How often have I thought this…

Sunday 1 Nov 2009 by Shelley | 1 Comment
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Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

Friday 30 Oct 2009 by Shelley | No Comments
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Today I found myself with a lot more time on my hands than I’m used to. I pre­fer not to go through the details right now, but the cir­cum­stances leave me won­der­ing how I will fill my upcom­ing days. Thank­fully, National Blog Post­ing Month starts Novem­ber 1. There is my cue. So, plan on hear­ing much more from me in the com­ing days. I’m excited to get back to my pas­sions– con­nect­ing peo­ple to causes, empow­er­ing peo­ple with social media and dig­i­tal com­mu­ni­ca­tions, and restor­ing my sense of won­der through cre­ative activ­ity.  Will you join me in this adventure?  Read More →


Reflections on the Passing of Eunice Kennedy Shriver

Tuesday 11 Aug 2009 by Shelley | No Comments
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On the eve of Eunice Kennedy Shriver’s death, I feel it is impor­tant to note how sig­nif­i­cant her pass­ing truly is. She taught the world to look at peo­ple with intel­lec­tual dis­abil­i­ties first for their strengths and not with pity, but with pride. We all walk in a dif­fer­ent world because of her. My great­est hope is that her atti­tudes and ambi­tions for the lives of peo­ple with Intel­lec­tual dis­abil­i­ties will carry on in each one of us. By expect­ing of the world what she demanded every­day, we can con­tinue to bring hope to peo­ple like my sis­ter, Andrea, that one day they will, with­out ques­tion or a sec­ond thought, stand next to each of us and have a life like ours. www.eunicekennedyshriver.org Pro­file of Eunice Kennedy Shriver  Read More →


Trucker Hats and Twitter Were Cool Before Ashton

Friday 7 Aug 2009 by Shelley | No Comments
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Celebrity Twit­ter Over­load: Big trucker hats were cool too, until Ash­ton Kutcher walked in. I had a rush of belly laughs after see­ing these. Enjoy.  Read More →


Lord Bless This Mess.

Sunday 2 Aug 2009 by Shelley | No Comments
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I’ve been strug­gling with get­ting up to speed with cus­tomiz­ing word­press through child-themes. And while many who read this might groan at those words for one rea­son or another, we’ll just­say that I’m work­ing on fix­ing the look of my blog and I hope you are read­ing this from an RSS reader at the moment. I left school early in this decade with a firm idea of how to edit and design web pages, but the web moves at the speed of light. I am now catch­ing up on my PHP and the­matic and wid­get areas. Hang in there with me. It’s a scary, but nec­es­sary ride. I hope you can look past the page for a week or so as I make it my own. Thanks.  Read More →


The importance of nonprofits leveraging video online

Tuesday 21 Jul 2009 by Shelley | No Comments
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Luis San­doval and Jen­nifer Navar­rette run a great pod­cast, Tech-in-Twenty, which recently dis­cussed the impor­tance of using video in social media for both busi­nesses and non­prof­its. I am so grate­ful they touched on the ways non­prof­its can get infor­ma­tion out there in a cap­ti­vat­ing way. I called into the pro­gram because all too often I see us tech types over­look the basics steps to entry for this tech­nique. Non­prof­its are strug­gling to keep their dona­tions stretched over oper­at­ing costs. Many do not see a way to get video cam­eras or web enabled phones with video cam­eras built-in. They also don’t see the level of time com­mit­ment involved and assume it takes for­ever to edit these videos. Here’s a few key high­lights to remem­ber if you are a non­profit try­ing to get the mes­sage out: Lever­age the power of YouTube. Many peo­ple con­nect their youtube accounts to other social media accounts. It helps your video spread... Read More →


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