My boyfriend is a long-haul trucker. Also, organic cranberries from Long Beach, WA. I work at Groundwire (online tools and strategies for a healthy planet). This column is for those of you working to bring the masses into the environmental movement. November, 2010 Subject: Our Thanksgiving Turkey. Approach #1 Me: Do you know how most turkeys are treated in this country? That they cut off their beaks and crowd them in tiny little places and pump them full of growth hormones? MORE

Dave McDonough and the local host committee also did a terrific job of making our stay in Long Beach exciting. Most Successful Ever! I wasn't surprised to find out that this was the best attended Gathering of the Social Enterprise Alliance. MORE

It took place in Long Beach, CA (which has the largest number of Cambodian-Americans in the US). Charles Lee It's conference season and I will be on the road at various conferences this week and next. So expect some live blogging, and reflections. MORE

Huntington Beach. Pompano Beach. Virginia Beach. Long Beach. Online fundraising continued its double-digit growth in 2013, retaining the mantle as the fastest growing fundraising channel, growing at 13.5% MORE

Gonna Take You on a SEA Cruise The Social Enterprise Institute took us on a cruise tour of the Long Beach harbor, which features the Queen Mary, a Russian sub, lots of cargo ships and a few "islands" that are really disguised oil drilling rigs. MORE

The NOHO Senior Arts Colony and the Long Beach Senior Arts Colony will open in 2012. According to Pew Research Center's population projections, in 2030, all members of the Baby Boom generation will be 65 or older, and 18% of Americans will be at least that age. MORE

Feb 27-March 2, 2012 in Long Beach, CA is SOLD OUT. Nothing like a good conference to connect with peers, boost creativity, recharge those batteries, and if you're lucky, get a couple nights of acting like you're 19 again. What happens at the Personal Democracy Forum, stays at the Personal Democracy Forum.). Early Bird rates for 2012 all over the place! Make sure you take advantage of the better rates! More excellent conferences calendars at CivicActions and Socialbrite. FEBRUARY. MORE

The first is held in the glamorous location of Long Beach, California. BBC News - TEDGlobal: Worshipping at the church of TED : "Beyond the eclectic nature of its speakers, the conference is unusual in many ways and has become something of a cult for its followers - appropriately known as TEDsters. There is both a big and little TED. The second has been taking place in Edinburgh this week, after several years in Oxford MORE

Then the Social Enterprise Institute (which is also a part of our local host committee) is taking attendees on a cruise around the Long Beach Harbor. I'm noticing one sign of the Gathering maturing: multiple meetings to choose among for what is traditionally a light first day. For me, the morning is the board meeting of the Social Enterprise Alliance (the hosting organization for the Gathering). MORE

HaveeruOnline - Technology and creativity go "full spectrum" at TED : The gathering kicks off Monday in the Southern California city of Long Beach with a roster of 1,350 attendees including Internet heavyweights, Hollywood celebrities, scientists, and other notables. MORE

So, I'm heading to Long Beach tomorrow looking forward to more of that camaraderie and shared learning. I'm flying to southern California tomorrow, and have been packing for the trip. I remember back seven years, when I first met Jed Emerson and he told me that I was a social entrepreneur, but that a bunch of them were meeting for a "Gathering." That meeting in Miami was a landmark event for me. MORE

Maybe I'll see you in Long Beach I just an email noting that online registration for the Gathering closes tomorrow. I'm already registered (well, I am on the board), but thought I'd remind my buddies who are planning on attending to register now. MORE

I just got back last night from an SEA board meeting in Long Beach, California, where the next annual meeting will be held. An article of mine just appeared in the Social Enterprise Reporter, entitled High Tech Approaches for Building Social Enterprise. The SER is one of the leading publications in the social enterprise field, and I think it's now one of the membership benefits of joining the Social Enterprise Alliance. MORE