can do the most good by being good at what we do, and doing what we love.
Dr. Weiss uses a community-based approach to evaluate and develop synergy in local communities and collaborative organizations. With expertise in multiple disciplines, from medical informatics to cause marketing and social networking, he is sought after as a strategy & design consultant for tech startups, corporations, and community organizations. He works with clients to transform their brands through new approaches to giving, listening, and community partnerships. He also is the director of Entertainment That Gives Back, a nationally touring company that bridges corporate events and social responsibility by donating performances to local causes with each event appearance.
Expertise: Non-Profit Partnerships, Leadership, Health-Care Technology, Social Enterprise, Social Media, Cause Marketing, Design Thinking
Education: PhD, Vanderbilt University, Biomedical Informatics; BSE, Princeton University, Computer Science
“Joy, thank you so much for your hard work this year with the Grow Up Great OWOS tour. You made it such a special, fun, and positive experience for the kids and teachers. We were so happy to have you be part of the program.”
Joy Teal
Joy Teal has 10+ years of experience in managing the national marketing campaigns and branding initiatives for Fortune 100 corporate clients. After building a successful career in marketing and business consulting, she shifted her focus to community outreach by building partnerships between corporate clients, social enterprises, and non-profits/community advocacy groups. She founded a home healthcare & medical transportation agency, partnering with Medicaid to provide vital services to vulnerable and underserved patients.
Joy Teal's passion for community outreach and social advocacy has found her partnering with corporate and non-profit clients such as Wal-Greens, PNC Bank, Sesame Street, Head Start, and AARP. An advocate for those without a voice and the non-profits that serve them, Joy believes that we can do well, while doing good.