Things That Work: Simple Ways to Healthier Communities

In every day there are moments of uplift hidden in the simplest acts. What inspires you to share and celebrate the little things that work so well?

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    Description: In every day there are moments of uplift hidden in the simplest acts. What inspires you to share and celebrate the little things that work so well?
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  • Tom Munnecke
    Ambassador of Kwan when it comes to creating cascades of uplift.
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    In Tom Munnecke's own words: "Good Apples positive media syndication. I am looking at ways of "elevating" public perspectives through Appreciative Inquiry and Positive Psychology models. Perhaps this could be a syndication means for folks in the Uplift Academy."
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  • Christer Sturmark
    Christer Sturmark is an entrepreneur, author, and global defender. He has written three books on the social and cultural values that will shape our future and gives lectures on the values of the new, global, networked society.
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    Fellow Canadian with a remarkable cookbook for uplift in all it's glorious forms. Environmental philosopher and social venture coach
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    Charitable Cheerleader
  • Ted Ernst
    One of the colleagues I've come to respect deeply on omidyar.net for his passionate and compassionate contributions for making the world a better place.
  • Pierre Omidyar
    Technologist, founder of eBay, trying to make the world a better place.
  • Ross Mayfield
    CEO of Socialtext Inc.
  • Evelyn Rodriguez
    The generalist synthesist weblog - quite often about innovations in innovation and marketing. Juxtaposing the right brain and left. Yin and yang. Analytical and intuitive. Technical and visceral. Future and in-the-now. Intersection of technology, creativity & innovation, leadership, systems, beliefs and worldviews. Eventually, on-the-road coverage from a world journey to the emerging creative class centers of the world.
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    STG is the nexus of a network of bloggers committed to raising awareness for small charities around the world. Every three weeks this space highlights a new “micro-charity”—a small, inspiring charity, one with a real face and where $1 makes a difference—and the bloggers in the network link to that post, sending traffic, and awareness, the charity’s way.
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