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Blogging for People Who Should

This course is designed for anyone with an important story to tell: activists trying to change the world, filmmakers and authors with stirring stories to share, independent consultants whose work makes positive contributions to social change, anyone doing inspiring works that they want the world to know about.

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Joining the 21st Century

I recently got an email from an organization I love: they do great, strategic and effective environmental work with minimal resources. They are having their strategic planning sessions here in Toronto this week, and wondered if I could come by

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The Art of Leadership

I recently spent a week in upstate New York with an amazing teacher named Robert Gass and 24 other people, and it was a profound experience. The Art of Leadership has informed the structure and vibe of my favourite yearly

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Web of Change, and a MoveOn for Canada?

I recently went to the fantastic ‘Web of Change‘ conference in the Gulf Islands of British Columbia. I have been to this yearly event several times, and have always returned refreshed and inspired.  This year I added a bike trip

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Email checklists: writing, designing and choosing a subject line

I have had the pleasure to work with the great crew at a Canadian environmental NGO over the last few weeks, assisting them with their broadcast email. The part of this work I enjoyed the most was creating a workshop

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Social Tech Training in Toronto, June 10-12

I am presenting at Social Tech Training 2009, the second year of this great event in Toronto. It’s an intensive training session for profit organizations who want to build a solid online program. I love the approach. It’s not about

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Why you should pay to have someone send your e-mail

If you need to hire someone to send your e-mail, you probably need to go back to school or just get off the internet, right? After all, each of us sends and receives dozens or if unlucky, hundreds of emails

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Online advocacy, the basics, now with Twitter!

I gave a talk about “Online Advocacy Campaigns – The Basics” this week as part of Net Tuesday, organized by Techsoup Canada.  It was a revised version of the presentation I gave in the spring. The attendance was a little

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How to create a grassroots movement using social networking sites

Who knew it was this easy? But seriously, this is a good introduction. From Howcast.com “Political tasks”

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Drupal Themeing event, November 22nd

Martin Anderson gave an excellent hour-long workshop on Drupal themeing at DrupalCamp Toronto back in the spring. Drupal themeing, for those of you who don’t speak Nerd, is the process of designing and configuring a site built on the Drupal

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