The Realist Idealist

One of the things that I used to say to college student leaders during trainings for Break Away was the number one rule of anything you do - be it schedule volunteer work, manage a meeting, or fund raise - is “follow up.” The second rule: “follow up.”
When it comes to making good things [...]

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My programmatic highlight of SXSW Interactive a few weeks ago, by far, was the keynote address given by Jane McGonigal - a noted game designer and games researcher, specializing in pervasive games and alternate reality games.
In all honesty, before the speech, I wasn’t in any way interested in games or what Jane had to say. [...]

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I am very pleased to announce that ADOOGA.com has officially launched the Beta version of its website today!
Why am I pleased you might ask? If you did ask, I might answer that there are two reasons.
1) It’s the brain child of one of my best friends and 2) It’s fun, innovative, and has huge [...]

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<script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://shots.snap.com/ss/95f0dc342a26c3da87727767b468a6ff/snap_shots.js”></script> I’ve had a couple different conversations/arguments about Twitter in the last few weeks - both online and off. I will admit, I was once adamantly averse to tweeting as I saw it mostly as a big time waster. Then I went to SXSW.
At SXSW I saw how it could be [...]

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A few months ago before the BSR Conference in San Francisco I wrote a post titled “No More Business Bulls… Please,” and it was oddly one of the most popular things I’ve ever written.  People really don’t want to hear the bs that comes out of all-to-many business/nonprofit persons’ mouths.  (Mine included to be sure!)
Today [...]

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I am a Flickr addict. It’s no secret. And I have no shame in proclaiming it.
I’ve been known to spend hours on end, mouth agape, staring at some of the amazing work people around the world are able to capture and share with each other. This is one of my favorite contacts. [...]

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My favorite blog for the last several months is 5 Minutes of Caring on CoolPeopleCare.org.  It’s often the most useful thing I get all day.
That is to say, it’s almost always something I can actually do.  And on top of that, it’s fun!

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I like the idea of taking ideas or terms that people are familiar with and tweaking them for use in the social sector. In the case of this post’s title, I had enough backlash from two friends when I said “pimp” that I almost refrained from writing it. Almost. Maybe there’s something [...]

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My great friend Marissa and I were talking on Wednesday about how actually accomplishing many of the best things we want to see in the world will probably mean a lot of – for lack of a better term – “suckiness” and time to get there.
Earlier in the day I was at an event [...]

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