Archive for April, 2009
At the very moment I am writing these words, the 2009 NTEN conference is getting underway in San Francisco. While I am very jealous of all of my friends who are there, I will be attending virtually from Chicago.
NTEN is a wonderful resource for nonprofit professionals, and the conference (though I have never been) is [...]
Donate to One Iowa in the name of Miss California
Show your support for marriage equality everywhere by giving a donation in the Heartland. One Iowa is Iowa’s largest LGBT advocacy organization who is now on the forefront of the marriage equality movement. The struggle for all of us everywhere is impacted significantly by the ground-breaking [...]
The Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights in Chicago advocates for the most vulnerable in our society by working to provide for their most basic needs. You can help support them by participating in their campaign to do whatever you like to support human rights.
Click here to support the Heartland Alliance!
On being an early (albeit slow) adopter
Along the spectrum of the Diffusion of Innovations, one can be an Innovator, Early Adopter, a member of the Early Majority, the Late Majority, or a Laggard. Since my early childhood, I have identified as an early adapter of technology tools. My decision to try new technology starts with [...]
Finding Wisdom and Opportunity Trough Information Tools and Social Networks
Inspired by people I have encountered who are using technology tools to do good works and create positive social change, I created this blog. As is usually the case with my creative process, I wasn’t entirely sure where this would lead me.
Out of an interest in [...]
Someone recently told me that her boss was encouraging people at her company to consider trying to achieve work/life integration as opposed to work/life balance. Her interpretation of what he meant by work/life integration would be more of an intrusion on the boundaries of her private life. She felt strongly that the company was trying [...]
