Tiny Buddha: Simple wisdom for complex lives from JD Lasica on Vimeo. We live in fast times, and what we gain in gadget-obsessed, always-on hyperconnectivity we often lose in life balance and meaningfulness. Lori Deschene, founder of Tiny Buddha, gave a keynote at the Wisdom 2.0 conference in Mountain View, Calif., not long ago to […]
Events
Tonight! Attend a Gulf Coast music benefit
Photo credit: Kris Krug / Static Photography. View more photos from TEDxOil Spill Expedition on Flickr. Guest post by Nic Adler As I write this, up to 100 million gallons of oil has spewed into the gulf. As it continues to do so, it is destroying our fragile ecosystem and people’s livelihoods. We cannot just […]
Social change & nonprofit calendar: July
Events guide for nonprofits & social change outfits Happy July! Here’s a roundup of conferences and events scheduled in the nonprofit and social change sectors for the coming month — it’s one of the lightest months of the year for nonprofit gatherings. For the full year, see: Calendar of 2010 social change conferences. If you’re […]
NetTuesday: Slow Food for Fast Times
Tomorrow evening in San Francisco, NetTuesday will put on Slow Food for Fast Times: Using the web to help make healthy eating choices. I’ll be serving as moderator, and we have an all-star lineup of speakers: • Humberto Kam, Senior Manager of Online Communications for the Monterey Bay Aquarium, where he is responsible for the […]
Social change & nonprofit calendar: June
Events guide for nonprofits & social change outfits Here’s a roundup of conferences and events scheduled in the nonprofit and social change sectors for the month of June. For the full year, see: Calendar of 2010 social change conferences. On Wednesday I’ll be co-presenting the Mobilize Your Cause Bootcamp — today’s the last day to […]