Global Impact, a nonprofit organization that assures help for the world’s most vulnerable people, has received honors from the Washington Post as a finalist in the 2010 Excellence in Nonprofit Management Awards. We’re proud of them, and proud also to be working with them for a second year on the Combined Federal Campaign for the National Capital Area. Congratulations to all the Global Impact staff! Award announcement details.
Archive for June, 2010
Congratulations to Global Impact
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010Design for a mobile world
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010Our technology partner, Blue Atlas Interactive, has just posted a handy article to help us all open the door and welcome the new world of mobile technology on the doorstep. If you are interested and don’t know where to start, read this!
Love my mifi!
Monday, June 21st, 2010Have I told you how hard it is to work from a motor home, traveling across country with a bike tour? We’ve been on the road for a little over three weeks now and staying in towns so small they often don’t show on the map. I’m writing and driving, driving and writing. But if I didn’t have Internet access, my goose would be cooked, sliced and eaten!
That’s where my mifi comes in. I bought it just before the trip and the Verizon guy promised me it would save my job. True! It’s hardly bigger than a credit card, has one simple on/off button and works every time. All four of us in the motor home can log on and blog or whatever without a wireless care. I love my mifi! (You’re welcome, Verizon.)
Working on the road
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010When my husband decided to ride his bicycle across the country to raise money for our local food bank, I jumped in to volunteer as the support vehicle. Of course I planned to continue to work as we traveled 70 miles a day from San Francisco to Maine. How hard could it be to take my laptop and keep on writing?
The answer is HARD. I’m in a motor home with electricity. I have a MiFi, portable printer, iMac Pro and iPhone. But just sorting out the wires and cables is a nightmare! There are four of us living in this traveling “office.” In the evening, we all log on for blogging, email, photo downloads, etc. The motor home is sucking juice like crazy. And did I mention what access to cell towers is like in Eureka, Nevada?
The upside is that I am working with a view of snow covered mountains and desert wildflowers. So I won’t complain too much. Learn more about the ride.
Cindy Fowler is the editor of Smart Thinking / Great Design. Her insights and practical approaches come from over 35 years in marketing design, many miles on a bicycle and life as a fearless babyboomer in the world of social media.