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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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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. Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. How has that changed?

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Making Smarter Decisions: Five Business Intelligence Myths

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I love this stuff because, to me, data done right is empowerment. Our friends at NetSquared have a great podcast interview with Steve Williams of Business Objects that provides more good examples. You need IT folks who understand how data is structured, what queries are possible, how data modeling works. What about you?

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The Networked NGO in Pakistan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We are recording the calls so those that face electricity/connectivity problems can download it as a podcast and listen to the recordings later – and view slides/ notes. Grantees Implement A Modest and Realistic Action Learning Pilot. Dealing with Connectivity Issues, Remote Work, and Use of Social Platforms.

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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. The way that World of Good has really gone about this is, we have done it in a two-part model. So the pricing models are all based on commodity pricing. Priya Haji: My name is Priya Haji. It doesn't work that way.

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Nurturing Inner City Entrepreneurs: Jose Corona of Inner City Advisors

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Below is an edited transcript of my Big Vision Podcast interview with Jose in late August. What we do here in Oakland, and throughout the Bay Area, is we work with inner city companies that not only have a scalable model, but also have a social responsibility aspect built into their business model. We interview the teams.

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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. Over the past three years, the organization has grown and added a bunch of exciting new programs, so I asked her back to the Big Vision Podcast to talk about them.

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

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On March 5, 2009 I interviewed yoga teacher and co-Founder of Off the Mat, Into the World, Seane Corn , for the Big Vision Podcast shortly after she returned from a trip to Cambodia with participants from Off the Mat, Into the World's Seva Challenge. You can also listen to the interview on the Big Vision Podcast. *