Activist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta calls out the double standard that drives our broken relationship to charities. Too many nonprofits, he says, are rewarded for how little they spend -- not for what they get done.
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ALA Editions publishes resources used worldwide by library and information professionals to improve programs, build on best practices, develop leadership, and for personal professional development. Delete the scoop?
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Website (using a Wordpress blog) for a dynamic, volunteer-driven community-based organization designed to encourage residents to become active in community efforts to improve San Francisco's Inner Sunset District; website includes decriptions of neghborhood projects and contact information for those interested in supporting the projects Delete the scoop?
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Magnificent community project in New York; from the project website: "The High Line is a public park built on an historic freight rail line elevated above the streets on Manhattan’s West Side. It is owned by the City of New York, and maintained and operated by Friends of the High Line. Founded in 1999 by community residents, Friends of the High Line fought for the High Line’s preservation and transformation at a time when the historic structure was under the threat of demolition. It is now the non-profit conservancy working with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation to make sure the High Line is maintained as an extraordinary public space for all visitors to enjoy." Delete the scoop?
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Wonderfully inspiring (15-minute) video featuring Jim Diers, one of the seminal figures in contemporary community organizing Delete the scoop?
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Neighbor Power: Building Community the Seattle Way [Jim Diers] on Amazon.com. *FREE* super saver shipping on qualifying offers.
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Link to online excerpts from "Neighborhood Power: Building Community the Seattle Way," a seminal work by Jim Diers on community organizing, collaboration, and building communities Delete the scoop?
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Since the best MOOCs (massive open online courses) appear to be rooted in connected learning, it’s no surprise to me that my current exploration of MOOCs through participation in #etmooc—the Educat... Delete the scoop?
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“The conversation starts out in Seattle” turns out to have been far more than an ephemeral marketing slogan for those of us lucky enough to attend even part of the American Library Association (ALA... Delete the scoop?
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Developing and acting upon big ideas sometimes requires big leaps, so it’s no surprise to me that the leap from San Francisco to Austin to Seattle over the past several days has left my head spinni... Delete the scoop?
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The concept of office hours in an online course took an interesting twist this morning as several participants in the latest version of the four-week online “Social Media Basics” course I developed... Delete the scoop?
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Teaching any “basics” course face to face or online can be one of the best ways to (willingly) be pushed into advanced exploration of a topic, as I’ve been reminded this week. Diving into the lates... Delete the scoop?
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Trainer-teacher-learners, in spite of frequently citing a lack of funding and other resources as an impediment to success, are often extremely effective at creating and sustaining what John McKnigh... Delete the scoop?
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A wonderfully detailed and visionary view of how tutoring and mentoring can contribute to stronger communities, provided through the Tutor/Mentor Institute Delete the scoop?
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A how-to-do-it right story, by Vancouver (Canada) based management consultant, executive coach, and registered parliamentarian Eli Mina, about how community engagement paid off for a local congregation facing a difficult decision--community, collaboration, and volunteerism at its best! Delete the scoop?
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The Atlanta BeltLine is an ambitious proposal to transform 22 miles of vine-covered railroad into parks, housing and public transit around the city.
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New York Times update on a long-term attempt in Atlanta, GA to "transform 22 miles of vine-covered railroad into parks, housing and public transit around the city." More information is available through "The Plan for a Walkable Atlanta," a report presented to Mayor Shirley Franklin on September 14, 2004 by members of the Mayor's Walkable Atlanta Task Force" (PDF available online at http://www.peds.org/pdf/walkable.pdf). Delete the scoop?
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Imagine my shock and annoyance when in outlining my disagreement to a decision made by a paid member of staff not promote volunteering vacancies for one of our networks; my 'professionalism' was brought into question. Delete the scoop?
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Brief biography, on the Abundant Community website, of Jim Diers; includes links to a video and an article he wrote on "Strengthening Government and Community through Genuine Partnerships" Delete the scoop?
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The Abundant Community: Awakening the Power of Families and Neighborhoods: Peter Block, John McKnight: Amazon.com: Kindle Store
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John McKnight and Peter Blocks' first-rate book about "awakening the power of families and neighborhoods; further explorations on the topic are available on the Abundant Community website at http://www.abundantcommunity.com/ Delete the scoop?
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Community: The Structure of Belonging [Peter Block] on Amazon.com. *FREE* super saver shipping on qualifying offers. Modern society is plagued by fragmentation.
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First-rate exporation, by Peter Block, of how communities develop Delete the scoop?
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I’ve been MOOCed. And it’s not as if I could have avoided it. I knew, as soon as I began exploring the topic of massive online open courses (MOOCs) in November 2012 with colleagues on the New Media... Delete the scoop?
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Foursquare—that lovely social media tool that helps make us aware, through geotagging capabilities, of how physically close we are to those we might not otherwise encounter—seems as if it would be ... Delete the scoop?
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Having the unusual experience of jumping from one professional conference to a second this week is providing learning experiences most of us rarely encounter—and one that shines an extremely bright... Delete the scoop?
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Having twice used a private Facebook group as the platform for virtual office hours over the past couple of weeks, participants in the latest version of the four-week online “Social Media Basics” c... Delete the scoop?
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New community possibilities emerge “when we and other neighbors know of each other’s gifts,” John McKnight and Peter Block suggest in their book The Abundant Community: Awakening the Power of Famil... Delete the scoop?
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Activist/fundraiser Dan Pallotta, in this wonderfully inspiration TED talk, provides a primer in how to rethink our attitudes toward charity and fundraising in ways that can produce magnificent results in collaboration and the development of community.