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• The Bible in the City of New Orleans

  
  Alternation — Authority: 112
  The annual conference of the Society of Biblical Literature is winding down.  I have had a great time, but I am ready to move on.  In the wee hours of the morning I will fly back to Kansas City and spend some time with my grandchildren before driving down to Arkansas to spend the Thanksgiving Holiday with Sonja and ...
  3 days ago

• Will More People Take The Stairs If We Make It More Fun?

  
  Matador Change — Authority: 467
  Photo: rq? Fun: the best motivator for change. Recently, The Fun Theory , a group promoting behavioral and environmental change, turned an average subway staircase in Stockholm into a giant, musical piano to see if they could motivate people to take the stairs more if fun were a factor. Watch the video of their ...
  6 days ago

• Vocational Neighbouring

  
  the soapbox — Authority: 112
  A phrase and concept voiced at an ‘in conversation with…’ event hosted by the excellent EBM / skainos yesterday. Bob Lupton was the conversationalist in question, sharing his experiences of mission in an urban context in Atlanta, Georgia. Wish I’d known about him when I had an enforced stay there . Bob ...
  6 days ago

• Return

  
  Tao 1776 — Authority: 112
  When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide Where I stop and turn and I go for a ride Till I get to the bottom and I see you again Yeah, yeah, yeah Every generation produces men and woman who seek to make the world a better place. Some work ...
  1 week ago

• Social Media Can Change The World Through Common Ground

  
  Mashable! — Authority: 874
  J.R. Johnson is founder and CEO of Lunch.com , a user generated content platform focused on finding common ground, and host of the Lunch for Good event series. There’s been a rising interest in the concept of “social media for social good.” In large part, that discussion has been focused on cause-related ...
  1 week ago

• Social Media Can Change The World Through Common Ground

  
  PORTCITYUNDERGROUND — Authority: 471
  Here’s an interesting %category% post from Mashable! : J.R… Read the rest here: Social Media Can Change The World Through Common Ground
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• Japan to Harvest Energy from the Sun Via Solar Space Station

  
  Matador Change — Authority: 467
  Japan plans to beam pure solar energy down from space to power the country in less than 50 years. Perpetually with one foot in the future, Japan recently brought on board a team of companies and researchers for what has got to be the most astro-ambitious project of the 21st century: the Space Solar Power System ...
  2 weeks ago

• Will Augmented Reality Rejuvenate the Glossy?

  
  Live and Uncensored! — Authority: 427
  Its my belief that therell always be room in the market for a high-quality, well-designed print publication. Some reasons why: Reading habits are different online vs. offline. Online we skim and multi-task; offline we absorb longer paragraphs and deeper reporting (think investigative news stories). This could change ...
  2 weeks ago

• 10 Commandments of Impact Investing

  
  Ventures — Authority: 118
  From Geoff Wolley (of HuntsmanGay Capital Impact ) keynote at the BYU Economic Self-Reliance Conference 1. Thou Shalt Not Underestimate the Amount of Time and Commitment Required to Be a Social Entrepreneur Period. 2. Thou Shalt Not Save the World Give yourself a reality check–try to get 10 people around ...
  2 weeks ago

• “I want to be part of that!” (Part II)

  
  Ventures — Authority: 118
  This second half of the reflection has been a bit delayed. You can read Part I here . The JetBlue “All You Can Jet” experience and the growing momentum of the Tipping Bucket adventure seem to have crammed a great deal of experience and exposure into the last 60 days. You’ve probably experienced something ...
  3 weeks ago

• Social Entrepreneurship in “VC English”

  
  Ventures — Authority: 118
  Jim Fruchterman of Benetech Inc. presented a strikingly simple translation of the venture capital value equation for social entrepreneurs:
  3 weeks ago

• Social Venture Startup: Lessons Learned(?)

  
  Ventures — Authority: 118
  Had some fun with a presentation for a group of students at BYU last night. For those who don’t have 4 whole minutes, or who just find my voice annoying, here’s a quick recap: Be Social. This isn’t referring to some sort of holistic life balance—since I obviously haven’t figured that one out. I’m ...
  3 weeks ago

• What Does It Mean to “Be the Change We Want to See?”

  
  Creating the Future! — Authority: 108
  Five consultants from across the US walked into our class last Monday as “consultants to community benefit organizations.”  They left on Friday as facilitators of their communities’ highest potential for being amazing places to live. As it is with each of our Consultant Immersion Courses, the focus began far ...
  3 weeks ago

• Can a speech really change the world?

  
  Public Speaking Advice and Commentary — Authority: 121
      I began my first book, Working the Room , with the line, “The only reason to give a speech isto change the world.”   Since thatbook came out in 2003, many people have asked me, can a speech reallychange the world?     I always answer, yes, of course a speech can change theworld .   Think of ...
  3 weeks ago

• Meaghan Smith and Ethiopia

  
  Alternation — Authority: 112
  Meaghan Smith is another of my students (now an alumna) who loves the people of Ethiopia.  Meaghan leaves tomorrow, Tuesday Nov 3, 2009, for a four-year term in Addis Ababa.  She has completed her advanced training in linguistics and will be working with a team from Wycliffe Bible translators. In addition to her ...
  3 weeks ago

• Haley’s Calendar

  
  Alternation — Authority: 112
  Two of my students will be helping people and serving the Lord in Ethiopia.  Haley has been in my Hebrew, Greek, and phonetics classes. Ethiopia Calendar Here is an excerpt from Haley’s newsletter: As many of you already know I spent two months in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in the summer of 2008.  I was able to ...
  3 weeks ago

• Sitting Beneath the Buddha with Barbara Bush

  
  Matador Change — Authority: 467
  Photo: Joe Stump Matador editor Julie Schwietert and former First Twin, Barbara Bush, sit beneath Russell Simmons’ Buddha, giving Julie something to meditate about. “ Russell Simmons has a lot of Buddhas.” That’s one thought I have as I realize my cup of coffee has tipped over onto the gorgeous Persian ...
  4 weeks ago

• Streaming To Change the World

  
  Make Digital Video — Authority: 132
  Streaming to Potential Billions! - Gathering of Champions! Pensacola, FL – The rapid progression of technology has connected the world in ways never dreamed imaginable.  Over the last 100 years, more discoveries, more inventions, more revelations have been unearthed in all the previous years of human history ...
  4 weeks ago

• No Impact Week, Day 7: Giving Back

  
  Matador Change — Authority: 467
  Photos: jesse.millan Matador U student and contributor Abbie Mood takes the No Impact Week Challenge. In November of 2006, New York City resident Colin Beavan , along with his wife and daughter, set out to live with no net environmental impact. Fast forward three years later, add the Huffington Post , and you ...
  4 weeks ago

• What’s Your ‘Gateway Drug’?

  
  Ventures — Authority: 118
  We owe much of the perennial growth of the drug market to a collection of substances known as ‘gateway drugs’ – relatively quick, harmless highs that open the door for progressively stronger, more expensive drugs. But perhaps social enterprise can help turn this insidiously successful tactic to more productive ...
  4 weeks ago

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