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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Happy #TweetsGiving! Day 1 Perspective

November 26, 2008

Today, after a lot of brainstorming and hard work by many amazing people, #TweetsGiving was a top trending term in twitter and our campaign is well underway to building a new classroom in Tanzania for Gideon and his classmates.

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Pumped: Gary Vaynerchuk On Killing It

November 21, 2008

Gary’s tone and energy match the way I’m feeling now. I’m working on something big and I am pumped. Every conversation about this project has me energized and I’ve taken to saying “Kill It!”

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Trick Out Your Inbox: Make Gmail Awesome

November 19, 2008

If you’re anything like me, getting to inbox zero is a pipedream. Joe, this post I won’t stop the email from coming in, but it will trick your inbox out and maybe make it prettier as well.

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Thank You Stacey Monk of Epic Change

November 17, 2008

Stacey runs an organization called Epic Change that seeks to support community change by helping people to use the power of their stories to obtain the resources they need to improve their communities.

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All About RSS and How You Can Subscribe To This Blog

November 14, 2008

My RSS reader of choice is google reader because I enjoy a lot of the extra features Google has baked in and some of the customizations I have found from various developers and Google itself.

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Three Lessons In Social Media Adoption From Parkour

November 12, 2008

“Avi that was pretty cool, but I don’t need my organization or business to bounce off walls”, let me explain why I think Parkour works as an anology for social media adoption.

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Interview with Nitesh Banta – Summer Workation

November 11, 2008

When I saw Summer Workation had entered the contest I took the opportunity to ask Nitesh to answer some questions about his work so far and he happily agreed.

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