another speaker, pattie maes, at the feb ted conference 09 - will blow you away.Sunday, March 29, 2009
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
good read
oodles of great insight into my brain from this one. the huge aha for me... i would have to say....starting on pg 191,
1) on brilliantly innovative young people:
"the principal asset a young tech entrepreneur has is that they don't know a lot of things. in almost every other circumstance, this would be a disadvantage, but not here, and not now...when the world really has changed overnight, when wild new things are possible if you don't have any sense of how things used to be, then it is the people who got here five minutes ago who understand that new possibility, and they understand it precisely because, to them, it isn't new."
2) and on their elders, who's brilliance is of a different color:
"(they know) from experience that you find music in stores, try on pants before you buy them, and get news and job reading newspapers. (that makes them) not-bad analysts, because (they) have to explain new technology to (themselves) first - (they're) too old to understand it natively. but is makes (them) lousy entrepreneurs."
we've got to give up the reigns to youth. we've got to encourage them in their pursuits. unyieldingly.
Monday, March 16, 2009
r u g b y
check out
my brother's rugby team...
(Chaparral Rugby Club) playing at rapids stadium....
televised even.
hey greg - bungee rugby...ya.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
teachers without borders
http://www.teacherswithoutborders.org/
At over 59 million, teachers are the largestgroup of trained professionals in the world. They know who is sick, who is missing, who is orphaned by AIDS.
At over 59 million, teachers are the largestgroup of trained professionals in the world. They know who is sick, who is missing, who is orphaned by AIDS.
Brains are evenly distributed throughout the world; education is not.It is our job to connect education to brains.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Friday, March 6, 2009
africa bags
Our own emma is traveling with Africa Bags in May to Malawi. She would love your assistance in collecting the following supplies...
For the infant crisis care center:
bottles and bottle nipples
cloth diapers and plastic covers for cloth diapers
wet wipes
disposable gloves
clothes up to age 2
blankets
toys appropriate for children 2 & under (not stuffed animals- they get too dirty)
bed sheets and cot sheets
shoes, socks, and hats
digital scale to weigh babies
For the schools:
painting equipment
dictionaries
first aid kits
pencils, pens, crayons, paper
chalk
soccer balls
big early year reading books
any learning tools, like blocks, that teach kids to count or the ABC's
jump ropes - short and long
children's clothing for all ages (please note - girls are not allowed to wear shorts or pants in the villages - only skirts.)
Any donated items are 100% tax deductible as Africa Bags is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization.
Another very simple way to help....Africa Bags has submitted a story about their project on the Intuit web site. By submitting their story they are competing for a grant. 40% of the grant decision is determined by the number of people who get on and vote. Click the link, which will lead you to the "Africa Bags Story" on Intuit. At the bottom of their story click on the link to rate it as "inspiring" or "helpful." This will guide you to set up a membership on the Intuit web site to vote.
to learn more click africabags.org .
For the infant crisis care center:
bottles and bottle nipples
cloth diapers and plastic covers for cloth diapers
wet wipes
disposable gloves
clothes up to age 2
blankets
toys appropriate for children 2 & under (not stuffed animals- they get too dirty)
bed sheets and cot sheets
shoes, socks, and hats
digital scale to weigh babies
For the schools:
painting equipment
dictionaries
first aid kits
pencils, pens, crayons, paper
chalk
soccer balls
big early year reading books
any learning tools, like blocks, that teach kids to count or the ABC's
jump ropes - short and long
children's clothing for all ages (please note - girls are not allowed to wear shorts or pants in the villages - only skirts.)
Any donated items are 100% tax deductible as Africa Bags is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization.
Another very simple way to help....Africa Bags has submitted a story about their project on the Intuit web site. By submitting their story they are competing for a grant. 40% of the grant decision is determined by the number of people who get on and vote. Click the link, which will lead you to the "Africa Bags Story" on Intuit. At the bottom of their story click on the link to rate it as "inspiring" or "helpful." This will guide you to set up a membership on the Intuit web site to vote.
to learn more click africabags.org .
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
the blue sweater
The Blue Sweater is the inspiring story of a woman who left a career in international banking to spend her life on a quest to understand global poverty and find powerful new ways of tackling it. It all started back home in Virginia, with the blue sweater, a gift that quickly became her prized possession—until the day she outgrew it and gave it away to Goodwill. Eleven years later in Africa, she spotted a young boy wearing that very sweater, with her name still on the tag inside. That the sweater had made its trek all the way to Rwanda was ample evidence, she thought, of how we are all connected, how our actions—and inaction—touch people every day across the globe, people we may never know or meet.