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#40BetterHours: The Art of Single Tasking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

.” This week, the Poynter Institute Katie Hawkins-Gaar and Ren LaForme joined forces to host a series called #40 Better Hours , a project to improve newsroom culture by looking at things that cause stress like workflow and communication and teaching journalist skills to combat information overload, part of a technology wellness routine.

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An Interview with Silvia Tolisano of Langwitches Blog

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The past five years I have been teaching Spanish at an Elementary School and serve as the school???s I wanted to combine my two passions in teaching: Foreign Languages and Technology. I enjoy sitting down with my girls and teach them about the tools that I am experimenting with. s webmaster. Why did you start Langwitches blog?

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Abby Rosenheck, Urban Sprouts, Interview Transcript

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As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I splurged and got the interviews I've been doing for my podcast transcribed by CastingWords, so I'll be posting an interview each day this week. You can hear the orginal podcast on Gcast , Odeo or iTunes. I like CastingWords overall. Just an FYI for folks thinking about using it. Britt Bravo: Hi!

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Solutionary Women: Mei-ying Ho

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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. The podcast isn't up yet, but here is a partially modified transcription of our conversation which you can also read along with profiles of other Solutionary Women on Blogher : What is SOUL?

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Solutionary Women: Viet-Ly Nguyen

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This week's Solutionary woman is Viet-Ly Nguyen, a former co-worker from Streetside Stories , who I interviewed for my Big Vision Podcast last winter. Update: Viet-Ly was accepted into a teach credential program for this fall]. So, I decided that I want to be a classroom teacher, and I've applied to school.

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"Leveling the Playing Field" Through Broadband and Public Computers

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He spoke about FCC's expansive efforts to increase "digital literacy" for both individuals and small businesses. He also teaches classes on podcasting and social media. While the US is 24th worldwide in broadband adoption, the real gap is found in low-income urban households and rural areas in the US.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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I had the opportunity to interview her on March 6th for the Big Vision Podcast, and have included an edited transcript of the interview below. She has been the recipient of many awards, including Fast Company's 2007 Social Capitalist Award, and the League of Women Voters' Women Who Could Be President Award.

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