I’ve been blogging since 2005. Blogging has become second nature to me. It’s a discipline and a pleasure (yes, it may sound like an oxymoron, but it’s not)that continues to provide unexpected dividends. After starting and maintaining three blogs and…
The Wall Street Journal recently profiled Gene Sharp, founder of the Albert Einstein Institute and a pioneer in researching non-violent resistance principles, based on successful uprisings to dictatorships throughout history. His wisdom is simple: Any dictatorship will eventually collapse if…
As the ABV pilot is winding down with our three clients, the ABV team is turning towards the question of “What’s next?” Part of the answer lies in treating ABV as the fourth client. What does this mean? I’m the…
If I could have seen these trends ten years ago, I would be a rich woman today. These are some of the trends that triggered my interest in A Bigger Voice and the related questions I’m exploring: • User-generated content…
I finished The Long Tail by Chris Anderson a couple of weeks ago but have been procrastinating writing a post about it. Maybe it’s because there’s so much that resonates with me that it’s hard to pick one or two…
I’ll be in Traverse City, Michigan on September 18 to lead a discussion about social entrepreneurship. My hosts will be Marguerite Cotto, from Northwest Michigan College and Elaine Wood, from the Northwest Michigan Council of Governments. Both of these women…
Our first guest blog posting comes from Dave Murphy, who I first collaborated with on the Conscious Living, Conscious Leaving project. Dave has been a sounding board for A Bigger Voice since I started fleshing out the idea late in…
A friend of mine started a women’s networking group in the Denver area eight months ago. This group is based on the idea that when “cool women we know” get together, something good is going to happen. New members are…
Key Lessons from a Social Entrepreneurship Gathering in Traverse City
It’s been over a week since I had a conversation about social entrepreneurship with twenty like-minded individuals in Traverse City, Michigan–people who believe in the idea of “doing well and doing good.” Lesson One: Dive in, the water’s fine. A…