Posts by Carol Ross
How to Create a Grassroots Movement Using Social Networking Sites
This video talks about some, but not all of the elements of A Bigger Voice: And for a wonderfully prescient look at today's landscape from Kevin Kelly, ten years ago, click here. What new ideas do you have now that you can move into action?
Read MoreUpside of the Recession
These days, everyone has a perspective on the recession. Peggy Noonan, a writer who I admire for her straight talk, recently wrote about the psychological depression that has descended on this country, a collective gloom that's not likely to go away any time soon. She observes: "The heart-pumping drama of last September is gone, replaced…
Read MoreGeek Girls Band Together to Beat Recession
Last week, I blogged about a networking event that I had learned about at the last minute, a Girl Geek dinner, hosted by Sun Microsystems. The CBS affiliate in Denver, KCNC, Channel 4 News, decided to cover it, complete with a camera person in the lobby of Sun. (I wasn't able to embed the video…
Read MorePatricia Ryan Madson, Part 3: Building Community and Moving Into Action
"Bold persistent experimentation. These are the times we are in now."–Patricia Ryan Madson This is the third and final segment of my interview with Patricia Ryan Madson, author of Improv Wisdom. I offer up suggestions on how to leverage her use of marketing, networking, and technology to create a vibrant community, based on the terrific…
Read MoreHomeowners vs. Home Squatters
The end justifies the means. At least that's what Ode magazine would have you believe, in an article titled "A Place to Call Home." Max Rameau, an activist for the homeless in Miami is held up as a role model for making a difference, by helping homeless people move into foreclosed homes. Would be nice…
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