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McCain Wins the Election and It’s MY Fault

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Thanks Michelle for thinking so highly of me.

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Building & Leading Communities/Tribes

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

I believe that any job has a community: a community of investors, users, participants, etc. I also think that Seth Godin knows about communities, about marketing, and customer service. Now he’s got a new book, Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us, and he has a great list to help us remember how to build [...]

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Green Biz Will Save Us All

Monday, October 13, 2008

I’m still wondering why candidates aren’t embracing green technology and green solutions. Whether you believe in the global environmental crisis or not, one thing is for sure: the organization that manages to embrace and create innovative solutions to the energy crisis and environmental sustainability will have a stronger market position than many of their peers. [...]

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David Egger’ TED Wish

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

I find it interesting that the author who wrote the short story “Where Were We,” which details two characters inability to give away a large sum of money in Africa, is supporting this wish: Once Upon A School ยป Challenge

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Free School

Friday, April 11, 2008

So I’ve been Rest of Lifeing a lot lately – medical issues, blah blah blah. Anyway, I got this notecard and thought I’d share: 1. Organizing without organizations http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgeYWY09LE8 Author Clay Shirky on his book “Here comes everybody: the power of organizing without organizations”: (video about 45 minutes; a short intro to the book is [...]

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Seven Stages of Organizational Change

Saturday, March 18, 2006

This is a great article by Susan Ellis, who is nationally recognized expert on volunteer management and the history volunteerism, is valuable for any organization. Which stage is your organization in? Where should it be? How will you get it to the most effective stage to be effective? The History of Volunteer Involvement in Seven [...]

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