When we talk about loving our neighbors, it’s always easy to love folks who like us and love us back. And yet on the flip-side, it’s just as easy to make excuses as to why we don’t need to love those who have treated us wrong, or hurt us.
But imagine showing love to a group bent on bringing harm to you, your family and your friends — simply because of the color of your skin.
Continue reading How love defeated the KKK
(photo of Greg Russinger @gregrussinger being interviewed for Idea Camp – from @danielkim)
Well this will likely be my final set of notes from The Idea Camp DC :-(. Even missing a couple sessions the weekend un-conference was pure greatness in my mind. Lots of things to chew on and “take home.”
So without further ado – here are my notes from the closing session ::
(read part 1)
(read part 2)
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I missed a couple sessions since my last post but thought I’d pass along a few notes before the closing session.
Several people have also been live blogging the event and I’ll try and track down their blogs to pass along their notes as well.
I wrote about The Idea Camp a while back. I had hoped to have a local viewing party, but it never quite panned out. Instead I’m watching online physically by myself, but what seems like I’m right there with everyone thanks to technology.
Thanks to free online streaming and Twitter I’ve been watching and listening to a majority of the conversations taking place this weekend in DC. So far its been great.
I’ve been twittering my notes, so for those who haven’t been able to keep up, and for archival purpose, here are some of the notes I’ve taken through the pre-session and the first breakout session…
Hopefully these notes will spark creative ideas and innovation within your own groups.
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On Tuesday, America lost a lifelong champion of the under resourced.
Regardless of your political view, everyone I’ve heard who’s talked about Sen. Edward Kennedy has said he always fought for the under resourced and always worked to build compromise wherever possible to make landmark legislation happen.
Continue reading Bring your ideas to the table
Getting on a little bit of a technology bent lately…
There are tons of plugins you can get for your website or blog that allow your readers to share your posts on a number of social network sites. But my experience has been that often those plugins can cause havoc on your servers for one reason or another – or bog your site down in general.
But there are alternatives to using plugins — and these will work for WordPress site, or anywhere on any site that utilizes PHP.
Continue reading Social media hacks for your website