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Samin Nosrat: Cook, Teacher, Writer, Accidental Activist

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She's known for the Pop-Up General Store , Tartine Afterhours dinners , Home Ec Cooking Classes , and the nationwide Bakesale for Japan that raised $140,000. Show Notes I have three workshops coming up: July 9: Jumpstart your Blog! workshop at the Writing Salon in Berkeley, CA.

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PopTech Fellows Program: Reflections

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I taught a very brief workshop in strategic social media using the social media strategy game. Lately, I've had the experience of running the game as a 3-hour workshop as part of a second day of peer learning workshops on Network Effectiveness. Having graphic notes during the workshop was an asset.

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Traveling Postcards: Interview with Founder, Caroline Lovell

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It was a natural choice for me, as an artist, to begin holding workshops for women and girls using creativity as a way for my own self expression and dreams to emerge. During these workshops I felt a peace that seemed to resonate around the room. Traveling Postcards workshops are easy and fun for everyone.

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Brahm Ahmadi, People's Grocery, Podcast Transcript

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Our youth are working creatively to create other ways of communicating those messages in terms of workshops and presentations that are fun, engaging, and cool, and that's a very important aspect. We do an adult cooking class, as well. It's free for adults. And that obviously has been lost.

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Tools to End Poverty: An Interview with Martin Fisher of KickStart

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For example, in Kenya, only 7% of the population, of the labor force, has a job in the formal private sector. We started off with equipment, for example, in Kenya, for manufacturing low-cost building materials. This literally takes them from below the poverty line into the middle class. His name is Felix, and his wife is Lucy.

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The Networked Nonprofit in Kenya

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ushahidi Board Meeting at iHub in Kenya. I’ve just spent the last couple of days in Nairobi, Kenya because I’m a board member of an NGO based here, Ushahidi , an organization that builds tools for democratizing information and increasing transparency. She kindly live tweeted the workshop and took some photos.

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Women Who Tech Around the World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” Using a webinar and conference call platform, we were able to bring in participants from San Francisco, Rwanda, Kenya, Algeria, Tunisia, and Egypt. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg is Founder and Executive Director of Akili Dada and based in Kenya. Originally from Kenya, she earned a B.A. and Kenya, where Akili Dada is based.

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