Natalia Mehlman Petrzela is an intenSati instructor, college professor, mom, and ambassador of awesome (just google her!). The next amazing event that she’s speaking at is less than two weeks away (March 11), and spots are filling up fast. I spoke with her about what it’s going to be like to celebrate our bodies and… Continue reading Interview with Natalia Petrzela about intenSati, the Intrepid, and HealthClass 2.0
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Love this mailing from The Center for Effective Philanthropy about their really well-designed assessment tools to help measure impact. Foundations, take note if you haven’t already!
“It was for the veterans’ ‘got your 6’ campaign”
If you watched the Oscars with an obnoxiously scrutinizing eye like I did and read all of the follow-up fashion reports, you might have heard some buzz about one of my favorite men in Hollywood, Tom Hanks. He was wearing a metallic number 6 pin on his lapel, and the only explanation his publicist gave… Continue reading “It was for the veterans’ ‘got your 6’ campaign”
Orange Street, Cranberry Street, Pineapple Street
I never knew why downtown Brooklyn had streets named after yummy things, but not I know it’s because of Miss Middagh. Miss Middagh’s family, who immigrated to the area when it was still New Amsterdam in 1652, was very influential in the area. She didn’t like that her wealthy neighbors were so arrogant as to name… Continue reading Orange Street, Cranberry Street, Pineapple Street
Incredible clouds at sunset near the Intrepid.
Here’s the form to register to vote in NYC
I have always voted absentee in CT because in all honesty (and at risk of embarrassment), registering to vote in a new place wasn’t transparent to me. I don’t have a NY driver’s license, but it seems like it doesn’t matter. That also shouldn’t have been an excuse to be less civically engaged than is… Continue reading Here’s the form to register to vote in NYC
12 free ebooks on nonprofits, social media, and fundraising
12 free ebooks on nonprofits, social media, and fundraising
Take my grantwriting class!
Does the idea of writing a grant make you cringe and procrastinate in any way possible? Do you want to suggest projects at your nonprofit but don’t know how you’ll raise the funding to execute? Do you have basic writing skills but don’t know how to string together an appealing narrative? Take the fear out of grantwriting and… Continue reading Take my grantwriting class!
Divine Ricochet, 1991 From the John Chamberlain retrospective Choices now showing at the Guggenheim through May 13.
Failure is great. It’s really scary, but it’s totally worth it, because you can’t succeed at these exponential levels until you dramatically fail. Biz Stone, Co-Founder of Twitter
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