Nancy Roach, a cancer survivor and vocal advocate living in Oregon pulled a group of us together to build a national organization focused solely on change and the needs of the colorectal cancer patient. Shortly As a remotely managed organization, we relied on the cloud to help run C3 until we leased our own office space in Alexandria, Virginia in 2007. Today, Judi Sohn, C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition When When C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition started in 2005, cloud computing wasn't the buzz word it is today.

I have used social media to help raise the money for her tuition through the Sharing Foundation in 2007 and 2008 . NedSpace is a 7,500 square ft co-working space for startups, innovative tech companies, artists, nonprofits and social entrepreneurs located in the heart of downtown Portland, Oregon. NedSpace is located at 920 SW Third (between Taylor & Salmon) Portland, Oregon.  In December 2006, I launched my first experiment in using social media for fundraising - raising $800 on my blog to help send Leng Sopharath, a young Cambodian woman, to her freshman year at college. 

I was asked to start a conversation going with my fellow bloggers/readers and the other eleven 2007 Young and Aspiring Association Professionals (listed at the bottom of this post, who may or may not be familiar with this kind of blog-conversation format) as named by Association Trends back in November. As I was thinking about what would be a good topic for discussion, I came across this article by Jim Collins, via an email sent by Susan Fox, VP of the Forbes Group, to the executive section listserve of ASAE. In the article, What Makes Powerful Nonprofit Leaders , Collins