Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 16, 2011

As it turns out, so many of these youth absolutely love animals." - Rachel Cohen Twenty-year-old Rachel Cohen is the Founder and Executive Director of Hand2Paw. They provide homeless teens with professional skills training and therapeutic experiences. You can connect with Kenya through CD Baby, Source Consulting Group , and Facebook.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

Being an independent consultant was, for me, a way to feel like I was using my skills for the greater good. I decided several weeks ago, for a variety of reasons, to retire my independent consultant hat. Whatever emerges next, you’ll hear about it, for sure. (In In other words, no I don’t exactly know what I am doing next, yet.)

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 1, 2007

Why isn't that one of the skills we learn in school, and how can we learn to do it today? Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day for Teaching ELL, ESL and EFL , I found a fun resource, The Community Organizing Toolkit and Game (if you're in a quiet place, you'll want to turn your volume down before you click on this, it has music).

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 7, 2006

Last month I wrote a short post for Blogher, Roadies for a Cause , about a nonprofit called Lokahi Outreach , that partners with organizations like the ONE campaign and Oxfam to help them do grassroots campaigning on the road. Polish your communication skills – that is what this is all about, at every level.

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