Have Fun • Do Good: February 2011

Monday, February 28, 2011

Coach Initiative Chat: How Coaches and Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This morning I did an interview for The Coach Initiative's e-newsletter about how nonprofits and coaches can use social media.

The Coach Initiative helps to advance the missions of nonprofits through pro bono coaching by matching leaders with experienced volunteer coaches.

You can listen to our 16-minute chat on the little player below:

Also, here are links to the examples I mentioned of coaches who are using social media well:

Next Generation Big Visionary: 18-Year-Old Aneesha Raghunathan, Hope Line Fashions

"You have to actually spend two hours every day on it, and it was really hard junior year 'cause I had SATs, and all that kind of stuff. It was really hard, but I think what kept motivating me was that I knew it would pay off eventually. It would grow and people would care about the cause."

- Aneesha Raghunathan

Last fall I got a message through Facebook from Aneesha Raghunathan, the 18-year-old founder of Hope Line Fashions. I was so impressed with her work as a young social entrepreneur that I wanted to share it with you on this month's Big Vison Podcast. Hope Line's mission is to empower women around the world through the sale of unique T-shirts that are made by the women.

You can listen and subscribe to the Big Vision Podcast via iTunes, its landing page, or on the player above. If you have suggestions for people I should interview, please email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com.

Show notes

I have three workshops coming up:

May 14: Blogging for Writers workshop at the Writing Salon in Berkeley, CA.
June 1-22: My Juicy Blogging E-course: The Art and Play of Blogging for Artists, Writers, Creative Entrepreneurs and Do-Gooders.
August 5: I'll be at BlogHer '11 in San Diego and leading the idea generation portion of The Write Brain – Essential Blog Content Development Workshop.

I also published a recent guest post:

How to Write the Recipe to Make Your Big Vision Real on the wishstudio

Learn more about Aneesha and Hope Line Fashions:

Website: www.hopelinefashions.org
YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/HopeLineFashionsInc
Hope Line on Facebook
Twitter: @hopelineinc
Sarah Cook Interviews Aneesha Raghunathan of Hope Line Fashions on Raising CEO Kids (video)
Hope Line Fashions on Do Something

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If you liked this interview, you might also like:

• Zainab Salbi, Founder and CEO, Women for Women International
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• Christina Arnold, Founder, Prevent Human Trafficking
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Recipe for Your Big Vision on the Wishstudio

The lovely Mindy Tsonas was kind enough to ask me to write a guest post for her blog, wishstudio. I've included an excerpt from my post, How to Write the Recipe to Make Your Big Vision Real below:

We cook because we’re hungry; because we have a craving. The same is true for the big visions we have for our lives. We hunger for them.

Because we’re adults, we can’t expect someone to make our big vision for us, we have to do it for ourselves. Often, what we crave is so unique, we have to write our own recipe. Here’s how:

1. Name your craving

What do you hunger for? Give it a name. Be specific. You never see a recipe for just, “Cake.” The recipe’s title describes it, like, “Dark Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Filling.” For example, if your big vision is to write a book about knitting that is wildly successful, your recipe could be called, My Fabulous, Famous Knitting Book That Inspires People and Makes Money.

2. Make an ingredients list

You can read the rest of How to Write the Recipe to Make Your Big Vision Real on the wishstudio.

Giveaway: 29 Gifts by Cami Walker

I just received a review copy of the paperback edition of my friend Cami Walker's book, 29 Gifts: How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life. I'd love to mail it to one of you!

To enter for a chance to win, share in the comments the name of a book, or blog that has inspired you to have fun AND do good between now and Friday, February 25th at 5 PM PT.

Be sure to include some way for me to contact you if you win (e.g. email address, Twitter name, blog URL). I'll use Tara Frey's random number generator to choose the winning commenter.

Interviews with 56 Changemakers: 5th Anniversary of the Big Vision Podcast

For the past five years I've had the amazing opportunity to interview 56 changemakers for the Big Vision Podcast who I think have big visions for a better world. It really has been one of the highlights of my work. I come away from each interview energized and inspired

You can view all of the interviews, and subscribe to the show, on iTunes, or on the Big Vision Podcast's landing page. You can also listen to them on the player below. After you click the triangle to start listening, click on the blue box in the bottom left hand corner of the player that says, Menu. Then, click on Episodes. You'll be able to scroll through, and play the shows that peak your interest.
I've also listed all of the interviewees with photos and links below.

