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FEBRUARY 19, 2009

A big thanks to everyone who listens to the program, and reads the interview transcripts here on Have Fun * Do Good. I've listed all of the interviews below with links to the audio and the transcripts. Please note that because the interviews take place over three years, some people's work has changed.

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Interview San Francisco Green Podcast 40

Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 2, 2011

Contributors include Big Vision Podcast interviewees: Anna Lappe , author of Diet for a Hot Planet Jensine Larsen , founder of World Pulse Melinda Kramer , founder of Women's Earth Alliance Kavita Ramdas , former President of the Global Fund for Women Some of the contributors I'll be adding to my Big Vision Podcast interview wish list include: Lily (..)

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Fun San Francisco New Mexico Mexico 61

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2015

I specifically tuned in to hear editor Steve Clemons interview James Park, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Fitbit. Fitbit is now a global product, in 50 countries and 50,000 stores across the world. It is gaining popularity in the Middle East where people are walking indoor malls.

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Track San Francisco Aggregator Awareness 50

Tech Soup

MARCH 13, 2012

To quote Annaliese Hoeling, NTEN’s publications director: A couple of the biggest take-aways for us were that 91 percent of nonprofits taking our survey reported using at least one cloud software solution?. I did an internal survey of TechSoup Global’s use of cloud tools and we literally use dozens of cloud tools now.

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Survey NTEN Results San Francisco 56

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2020

And they’re certainly not exempt from a global pandemic. responding to a global pandemic is a matter of doubling-down on what they know. Nicole Evans, National Director, Resource Development Strategy & Communications, Boys & Girls Clubs of America. million workers between March and May of this year.

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America Nonprofit Local National 49

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

In the first edition of this partnership, I interviewed Erin O'Connor Jones , the Director of Candidate Services and Managing Associate at Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group. Bay Area folks can go to the 29 Gifts book launch party in San Francisco November 14th. nonprofit (valued up to $75,000 ).

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Green Los Angeles Gift San Francisco 40

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MARCH 26, 2008

I just have to do what I can. " -- Jerry Fowler, Executive Director of the Save Darfur Coalition , during an interview on the Voices on Genocide Prevention Podcast. April 9 Attend a protest along the Olympic Torch relay route in San Francisco. You just have to take the steps that are available to you.

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Darfur National Action San Francisco 42

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2012

Next week should be officially be named “Nonprofit Techie Week” in San Francisco! I will be facilitating a panel discussion with: Amy Sample Ward, Membership Director, NTEN. I’m on a panel with Brian Kennedy, VP of Marketing for Children Now and Johanna Morariu, Director, Innovation Network.

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San Francisco NTC Conference NPO 89

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

At Fort Mason on San Francisco Bay investors, fund managers and social entrepreneurs put their heads together to discuss what it will take to do better, and do more, in the space that lies between strictly nonprofit and strictly for profit. Stephanie McAuliffe is the Director of Human Resources at the Packard Foundation. .

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Taxonomy Metrics San Francisco Ghana 61

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APRIL 25, 2008

Anisha Desai is the Executive Director of the Women of Color Resource Center. Desai came to the Women of Color Resource Center from a Deputy Director role at United for a Fair Economy. The following is an edited transcript of an interview I did with her on March 25th, 2008 for the Big Vision Podcast.

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Resource Interview Policy Issue 40

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JULY 3, 2006

I recently posted my interview with Steve Williams, the Executive Director and co-founder of POWER: People Organized to Win Employment Rights on the Big Vision Podcast. Steve also happens to be the fiancé of Mei-ying Ho, who I interviewed last month. In the last couple of years, we've begun two new organizing projects.

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Podcast San Francisco South Africa Homeless 40

NTEN

APRIL 18, 2014

NTEN’s Education Manager, Julia Smith volunteered at Upwardly Global in Chicago, where she did mock interviews. Upwardly Global helps immigrants to rebuild their professional careers in the U.S. If you’re in the San Francisco area, you should volunteer at ATC or with One Brick. check it out: [link].

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Volunteer San Francisco National Portland 90

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MAY 10, 2006

Last week I sat down with a former co-worker, Mei-ying Ho, who is now the Co-Director of SOUL , for an interview for my Big Vision podcast. I was at that time working at a wonderful organization called Streetside Stories , which is a literacy arts organization with programming in various Title 1 middle schools in San Francisco.

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San Francisco Oakland Teach Training 40

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JUNE 22, 2006

Today's transcript is from my interview with the founders of Back to Earth , an organic catering and outdoor adventure company. One of the things I've enjoyed the most about interviewing people for this podcast is seeing the similarities and connections that arise between people. I hope that you enjoy their interview.

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Podcast Interview Awareness Cancer 40

Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 25, 2022

At in-person sessions in New York City and San Francisco, and virtually on Youtube Live , Demo Day brought together nine social entrepreneurs to explore solutions for problems they’ve experienced. Moreover, the global nature of Black SiS’ operations meant time zones became an issue.

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Tech Digital Build Tools 98

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MAY 4, 2010

When I sat down to talk with the co-Directors, Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond, in early March, they had literally just returned from the West African Woman and Water Training in Ghana. MK: One of the highlights for me was the Global Peers program. What is Women's Earth Alliance, and what problem you're trying to solve?

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Director Ghana Africa North America 40

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JANUARY 6, 2007

Kevin Danaher is the co-founder of the nonprofit Global Exchange which co-sponsors the Green Festivals with Co-op America. Kevin talks about the Global Citizen Center, a large mixed use building in downtown San Francisco that will serve as a hub for ecologically and socially responsible enterprise, education and economic development.

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Global Green San Francisco Model 40

Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

Back in 1995, in the early days of the internet, a San Francisco innovator named Craig Newmark started a small email distribution list for friends, highlighting local events across the Bay Area. Amazon, born in 1995 as an online bookstore, grew by the 2000s to become the largest global e-commerce platform company in existence.

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Platform Technology United States New York 140

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JUNE 19, 2006

The newest Big Vision podcast is up , and it is an interview with Ilyse Hogue, the Global Finance Campaign Director for the Rainforest Action Network and one of the founders of SmartMeme , a non-profit collective of long term organizers, strategists, trainers and communications professionals.

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Podcast Interview Action Network 40

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JUNE 30, 2007

I asked four of the women who I had previously interviewed for the Big Vision Podcast to share what brought them to their work, and their advice for the graduate and undergraduate women who attended the conference. Like there'll be times where I'm really interested in food issues, and I'm interviewing and talking to people about that.

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Podcast Arts Oakland St. Louis 40

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2006

Lisa Russ, the Associate Director of the Movement Strategy Center, shares the joys and challenges of being a new mom working for social change. You can listen to the interview on the Big Vision Podcast. How do you balance working for social change, with the work of being a mom? Daycare tomorrow," or I actually remember what it was.

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Strategy Lebanon Life 40

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JUNE 29, 2006

Today's Big Vision Podcast transcript is from an interview with arts activist, Alli Chagi-Starr. We'll be taking with arts activist Alli Chagi-Starr, the Cultural Arts Director for the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights ' Reclaim the Future Program. You can hear the orginal podcast on Gcast , Odeo or iTunes.

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Arts Podcast Action Interview 40