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Karen Putz Shares Her World

October 2, 2008 by SOBCon Authors

Good day SOBConners! Karen here. I’m helping out on a fundraiser that is part of the Mom Blogs challenge– can you help me spread the word? We’re raising money for schools in the Chicago area as well as deaf projects:

Join us for the Chicago Moms Blog Donors Choose Challenge!

Chicago Over at Chicago Mom’s Blog and their sister sites, we are rising up to the worldwide 2008 DonorsChoose.org Bloggers Challenge to help thousands of kids in high-need public schools.  Last year during the 2007 Blogger Challenge, internet history was made in one short month: more than 100 bloggers raised $420,000 for school projects on DonorsChoose.org.  This year, we’re aiming to make internet history again.

Challengebannerblog_4 DonorsChoose.org is the brainchild of Charles Best and a group of teachers from the Bronx.  Charles, a science teacher, was frustrated at the lack of materials in the classrooms.  He saw how the students were affected by not having adequate materials to teach and work with. He set up DonorsChoose.org to pair donors with educational projects all over the world.  The beauty of DonorsChoose.org is that donors have complete control over which projects they choose to donate to.

Since I have a heart for deaf and hard of hearing children, I took a look at the projects that focus on those kids:  Projects featuring deaf and hard of hearing children.  I also found projects covering students in special education.  And for Chicago Moms, there are many projects covering Chicago Public Schools and the surrounding suburbs.

This fundraiser is so profound, that Fortune magazine has an article covering this month-long philanthropy effort:  It Takes a Blogosphere.

The Chicago Moms Blog and our sister sites aim to kick some serious butt (some of us have to pause and wipe a butt) and raise the most money for several school projects for the Moms Blogs Challenge. We invite our readers to join us in raising the most money.  Turn your couch upside down and find some change.  Encourage your kids to donate some of their allowance.  Grab a bunch of moms in your neighborhood and join together to select a project to fund.  And if you have a rich uncle, ask him to cut a check– and make a difference.

Chicago_2 For the month of October 2008, click on the Chicago Moms Help Public Schools button in the top left corner and send your contribution on its way!  Watch as the competition heats up as we work together to raise funds.

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An Update from Todd Jordan

August 13, 2008 by SOBCon Authors

Todd has written a post that captures the spirit of SOBCon:

We come away from those events on natural highs. We promise ourselves we’ll do some things. Perhaps for you it was simply to stay in touch. Other folks will promise to change their blog, some will say they’ll change their life. Some people even offer business opportunities. It’s a very exciting time in our lives.

Read the whole thing here [link].

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An Update from Brad Shorr

August 11, 2008 by SOBCon Authors

Brad wanted to let the SOBCon community know what he has been up to:

Brad ShorrI have installed a new WordPress theme to better focus my Web site and blog on my core services:

  • Content strategy,
  • Copywriting,
  • and business blog services.

The navigation of the new theme allows me to highlight important Web pages that were practically invisible with my old theme. Since my site traffic is steadily increasing, I decided it would be worthwhile to start monetizing.

I’ve developed a long term plan and in July began selling ads on my blog, very selectively. So far the response has been positive. I have a couple of new online service offerings in development that I plan to roll out before the end of the year.

Brad Shorr
Word Sell, Inc.
www.wordsellinc.com

Good luck with your new focus Brad! Check out Brad’s site and let him know what you think of the new look.

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Timothy Johnson – The SOBCon Update

August 7, 2008 by SOBCon Authors

Carpe Factum LogoI recently had the opportunity to speak to Timothy Johnson of Carpe Factum and he gave me an update on what he has been working on since we first met at May’s conference:

Timothy JohnsonSince SOBCon I’ve been spending the summer doing some editing and honing on SWAT. SWAT (Systems Working All Together) is a story about Systems Thinking, but it’s also a story about learning. We tend to go about our business rather myopically and think that only people in our business/company can teach us about how to do our jobs better. Part of the plot of this book shows how a young manager learns how to improve the processes of his call center project by using the principles of a tactical police SWAT team. We all intuitively understand the principles of inputs and outputs, but few of us take the time to look at how the behavior of the system impacts how we do our jobs.

I’ve also been working on preparing for the second printing of Race Through The Forest (my first book) later this fall. We’re adding in some charts, pointers, and templates for project managers.

Tim actually spent some time with a SWAT team as part of his research, and this looks like it’s going to be a very exciting new book.
Thanks Tim!

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