Tim Frick
Tim started Mightybytes in early 1998 to help nonprofits, social enterprises, and purpose-driven companies solve problems and achieve measurable business results.
Since then—through public speaking, facilitation, authoring books, and community organizing—he has helped thousands of people and hundreds of organizations meet their business, marketing, and impact goals.
Speaking &
Facilitation
A seasoned speaker, Tim keynotes conferences and facilitates workshops in Chicago and around the world.
He presents on sustainable design, impact assessment, and corporate digital responsibility for organizations like Adobe, the B Corp Champions Retreat, Block (formerly Square), Capital One, the European Parliament, Google, the New York Public Library, Northwestern University, Sustainable Brands, and many others.
Also, Tim is a Certified Sustainability Designer through Gaia Education, a United Nations global education partner, where he co-facilitated their course on Economic Design. The course is part of the Design for Sustainability program, which helps students learn regenerative design and inclusive economic practices.
Writing & Education
Tim is the author of four books, which have been translated into multiple languages and used at educational institutions around the world.
Designing for Sustainability
The first-ever book to apply sustainability principles to the process of creating digital products and services.
Publisher: O’Reilly Media
Return on Engagement
Two editions to help people improve content strategy and web design techniques in the service of better digital marketing.
Publishers: Focal Press + Taylor & Francis
Managing Interactive Media Projects
A guide to successfully balancing stakeholder requirements on large digital projects.
Publisher: Cengage Learning
In addition to writing books, Tim regularly contributes to projects that advance sustainability in business and on the web.
- Tim served as co-author on two editions of the HTTP Archive Web Almanac’s sustainability chapter, the 2024 edition of which was awarded best chapter.
- He also contributed a chapter to The Ecomm Manager’s Sustainable Ecommerce Handbook.
- A regular contributor to B the Change, the storytelling platform for the global B Corp community, Tim shares stories about running a digital-first social enterprise in the Big Tech-dominated era of late-stage capitalism.
Community &
Board Service
Passionate about the collective power of communities to solve problems, Tim leads or participates in a variety of initiatives committed to driving meaningful change.
Web Sustainability Guidelines
In 2013, Tim started a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) community group focused on web sustainability.
Ten years later, this group introduced the Web Sustainability Guidelines to help organizations incorporate sustainability principles into the creation and management of digital products and services.
The B Corp Movement
Tim has also served as an advisor to B Lab and co-founded and/or led several B Corp networks, including:
- B Local Illinois
- The B Corp Marketers Network
- The B Proud Network
Board Service
Finally, Tim currently serves on the executive committee for the Alliance for the Great Lakes as Board Treasurer.
He is also former Board President for Climate Ride, which produces charity endurance events to raise money for environmental causes.
Tim Frick
Founder & President
Specialties
- Certified Sustainability Designer
- B Corp Certification
- Impact Storytelling & Reporting
- Community Organizing
- Web & Digital Sustainability
Hire Tim to Speak
As a seasoned author with several decades of speaking, facilitation, and community organizing experience, Tim excels at creating compelling shared learning experiences.