James Roughton

I am an experienced Safety Professional with more than 40 + years in the safety arena with an in-depth knowledge in the use of Social Media to help improve productivity.

My objective is bring a fresh point of view and dimension to my chosen profession as a Safety Professional complemented by this use of Social Media. I welcome anyone to contact me with feedback and the exchange of ideas. 

I am on a continuous journey and want to share my experiences and insights with you.  I am an accomplished speaker, author, and writer, develop and manage my own web sites that provide a resource network for small businesses. Three of my most notable books include, my newest book Safety Culture: An Innovative, Leadership Approach, Developing an Effective Safety Culture: A Leadership Approach, and Job Hazard Analysis and A Guide for Voluntary Compliance and Beyond.

My additional, expertise incorporates digital Curation tools methods and that includes the use of mind mappingtools such as Docear, writing tools such as Scrivener, and presentation tools such as Prezi and Video Scribe. In addition, assistother professionals in developing blogs, automating information gathering and distribution, and WordPress website development.

Background

Active board member and web designer of the Georgia Conference

Pass member of Georgia Safety Conference Board, past President of the ASSE Georgia Chapter

Past Chair - Gwinnett Safety Professionals

Past Adjunct Professor Safety Technology Lanier Tech, Georgia Tech. 

Received management awards for efforts:

Named the ASSE Georgia Chapter Safety Professional of the Year 1998-1999

Project Safe Georgia Safety Professional, 2008 Specialties: Safety Professional and Social Media, WordPress, Safety/Social Media Speaker

Certified Inbound Marketing Professional and Educator, 

Certified 6 Sigma Black Belt, BS -  Business Administration with a Masters in Safety Science, 

CSP, CRSP, R-CHMM, CET