This evening we came across a new gift option from Heifer International: Fund a Project. While I’ve always loved the mission of Heifer, this takes it to a new level that resonates in a very tangible way. You pick the project that you want to invest in.
We chose Zambia - Rural Community Development Project in [...]
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give the gift of sustainability
14Dec08blogs for social change
05Dec08This is my parting post prior to going offline in an effort to dig completely into finance, for Thursday’s final exam. With a little luck, I’ll survive with all limbs in tact.
However in order to satisfy my own blogging desires, and to leave you with something worthwhile, here’s Beth Kanter’s Top 10 Nonprofit Technology (NPTech) [...]
re:imagining change
03Dec08Re:Imagining Change – An Introduction to Story-based Strategy
By: Doyle Canning & Patrick Reinsborough
Re:Imagining Change is an interactive and accessible resource guide to smartMeme’s story-based strategy tools and methods. Download 75 pages of ideas, analysis, case studies, and strategies to change your campaign, your community and your world
See for yourself:
Great work smartMeme - and Doyle!!
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making sense of the bailout
09Oct08Doyle of smartMeme offers an insightful and thought-provoking reflection on the recent bailout. She sheds light on a challenging topic and makes the case for why things are never going to be the same.
I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling like this economic meltdown moment is a game-changer. The recent firestorm over the “bailout” [...]
diversity and the web
18Sep08I don’t think that I’m the only African-American edublogger but I have noticed that racial diversity is lacking in the ’sphere. Am I wrong? If not, what are the reasons? What are the implications (for the web community, students, and other stakeholders)? Courtesy of Diversity 2.5.1 (BETA)? (Comic)
Diversity isn’t only lacking within educational blogging, but [...]
The web continues to enable people, organizations and efforts from around the world to radiate change in unprecedented and increasingly innovative ways. MideastYouth.com is no exception. Esra’a Al Shafei of Bahrain, the 21-year-old director of the student-owned MideastYouth.com, recently spoke about MideastYouth as part of the Digital Natives project’s “Digital Natives Reporters in the Field” [...]
grut live: nick jehlen
28Jun08I’m currently at the Grassroots Use of Technology conference and will be live blogging throughout the day morning. Please know that these are raw notes - more in depth reflect later in the day.
Speaker: Nick Jehlen, Creative Director of the Action Mill
Title: “Think Outside the Toolbox”
“What are we trying to do? Change the word.”
We need [...]
grassroots use of technology
26Jun08Beyond work and enjoying a school-free summer, I have been feverishly working on the conference program for this Saturday’s Grassroots Use of Technology.
It has been such a refreshing opportunity to stretch both my creative and social wings. Per usual, my creative and socially-oriented self has been on the back burner. This project was what [...]
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