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AUGUST 26, 2014

1) Downer News Cycle: Last week, in an interview with NPR , I pointed to the long cycle of bad news we had experienced over the summer as one possible reason the Ice Bucket Challenge had so much appeal. I chronicled some of these back in 2008. What can or cannot be reproduced? (1)

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

Monday, October 20, 2008 Noon PT/ 3:00 PM ET 60-minute teleseminar Free, but your usual telephone charges may apply. The second will be next month: Get Blogging! The How and Why of Starting A Blog Presented by Write the Damn Book!

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JULY 31, 2009

in the Spring of 2008 at an Innovations in Journalism conference, I thought, this is going to be big. was a 2008 Knight News Challenge Winner. On July 9, 2009 I interviewed David about Spot.us Below is an edited transcript of the interview which you also can listen to online , or subscribe to via iTunes. I totally agree.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2008

She went from being somebody's servant to somebody who when she walks down the street of her community, people stop her and shake her hand and thank her for the stories that she is telling, or ask, 'When are you going to interview me? Last month I interviewed Cristi Hegranes, its Founder and President. You tell your story."

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MARCH 26, 2008

I just have to do what I can. " -- Jerry Fowler, Executive Director of the Save Darfur Coalition , during an interview on the Voices on Genocide Prevention Podcast. April 9 Attend a protest along the Olympic Torch relay route in San Francisco. You just have to take the steps that are available to you.

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OCTOBER 22, 2008

I'll be starting the challenge again on October 30, 2008 so that the 29th day of my challenge will be on November 27, 2008, American Thanksgiving. Below is an edited transcript of an interview from October 11, 2008 with Cami Walker, the founder of the 29-Day Giving Challenge, which you can also listen to on the Big Vision Podcast.

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APRIL 11, 2008

On March 19th, 2008, after spending 8 days in the hospital related to her multiple sclerosis, Cami Walker decided to give away one thing each day for 29 days : "I decided to do the 29-Day Giving Challenge as an experiment. Her goal is to inspire at least 2,000 people to commit to the 29-Day Giving Challenge by September 29, 2008.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2012

Next week should be officially be named “Nonprofit Techie Week” in San Francisco! Here’s a video interview I did about the session with Holly Ross from NTEN. Next week should be officially be named “Nonprofit Techie Week” in San Francisco! Flickr Photo by Star Dust. NTC Conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

At Fort Mason on San Francisco Bay investors, fund managers and social entrepreneurs put their heads together to discuss what it will take to do better, and do more, in the space that lies between strictly nonprofit and strictly for profit. Some are calling it impact investing. Role of Foundations in the movement.

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APRIL 25, 2008

The following is an edited transcript of an interview I did with her on March 25th, 2008 for the Big Vision Podcast. Desai came to the Women of Color Resource Center from a Deputy Director role at United for a Fair Economy. She has co-authored publications on fair taxation, housing and the racial wealth divide.

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JULY 17, 2012

This morning, I attended a meetup for San Francisco Bay Area nonprofits that Libby and her team hosted at Facebook Headquarters in Menlo Park and next week she will be on the speaker line for the Social Media For Nonprofits Conference on July 26th (you can still register). How long have you worked at Facebook? What is the url?

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JANUARY 16, 2009

Utne Reader named Favianna one of their 2008, 50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World , and she recently received a Sisters of Fire Award from the Women of Color Resource Center. I learned about Frida Kahlo. Cross-posted from BlogHer.com. art politics women Favianna artist activism

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MAY 4, 2010

One of the women that stands out is actually someone who participated in our 2008 training, which took place in Kenya. Melinda, I interviewed you a couple years ago , when Women's Earth Alliance was in a different kind of form. To watch these women come together, and get to meet their sisters, and colleagues, was so dynamic.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

Back in 1995, in the early days of the internet, a San Francisco innovator named Craig Newmark started a small email distribution list for friends, highlighting local events across the Bay Area. Consider, for example, the case of Instacart, an on-demand grocery delivery platform founded in San Francisco in 2012.

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