Creativity

I recently read Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg.  As I examined my own professional life and the ways that I do or don't "lean in" and "stay at the table" I started to think about how Agile might contribute to a level playing field for men and women in the workplace.

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CivicActions is incredibly excited about the announcement that Holly Ross will be joining the Drupal Association as Executive Director and what it means for the Drupal community. Her background in growing the Nonprofit Technology Entrepreneurs Network and its annual NTC conference is probably the most perfectly suited for nurturing and growing the Drupal community since Jacob Redding (Three cheers for Jacob! Hiphip!  HipHip!  HipHip! w00t!).

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Michelle Coffey designs, implements and furthers the strategic agenda, leadership and vision of Lambent Foundation.

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Earlier this month I attended a seminar on Productivity and Organizing at Proteus Gowanus 

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One of the great things about living in Vancouver is the abundance of tech talent.

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[Left: logo of the Chaos Computer Club]

The German hacker club, Chaos Computer Club has recently been in the news for their annual end of the year Chaos Communication Congress at which well-known writer and BoingBoing editor, Cory Doctorow spoke on “the coming war on general computation.” In this post, I will introduce you to the club, their events, and other hacker organizations, events and affiliates worldwide. I will do this via a sort of travellog of the club's Chaos Communication Camp, which I had the good luck to attend this past August.

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I recently saw the wonderful documentary, Eames: The Architect & The Painter, and if you are a fan of the furniture, films or other design of Ray and Charles Eames like I am, you have to see this film when it comes to your town, or becomes available via DVD or some streaming service. Even if you are not obsessed with the work of the amazing couple, you have certainly been exposed to it, and I think we all can learn from the example they set.

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Lots of buzz swirling around about Google+, Google's Facebook-like social networking site.  Much of the buzz surrounds trying to get invited into the test trial, especially as many have received "invites" but not been able to get in anyway.

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On Wednesday I had the pleasure of attending (as a sponsor and learner) the Social Media for Nonprofits Conference in San Francisco.

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VolunteerMatch.org (personally, a BIG favorite .org)  recently released their first Video Annual Report and it's AWESOME!!  It's such a great, and low-cost idea for producing a compelling story of an organization's successes.  Getting to make a rich, human connection with an organization's staff and the people/organizations they're helping is amazing. It's moving to hear how the organization is having an impact from the people it's actually helping. The only thing missing in this presentation is the lack of any clickable calls to action.

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