Category: Good Ideas

Dec 04

Lobbying and Finding your Legislator in the Next Session

I attended an excellent Lobbying Workshop sponsored by the League of Women’s Voters.  The workshop covered how to be an effective advocate as citizens or as a member of a civic organization lobbying the NM State Legislature.  Speakers were Senator Peter Wirth, Representative Jimmy Hall, and registered lobbyist, Linda Siegle. I learned a lot and …

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Nov 28

LinkedIn Mania!

On the advice of a friend and marketing expert, I decided to get serious on LinkedIn and now I am hooked.  I’ve been connecting with people from the past and the present and the future by sending little messages.  It’s nice to know how people are doing and they like the fact that I am …

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Oct 09

Clean Water – the big global issue of today and tomorrow

Scaling Up Here’s a little more on the innovative partnership with Coke: Coca Cola Company has taught the Tanzanian government a system of delivery that comes from Coke’s experience of having 20 million points of sale every week all over the globe. It was an exciting venture that gets the heart of a fundraiser like …

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Oct 09

Coca Cola Company CEO talks Fundraising from the pov of the big corporations

The Golden Triangle   I was impressed recently by the dialogue Charlie Rose had with Muhtar Kent, CEO and Chairman of Coca Cola Company who talked about the sustainability of non-profit organizations through partnerships that he called the Golden Triangle.  Everyone has a different name for it, but the basic concept is Government, Business and Civil …

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