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Hack-A-Thon for Youth Health March 31 in San Francisco

Posted on March 16, 2012 by

Attention Bay Area coders, designers and tech innovators! On March 31, TechSoup.org and ISIS are co-sponsoring a "hack-a-thon" on youth health in San Francisco. You can help design an app that can save the lives of young people. Here's the details: ISIS is hosting our first ever hack-a-thon, together with our partners TechSoup. A hack-a-thon…

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Collect, Curate, and Share Images and Links with Pinterest

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

I've been playing around with a new web service called Pinterest that bills itself as a place to "organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web." That sounds suspiciously like a lot of other web services out there, like Delicious, wikis, tumblr, etc. What makes Pinterest stand out is the way…

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On January 18 Yehoodi.com is going dark to Fight Web Censorship!

Posted on January 16, 2012 by

I couldn't be more proud of my website I help administer Yehoodi.com than I am today.  Our team has taken the decision to join hundreds of other websites around the world — including Wikipedia , BoingBoing and Reddit — in shutting down our site on January 18 in protest of the PIPA / SOPA bills…

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Art Confidential at the National Endowment for the Arts

Posted on December 9, 2011 by

Some folks have been asking what I was doing in Washington DC last week.  What I can say at the moment is that I was participating in a project with the National Endowment for the Arts.  I'm not at liberty to say what the nature of the project was yet, but all will be revealled…

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Thousands take to the street for Occupy Oakland General Strike (pics)

Posted on November 2, 2011 by

I just spent about an hour at the Occupy Oakland General Strike today near Frank Ogawa Plaza in downtown Oakland.  It was a beautiful day as thousands turned out to peacefully express their various political and economic views.   Most were calling for some kind of economic reforms — greater taxes on the rich, curbing…

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My Updated Work Portfolio: Virtual Fossil Digs, Kofi Annan, and Lindy Hop, oh my!

Posted on October 25, 2011 by

I updated my Work Portfolio to make it easier for people to see my most recent professional accomplishments in one place.  Like this blog (and my life!), it covers a wide range of projects and disciplines, from virtual worlds to public speaking.  And there's of course a lot I didn't include, since I've had such…

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Vote for Global Kids to win $1 million to help at-risk teens become global leaders!

Posted on October 3, 2011 by

I'm excited to announce that Global Kids , a pioneering nonprofit that transforms the lives of thousands of urban teens into global leaders, is in the running for $1 million in the American Giving Awards sponsored by Chase.  If you think that all young people deserve a chance to express themselves on important global issues, serve their…

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On Dress Codes and Controlling Your Message: Look Sharp, Be Sharp

Posted on September 27, 2011 by

Reading this post on BoingBoing about the dress code for a high end boutique reminded me of something my old boss Bill Pace at the Coalition for the International Criminal Court used say. As an up-and-coming international NGO at the United Nations, we had a pretty steady stream of new staff and interns at the…

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How to Give a Great Presentation, Online or Off : Video and Blog Recap

Posted on September 8, 2011 by

In case you missed my talk, on August 26, I joined Kivi Leroux Miller, president of the Nonprofit Marketing Guide and Nat Robinson, vice president for business development at SlideRocket, to talk about "Giving Great Presentations." It was a fun online event with lots of great questions from the virtual audience. And now you can watch the…

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“Twitter for Good”: a Breezy Primer on the Nonprofit Uses of Twitter [UPDATE e-version FREE Today!]

Posted on September 6, 2011 by

Twitter for Good by Claire Diaz-Ortiz is a concise primer on how to effectively use the Twitter micro-blogging platform to support your nonprofit or charitable cause.  I received a reviewer's copy last week and found it to be a quick and informative read for the nonprofit professional. Subtitled "Change the World One Tweet at a…

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