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	<description>Ideas, news and resources for social impact, healthy communities and environmental stewardship</description>
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		<title>NPR reports on the massive mobilization for Census 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Monday I wrote a post about how nonprofit organizations, community leaders and foundations are collaborating to  reach hard-to-count populations and ensure that their constituents participate in Census 2010.  Several important campaigns are taking place in the Bay Area with the financial support of The San Fransisco Foundation, The California Endowment, Evelyn and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christinesculati.com/blog/2010/03/npr-reports-on-the-massive-mobilization-for-census-2010/</link>
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		<title>Why is the Census important to you?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It looks like your browser cannot or does not support IFRAMES.

Any day you should receive notice in the mail about the 2010 Census. The official questionnaire will follow the initial announcement one week later in mid-March.

The federal government distributes more than $400 billion a year to state, tribal and local governments based on the decennial [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christinesculati.com/blog/2010/03/why-is-the-census-important-to-you/</link>
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		<title>Widgets for civic engagment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I read a new post by blogger Amy Gahran on the News Leadership 3.0 blog of the Knight Digital Media Center (a project of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism). Her article reminded me of how easy it is for changemakers to embed third [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christinesculati.com/blog/2010/01/widgets-for-civic-engagment/</link>
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		<title>Bill Moyers interviews Greg Mortenson</title>
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In December, I found a tall stack of Greg Mortenson&#8217;s new book, Stones into Schools, in a local bookstore after hearing of its release. This book (currently #5 on the New York Times best seller list) picks up where Three Cups of Tea (a book that has sold 3.5 million copies in 41 countries) left [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christinesculati.com/blog/2010/01/bill-moyers-interviews-greg-mortenson/</link>
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		<title>Finding the silver lining in 2010: 10 social innovations shaping our communities</title>
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“Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.” ~ Louisa May Alcott


People like to be optimistic, even in times of crisis. We need to see opportunity and set goals [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christinesculati.com/blog/2010/01/finding-the-silver-lining-in-2010-10-social-innovations-shaping-our-communities/</link>
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		<title>Social media for nonprofits: lessons learned</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some nonprofit organizations that were early adopters of social media and others confused by the myriad options may not be using these tools to the best of their advantage.

Using Facebook as an example, some nonprofits set up Facebook &#8220;Groups&#8221; instead of fan &#8220;Pages,&#8221; the former of which might be limiting for those that want to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christinesculati.com/blog/2009/12/social-media-for-nonprofits-lessons-learned/</link>
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		<title>Is your nonprofit newsworthy?</title>
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If you have not discovered the Live Chats with The Chronicle of Philanthropy, you will not want to miss checking out some of their informative expert-led discussions on many subjects of interest to nonprofits &#8211; from fundraising and marketing to social media and media outreach.

The next topic is: Getting Good News Coverage: How to Persuade [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christinesculati.com/blog/2009/11/is-your-nonprofit-newsworthy/</link>
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		<title>For the benefit and enjoyment of the people</title>
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At the age of three, I could hardly comprehend the vastness of the Grand Canyon. It did not look anything like my home in Michigan.

With my family I visited several national parks from the Great Smoky Mountains to Big Bend and Sequoia/Kings Canyon. Like many tourists, we snapped photos of the most iconic vistas, historic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christinesculati.com/blog/2009/09/for-the-benefit-and-enjoyment-of-the-people/</link>
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		<title>How far would you swim to save the bay?</title>
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Ever since I wrote an article on the native oysters of San Francisco Bay, I have been awed by the complexities of our estuary&#8217;s underwater ecosystems. Despite its murky appearance, the San Francisco Bay supports a diversity of wildlife &#8212; from oysters clinging to pier pilings to bottom dwelling leopard sharks.

This summer I got a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christinesculati.com/blog/2009/09/how-far-would-you-swim-to-save-the-bay/</link>
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		<title>The San Francisco Foundation to host 2009 Community Leadership Awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Each year the San Francisco Foundation awards $10,000 to individual leaders and $20,000 awards to organizations to showcase individuals and organizations that take outstanding initiative to create community impact and inspire others to follow their lead in service.

This year&#8217;s award celebration will be next Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at the Herbst Theatre.   The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christinesculati.com/blog/2009/09/the-san-francisco-foundation-to-host-2009-community-leadership-awards/</link>
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		<title>America&#8217;s Best Idea: Diversity and our national parks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wallace Stegner called our national parks “America’s Best Idea.” Based on that premise, award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns spent six years creating a documentary series that portrays our national parks as uniquely American, a symbol of democracy and the “most special places in the nation” that should be preserved for everyone.  A diversity of Americans [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christinesculati.com/blog/2009/08/americas-best-idea-diversity-and-our-national-parks/</link>
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		<title>Collective wisdom: lessons for life and business from the mountains</title>
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As an enthusiast for mountain environments and the physical and mental preparation required to reach the most sublime places in the world, I eagerly attended an event titled,“Women on Top: Lessons for Life and Business from the Mountains,” last Thursday evening in  downtown San Francisco.  The inspirational talk and slide presentation featured mountaineer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christinesculati.com/blog/2009/07/collective-wisdom-lessons-for-life-and-business-from-the-mountains/</link>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s pledge for social innovation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On June 30, President Obama announced his pledge to support social innovation from the &#8220;bottom up.&#8221; As a community organizer in Chicago, he learned that the some of the best solutions exist at the grassroots level.

The president added that we need to bring the most promising community-based solutions to scale by expanding successful programs and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christinesculati.com/blog/2009/07/obamas-pledge-for-social-innovation/</link>
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		<title>Fundraising: It&#8217;s all about relationships</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday I attended &#8220;Relationship Building: What We Can Learn from Alumni Groups.&#8221; Co-sponsored by Development Executives Roundtable (DER) and the Foundation Center in San Francisco, three panelists from Bay Area educational institutions talked about how they cultivated longtime donors through relationship building with program alumni. The insights they shared could apply to many nonprofits [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christinesculati.com/blog/2009/06/fundraising-its-all-about-relationships/</link>
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		<title>Building and funding programs to promote play</title>
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Youth development advocates nationwide have been building a movement to prioritize play and outdoor time for children and youth &#8211; through recess, sports and adventures in nature. Backing them up are new research studies from the fields of pediatrics and youth development, linking the influences that regular play and outdoor learning time have on success [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christinesculati.com/blog/2009/05/building-and-funding-programs-to-promote-play/</link>
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