An Application for Five High Leverage Days

March 29, 2010

My friend Tamar emailed me a link to Seth Goding’s nano-MBA program with nothing else but the subject line “YOU NEED TO DO THIS”. After reading about Seth’s idea, I decided I’m down for it so today I’m applying to spend 5 days in May with Seth and ten other remarkable people working at organizations making the world [...]

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Happy Birthday to Beth Kanter!

January 11, 2010

Beth Kanter uses her birthday each year to raise funds for the Sharing Foundation, and her birthday wish this year is to send 53 Cambodian kids to school. Beth does so much to advance the field of nonprofit technology and for many people she’s their first introduction to the field. I am no exception. In [...]

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Who’s Got the Best Advice on Applying to College?

November 17, 2009

College Confidant, a new social enterprise started by five Harvard students, thinks the answer is simple: college students. The service is the project of Nitesh Banta, Amy Skaria , Tej Toor, Kai Wu and Amit Patel. The team recently won the Harvard College Entrepreneurship Forum Elevator Pitch Competition. Way to go guys! I hear Tej [...]

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Hujambo from Tanzania!

October 15, 2009

It’s 6 am in Arusha and the birds are waking up too. It took a whole day to get here. I left at 10am Monday from Washington DC and finally made it to Tanzania at 2pm Tuesday. Getting off the plane was a trip- right onto the tarmac the way it used to be in [...]

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#09NTC here I am.

April 27, 2009

This year 09NTC for me is a reunion. I feel like I belong and that I have ideas to contribute to the discussions. If you’d like to get a taste of the conference, but won’t be attending, you can be there virtually with me since I’ll be liveblogging!

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Gee Whiz Avi, Video.

February 5, 2009

Today I’m sharing a video. It’s my first crack at iMovie- Enjoy! Some Show notes: Social Media Breakfast DC 2/5/09 with Jeff Pulver Tweetsgiving Happy Birthday Is, Risa Herbstman, and Jocelyn Harmon Q: What would you like organizations you care about to ask of you aside from giving money?

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Job Search Advice I Found Through Twitter

December 24, 2008

I have increasingly found Twitter to be a great source of articles and tips for job searchers and I thought I’d share some of the links I have found there.

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The Story Beyond the Stats in Tweetsgiving

December 5, 2008

In the wake of the Tweetsgiving campaign I have been thinking a lot about the factors that contributed to our success and how we can learn and take things even further. I’ve already shared some basic stats from the campaign, but I agree with Beth that numbers can’t come close to telling a complete story.

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Time to Cut Loose

December 3, 2008

I generally reflect in a working notepad file, but I’m going to experiment with doing that thinking right inside the blog text area. It may get bumpy, or less polished here while I play, but I expect that this freedom I’m granting myself will have me sharing more which I’ll enjoy!

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How Do You Measure Gratitude? A TweetsGiving Wrap-Up.

December 2, 2008

Now that TweetsGiving 2008 is over (and we’ve met our goal!!) I wanted to share some data about our efforts. This year during TweetsGiving…

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