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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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Kjerstin Erickson is one of those people "shiny" people who lights up a room. After meeting her at the Global Engagement Summer last spring, I knew I wanted to grab her for an interview before she became too famous. Saturday, June 20th is World Refugee Day , and this year's theme is "Real People, Real Needs."

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Creating Learning Experiences That Connect, Inspire, and Engage

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I am very excited about upcoming peer learning projects that I’m working on in 2012, including several for Packard grantees in India, Pakistan, and Africa as well as the e-Mediat project in the Middle East. You can also use it get a better understanding of people’s experience in the room.

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Women's Global Green Action Network: An Interview with Melinda Kramer

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Below is a transcript of an interview with her from the Big Vision Podcast. The most important way for people to collaborate is face to face, so we have a number of ways that we convene women who are doing this work on various different levels. We do it in a number of ways. It was really tremendous.

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Creating Markets for Fair Trade Gifts: An Interview with Priya Haji of World of Good

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You can hear the interview on the Big Vision Podcast , or read the transcript below. These are really products that are made in people's homes and villages, mostly by women, in countries--well, you know, women's work is never captured in GDP, and we all know this. retail market. Priya Haji: My name is Priya Haji.

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Girls' Night Out with a Twist: Dining for Women and the Power of Giving Circles

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Longtime Have Fun, Do Good Readers and Big Vision Podcast listeners may remember my interview with Dining for Women's Founder, Marsha Wallace, in September 2007. You can read the edited transcript below, or listen to the interview on the Big Vision Podcast homepage , or on iTunes. Britt Bravo: How many circles are there now?

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Off the Mat, Into the World: An Interview with Seane Corn

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Off the Mat, Into the World is an educational, experiential and motivational process for people interested in conscious activism and service. You can also listen to the interview on the Big Vision Podcast. * I realized I had a platform where, for whatever reason, people would pay attention to me. I raised a lot of money.

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (and New York, and Nairobi, and Seoul, and Kampala, and Boston…)

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Interviewed several candidates for executive positions at Benetech. Kampala, Uganda The Sixth Africa Forum was the main reason for my Africa trip. The Africa Forum is the premier meeting of blindness groups across sub-Saharan Africa, and it’s held roughly every three years. And much more… Washington, D.C.

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