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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

Classy

Award-winning journalist of “Lonely at the Top,” a memoir of her father, Reginald Lewis, the first African-American to build a billion-dollar business . Responsible for a team of over 300 focused on building out diverse revenue portfolios and driving improved health outcomes for mothers and babies . Lewis Foundation. Dale Bannon.

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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

Pope John Paul II died, and Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. Podcasting. In the end analysis, nonprofits and NGOs build communities and are sustained by communities. In the beginning, TechSoup’s Marnie Webb, Daniel Ben-Horin, and Billy Bicket created NetSquared to "remix the web for social change."

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6 Trends Shaping Corporate Engagement Today

Connection Cafe

Rachel Hutchisson, the Vice President of Corporate Philanthropy and Citizenship at Blackbaud and I recently had a conversation on this topic for their Champions for Social Good podcast. IBM has a longstanding practice of building technologies to address nonprofit needs, offering pro bono consulting contracts in partnership with nonprofits.

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Changing the World One Gift at a Time: An Interview with Deron Beal of the Freecycle Network

Have Fun - Do Good

You can listen to the original interview and a live recording of Freecycle's 5-minute pitch at the NetSquared Conference on the NetSquared Podcast. But I think it's grown way beyond that, and it's become a real solid community-building tool. Deron Beal: My name is Deron Beal. We've been around for about four years now.

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Interview with Jodie Van Horn of Freedom from Oil and Plug-in Bay Area

Have Fun - Do Good

Below is a transcript from the interview, which you can also listen to on the Big Vision Podcast. We've had announcements out of some of the automakers that there is a potential that they're building this platform for these plug-in hybrid vehicles to be produced. It's a really exciting time. We don't want this to become a niche market.

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"Leveling the Playing Field" Through Broadband and Public Computers

NTEN

Simmons claimed it was "almost impossible to build a community" today without broadband access. In 2001 a hurricane struck that island of Cuba, straining that nation's ability to provide commodities such as rice and corn for their population. He also teaches classes on podcasting and social media.

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Alli Chagi-Starr, Art in Action/Ella Baker Center, Podcast Interview Transcription

Have Fun - Do Good

Today's Big Vision Podcast transcript is from an interview with arts activist, Alli Chagi-Starr. You can hear the orginal podcast on Gcast , Odeo or iTunes. Welcome to the Big Vision Podcast where we talk with individuals and organizations that are creating positive change. And I work here at Ella Baker Center.

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