I love a good celebration, especially for things we so easily take for granted because they surround our life so completely. What will you do to celebrate? I plan to email and blog my gratitude for the internet. And then spend the following day fasting from the internet to remind me how lucky I am […]
Over at fast wonder again…trying to find the time to read and respond to Dawn’s points about community managers. Today, I added: Great list! Synthesizer comes to mind. The ability to take an existing conversation, and restate it so people feel heard and new conversationalists can easily grasp content seems very useful. Of course this […]
She’s Geeky A Women’s Tech (un)conference October 22-23 in Mountain View, CA. This event is designed to bring together women from a range of technology-focused disciplines who self identify as geeky. Our goal is to support skill exchange and learning between women working in diverse fields and to create a space for networking and to […]
The evidence is now clear… …we face a convergence of crisis, all of which are a concern for life… …people need to realize there are things they can do in their everyday lives… …with existing technologies we could literally reduce the human footprint on the planet by 90%… ..what a great time to be born, […]
Recently I was asked how to increase attendance at a gathering. I came up with a few simple questions to consider. Look at three perspectives. 1. The participants–who are they? There may be several audiences, and for each one, figure out what they want to get or are getting from the gathering. 2. Your perspective–why […]
Corp with purpose? Lucy writes over on Philanthropy 2173 about it and the few founding orgs celebrating. Her next post also further explains. I am still trying to understand, but I have hope… She writes: What is a B Corporation? It is a new designation for commercial enterprises that actively seek to produce social and […]
I followed her travels around the world, while she interviewed social entrepreneurs. We IMed about travel, entrepreneurship, headaches, and poetry. I continue to watch to see how her project emerges, and I eagerly look forward to the book she is writing. A reciprocalthank you Clare, for all you have done to inspire me. And a […]
Recently I (virtually) met Cory who heads up the Action Hero Network. He sent this out to us from the facebook group. In the Service of Life Serving is different from helping. Helping incurs debt. But serving, like healing, is mutual. Serving is also different from fixing. There is distance between ourselves and whatever or […]
Social network analysis reveals the nodes and their connections. Yes. “The nodes in the network are the people and groups while the links show relationships or flows between the nodes.” Great. What about the things that support the nodes and their ability to make connections. This is the field of the network, and it functions […]
Over at the World We Want blog last year, I responded to a post with an essay on the World I Want. It received feedback. I want to revisit that. Draft 2. What is your vision of a better world? Many revolutions converging to create a world with more honor, respect, and ecological/systems awareness. What […]