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The Power of a Personal Story
Imagine attending a lecture titled "People, Planet and Profit: The New Business Paradigm." The lecturer has beautiful charts and graphs, describing technical points to get her ideas across. The event is brilliant and informative. Then, fade to black and shift to a...
Why an Authentic Professional Identity is Your Best Bet
Back in the early 80's I was standing in line for a waterslide at the social hour during a computer graphics convention. As an introverted software engineer, I always dreaded those networking events because they were so formal and held in stuffy hotels -- I didn't...
How to Manage Your Time in the Midst of Competing Demands
One of the biggest challenges we all face these days is staying focused and on course when there are so many demands on our time. It's particularly frustrating when you can't keep on course to honor the call to something bigger than you've known before. Without...
Change Begins Within the Social Entrepreneur Organization
Social change organizations should focus on creating a just organizational culture for themselves before bringing about global justice. Before social change organizations can really change the world, many of them will first need to change themselves. We need to...
How to Influence Washington: Eight Steps to a Successful Public Policy Pitch
To be a champion for those without a voice, world-changing leaders need to perfect the art of influence, and no arena is more challenging than Capitol Hill. Staffers on the Hill typically hear pitches in about 100 meetings a week and can only support a few of these...