article thumbnail

The Journey of the Spiritual Activist: An Interview with Marisa Handler

Have Fun - Do Good

Below is an edited transcript from a September 5th phone interview with Marisa for the Big Vision Podcast. I think I can speak to that right now, because I'm speaking to you from Iowa City. I moved here a couple of weeks ago, and I'm in a program at the Iowa Writer's Workshop in fiction, which is not where I saw myself ending up.

article thumbnail

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out.

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

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. There's a study done in Iowa. So for the first time ever, I was able to get together with a bunch of people trying to figure out the same problems, people who were inspired with a mission.

article thumbnail

Small Groups Can Change the World: An Interview with Marianne Manilov of The Engage Network

Have Fun - Do Good

Below is an edited transcript of an interview, which you can also listen to on the Big Vision Podcast. You hear them speak, or you read their book, or you listen to your podcast, and then you generally write to that person, or you go up to them, rush them at the end of a speech and say, "I'm a student, I want to get involved."

Group 41
article thumbnail

Must Hear Speech from Barack Obama and the Power of Podcasting

Have Fun - Do Good

I love listening to Barack Obama's podcasts because he gives me hope that there is at least one person in the US government who is reasonable, sane, intelligent and truly cares about people as humans, not just as voters who can keep him in or out of office. Click on one of the podcast links above and try listening to it on your computer.

Iraq 40