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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

The Iraq War was raging. Podcasting. In the beginning, TechSoup’s Marnie Webb, Daniel Ben-Horin, and Billy Bicket created NetSquared to "remix the web for social change." " The year was 2005. TechSoup was then called CompuMentor. Pope John Paul II died, and Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. Google Maps.

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What Are Your 2008 Activist Resolutions?

Have Fun - Do Good

Power is on my Big Vision Podcast dream interview wish list, if anyone knows her and can provide me with an introduction. Interview more activists/visionaries of color for the Big Vision Podcast. Last year I interviewed 12 people for the Big Vision Podcast and 4 of them were people of color. I'd like to up that number to 6.

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The Shrinking Generational Digital Divide

NTEN

Increasingly, this is a challenge as individuals, businesses and organizations, and especially communication outlets -- TV, radio, print -- diversify their existing channels by hosting websites with blogs, podcasts and other interactive media. In the business world, using these new technologies is a matter of survival. and other countries.

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Women of Color Resource Center: An Interview with Anisha Desai

Have Fun - Do Good

The following is an edited transcript of an interview I did with her on March 25th, 2008 for the Big Vision Podcast. She has co-authored publications on fair taxation, housing and the racial wealth divide.

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Balancing People, Profit & Planet: An Interview with Reem Rahim of Numi Tea

Have Fun - Do Good

Obviously, I'm a big fan (: Below is a transcript from my interview with Reem from the Big Vision Podcast. For a long time, in my family, we had discussed importing a dry desert line called "Numi", in Arabic, that we drank as kids in our native Iraq. Reem Rahim: My name is Reem Rahim. He still is.

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How-to: Let Go and Start Blogging

NTEN

He noted that when he turned against the Iraq War he lost two-thirds of his readers, especially after admitting mistakes about his position on the war. He also teaches classes on podcasting and social media. If everyone can comment immediately, then errors, in fact, will be called out quickly. Blogs Build Transparency.

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Interview with Zainab Salbi, Founder of Women for Women International

Have Fun - Do Good

I was thrilled when Zainab Salbi, Women for Women International's Founder and CEO, agreed to an interview with me for the Big Vision Podcast. We work in countries like Congo, Rwanda, Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, among others. I grew up in Iraq during Saddam's time, and during the time in which we had the war with Iran.