Please note that because the conversations take place over five years, some people's work and lives have changed. They have new job titles, work someplace else, and in some cases, have new names! The way they're titled below is how they were listed at the time of the interview.

If you have suggestions for people I should interview in 2011, please let me know in the comments.

2011

Aneesha Raghunathan, Owner, Hope Line Fashions
Coming soon!

Robert Wolfe, Co-Founder, Crowdrise
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Gabriela Masala, Founder, One Love Alliance
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2010

Rebecca Kousky, Founder, Nest
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Ashley Rowe and Carolynn Webb, Owners, Fat Bottom Bakery
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Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond, Co-Directors, Women's Earth Alliance
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Anna Lappe, Author, Diet for a Hot Planet
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Tom Aageson, Co-Founder, Global Center for Cultural Entreprenership (and my dad!)
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Jessica Prentice, Co-Owner, Three Stone Hearth: A Community Supported Kitchen. Author, Full Moon Feast: Food and Hunger for Connection
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Temra Costa, Author, Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat
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Marsha Wallace, Founder, Dining for Women
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Jensine Larsen, Founder, World Pulse
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Laura Miller, Founder, Secret Agent L Project
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2009

Jennifer Lee, Owner, Artizen Coaching
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Bryant Terry, Author, Vegan Soul Kitchen
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Seane Corn, Co-Founder, Off the Mat, Into the World
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Zainab Salbi, Founder and CEO, Women for Women International
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Kjerstin Erickson, Founder and Executive Director, FORGE
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David Cohn, Founder, Spot.us
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Jose Corona, Executive Director, Inner City Advisors
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Lisa Witter, Co-Author, The She Spot
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Kimberly Wilson, Founder, Tranquil Space Foundation, author, Tranquilista
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Patricia Loya, Executive Director, La Cocina
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2008

Christina Arnold, Founder, Prevent Human Trafficking
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Cristi Hegranes, Executive Director and Founder, Press Institute for Women
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Kavita Ramdas, President and CEO, Global Fund for Women
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Anisha Desai, Executive Director, Women of Color Resource Center
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Janessa Goldbeck, Director of Membership, Genocide Intervention Network
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Ari Derfel, Creator, Save Your Trash Project
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Martin Fisher, Co-founder and CEO, KickStart
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Marisa Handler, Author, Loyal to the Sky: Notes from an Activist
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Cami Walker, Founder, 29-Day Giving Challenge
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Marianne Manilov, National Team Leader, The Engage Network
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Favianna Rodriguez, Political Digital Artist and Printmaker. Co-Editor, Reproduce and Revolt!
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2007

Reem Rahim, Co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer, Numi Tea
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Jodie van Horn, Campaigner for Rainforest Action Network's Freedom From Oil campaign, and Coordinator for Plug-In Bay Area
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Priya Haji, CEO and Co-founder, World of Good.
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Paul Rice, Founding President and CEO, TransFair USA
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Van Jones, Co-Founder and President, Ella Baker Center
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Chris Messina of Citizen Agency and Ivan Storck of SustainableMarketing.com and SustainableWebsites.com talk about how to start a green coworking space based on their experience with Citizen Space in San Francisco, CA.
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Elizabeth Pomada Co-Founder, Writing for Change Conference
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Marsha Wallace, Founder, Dining for Women
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Shalini Kantayya, Filmmaker, A Drop of Life.
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Paola Gianturco, photojournalist, Author, Women Who Light the Dark
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Andre Carothers, Co-founder and Executive Director, Rockwood Leadership Program
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2006

Alli Chagi-Starr, Co-Founder, Art in Action / Art and Media Director, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights’ Reclaim the Future Program
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Eric Fenster and Ari Derfel, Co-owners, Back to Earth
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Brahm Ahmadi, Executive Director, People's Grocery
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Mei-ying Ho, Co-Director, SOUL
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Abby Rosenheck, Founder and Executive Director, Urban Sprouts
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Ilyse Hogue, Global Finance Campaign Director, Rainforest Action Network
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Steve Williams, Co-founder and Executive Director, POWER (People Organized to Win Employment Rights)
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Anna Lappé, Co-Author of Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen and Co-Founder of the Small Planet Fund.
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Nola Brantley, Parenting and Youth Enrichment Director, and the Coordinator of the Sexually Abused and Commercially Exploited Youth Program at the George P. Scotland Youth Program in West Oakland
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