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JULY 30, 2009

I posted a new interview last week on the Big Vision Podcast with David Cohn , the Founder of Spot.Us , a nonprofit pioneering community funded reporting. Two new shows are up on Echoing Green's Be Bold Podcast where Lara Galinsky, Echoing Green's Senior Vice President, and I discuss how to create a career with impact.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2010

Below are links to conversations with 48 big visionaries who I've interviewed for the Big Vision Podcast over the last four years. They may have new job titles, be working somewhere else, and in some cases, have new names! You can subscribe to the show on the Big Vision Podcast website, or via iTunes.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2008

February 18, 2008 was the 2nd anniversary of the Big Vision Podcast ! I've listed all of the interviews below with links to the podcast and the transcript. Please note that since the interviews take place over two years, some people's work has changed and they may have new job titles, or may be working somewhere else now.

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DECEMBER 15, 2022

Why do all this if you’re just having somebody spoon green beans onto a lunch tray? Train Them On the Job. Whatever it is, giving your volunteer a broader look at why their job is important is motivating and gives a great sense of accomplishment when it’s complete. Your Fundraising Volunteers.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I'm deeply saddened by the resignation of Van Jones from his position as Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the White House Council for Environmental Quality. So, for inspiration I encourage you to listen to an interview I did with Van in April 2007 for the Big Vision Podcast online, or on iTunes.

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Association Analytics

APRIL 26, 2023

Guy Raz, the host of one of my favorite podcasts, How I Built This , always asks the question “How much of your success do you attribute to luck, or just hard work?” After all, a leader’s job is to bring in talent and expertise and provide them with the resources and guidance they need to flourish. We have no shortage of ideas.

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JANUARY 6, 2010

I also recommend listening to a podcast interview with Safran Foer on Vegan.com The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems by Van Jones Van Jones was talking about "green jobs" way before it became a buzzword. I gotta say it. Don't listen Glenn Beck. Listen to Van Jones.

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DECEMBER 12, 2006

You can listen to my interview with Ingrid on the Big Vision Podcast , or read a transcript here. Britt: For people who aren't familiar with green rooftops, what is a green roof? But literally they're green because it's a garden on a roof. Britt: What are some of the benefits of a green roof?

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DECEMBER 11, 2009

and Kimberly Wilson interviewed me for the Tranquility du Jour Podcast (thanks, Kimberly!). LINK LOVE *GREAT* article: Nicholas Kristof's Advice for Saving the World Top Ten Ideas to Slow Down this Holiday Season Green Career Webinar December 17th (only $5!)

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Remember September 11th: Be of Service Tuesday's Children: WE Volunteer Charity of the Month And 1 new post up on the Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship blog (GCCE) : How Independent Bookstores Are Using Twitter The 15th episode of Echoing Green's Be Bold Podcast: Create a Career with Impact is up (I'm the show's host).

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FEBRUARY 19, 2009

February 18, 2009 was the 3rd anniversary of the Big Vision Podcast ! They may have new job titles, or be working somewhere new now. If you're not a listener, you can listen to the show on the Big Vision Podcast site, or subscribe via iTunes or another podcatcher. podcast visionary nonprofit activist social change

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APRIL 17, 2009

While re-reading Echoing Green's book, Be Bold: Create a Career with Impact , I've been thinking about one of its main ideas--that people have moments of obligation. One of my moments of obligation came during the Green Festival in San Francisco in the fall of 2002. Echoing Green Fellows' descriptions of their moments of obligation.

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MAY 21, 2006

They were brought together by the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights' Reclaim the Future program to talk about how to make Oakland a model city that uses the growing green economy to lift its low-income residents out of poverty. are going to make Oakland the new Silicon Valley for green capital."

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Example: Echoing Green's Spark Blog , which usually covers news about social entrepreneurship and their Fellowship program, posted last spring how it took, "Three Echoing Green staffers, two good Samaritan cheerleaders, and one brave man," to rescue a cat hiding under a van outside their offices. post office line, doctor's appt.)

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AUGUST 29, 2010

She is also co-host of the radio show, The Queens of Green on Green 960 , which you can also be downloaded as a podcast. I just *loved* this book, and also enjoy Temra's show, so I was super excited to interview her for the Big Vision Podcast. They're also providing a lot of jobs locally. It's not at all.

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AUGUST 10, 2007

Maybe it was to look for a job, or buy a futon, or find a "missed connection", but did you know that there is a Craigslist Foundation ? In fact, they are having two Nonprofit Boot Camps in the next several weeks (full disclosure: my husband and are helping them with their podcast). You've used Craigslist before, right? 50 for the day.

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AUGUST 9, 2007

I told the conference co-founders, a husband and wife literary agent team, Elizabeth Pomada and Michael Larsen , that I'd help to spread the word about the conference so I interviewed Elizabeth for the Big Vision Podcast. I mean, San Francisco is now a green city, and that's right from the heart of Mayor Newsom. It's been very fast.

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JANUARY 30, 2009

Below is the edited transcript from my Big Vision Podcast interview with Jennifer Lee from January 22, 2009. I have some clients who are choosing to stay in their job, and then build things on the side, but because they know they are putting focus and energy on their idea, or their project, they feel better. Who are they as a person?

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APRIL 10, 2008

When David explained that each of the Holocaust Museum’s myriad comment boards, blogs, and online forums is moderated by a staff member, the audience turned a little green. Start a podcast. If you are comfortable producing audio content, it's quite simple to start a podcast. Absolutely.

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DECEMBER 30, 2008

Jeffrey at the Mattress Factory also does a great job of this. I don't feel, as Tyler Green does , that an art museum MUST tweet about art. I love the way that the Heard Museum bio addresses this strangeness, explaining that " I am a museum, or rather someone [ @katecrowley ] who works here, pretending to be the building.

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MARCH 9, 2007

Below is a transcript from the interview, which you can also listen to on the Big Vision Podcast. Additionally, there has been a lot of rhetoric on the part of the automakers regarding the greenness of their operations, when in fact what we are seeing is a lot of green-washing. They recognize that green is very vogue right now.

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Forum One

JUNE 14, 2007

Influence Topics Audience Research Collaboration Communication Data & Visualizations Events Government Internet Strategy Jobs Online Community Performance Measurement Recommended Reading Social Media Tips & Trends Tools & Software Get Email Updates Stay in touch with Forum One Forum One Communications 2200 Mt.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2009

A new episode of Echoing Green's Be Bold Podcast: Create a Career with Impact is up for your listening pleasure. Lara Galinsky, the Senior Vice President of Echoing Green offers advice for 4 listeners' questions. You can listen to the show online on Echoing Green , or subscribe via iTunes. I'm the show's host).

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

." -- Jose Corona, Inner City Advisors Jose Corona is the Executive Director of Inner City Advisors , a nonprofit that helps build sustainable and responsible inner city businesses that create quality jobs, reinvest in the community, and contribute to the local economy. I'm going to be green. I'm going to be great here in Oakland.

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APRIL 24, 2007

Paul Rice, the founding president and CEO of the Oakland based nonprofit, TransFair USA , answers these questions and others in an interview for the Big Vision Podcast. You can read a transcript of the podcast below. Paul Rice: TransFair is the only organization here in the United States that certifies Fair Trade products.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2008

, inspired by Julia Butterfly Hill's tree-sit, Off the Mat Into the World , founded by yoga teacher Seane Corn, and Green for All , founded by Van Jones. Below is an edited transcript of an interview, which you can also listen to on the Big Vision Podcast. Off the Mat, and Green For All. You see somebody who inspires you.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

But like I said, you could listen to her sharing wisdom on podcasts, and webinars, and events and fill, you know, hours of your day and it would be worth it. all the green is WhatsApp. So in one of the projects I was working on, we recorded podcasts with different communities that we were working with. So this is.

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OCTOBER 24, 2009

I'm very grateful to Andy for teaching about how to podcast without electricity so I could share that with Cambodian bloggers. Laura White who I first met through the BlogHer community and who did a fantastic job live blogging one of my session on Information Overload at a blogher conference.

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DECEMBER 22, 2013

And like a personal guide, they keep us on track when it’s inevitable that we’ll get lost in the day to day, hustle and bustle, and demands of our jobs. And the moon’s a hunk of stinky green cheese , holds nothing back and shares some much needed advice from Alan Clayton that all nonprofits should hear.

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JANUARY 16, 2009

Even stuff around "green." They were more youth who were on track to go to jail, sometimes, and who were struggling, in and out of jobs, sometimes in and out of jail. I want to do things around people getting pushed out of school and the school system not serving my peers.

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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. Below is a transcript of my interview with him for the Big Vision Podcast. We started five years ago, a little over five years ago, doing the Green Festival. Kevin Danaher: My name is Kevin Danaher.

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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. I also produce several podcasts, one of which is called the Big Vision Podcast.

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APRIL 25, 2007

When I went to see Van Jones speak for the first time at the Green Festival in November 2002 about, "Green Jobs, Not Packed Jails," people in the States were just starting to lift their heads up from a year of fear and despair after September 11th. Our question is, will this green wave lift all boats? How do we make sure?

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JUNE 29, 2006

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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