When we decided to participate in Blog Action Day 2008, the theme Poverty, we were going to write about poverty in various countries, around the world.
Then in speaking with a friend, Dan Portnoy, who has been recently working on a project for the Union Rescue Mission, we realized poverty and hunger was in our very own backyard.
In our little piece of the world, we call Orange County; we see a beautiful place, 42 miles of white sandy beaches, wonderful weather, culture & entertainment, world-famous dining and the center of some of the best US resorts. We have something for everyone.
Yet, [...]
October 15th, 2008, Author: Tawny Press
Tags: Orange County California, poverty
Posted in Events | 3 Comments »
I enjoy the benefits of connecting with colleagues, friends, clients and other people in our industry.
This isn’t random spam, this is spam being created by network connections. How can this be? Interestingly, everyone views spam slightly differently. I have found a few, who view it as the reason they have a network, which I find interesting.
The benefits of LinkedIn are plentiful, however using it as an adverting tool is not one of them.
Obviously, everyone in LinkedIn has a product or service to promote, but I find the direct emails, which are apparently random in nature, as they not directed to [...]
October 10th, 2008, Author: Tawny Press
Tags: Business networking, Linkedin, LinkedIn Group, social network, Social network service, Web 2.0
Posted in Etiquette, Featured, Networking | 6 Comments »
Our economy is questionable, this is on most everyone’s mind, but even with all of our current national problems, there are people in far greater need in the world, people living in Poverty.
Please consider joining me and a host of others on Blog Action Day 2008. It is one day, one blog post, all to focus on one important issue. Help spread the word on October 15, 2008.
What is Blog Action Day?
It is an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world’s bloggers, podcasters and videocasters, to post about the same issue on the same day. The aim [...]
October 1st, 2008, Author: Tawny Press
Tags: Blog Action Day, poverty
Posted in Events, News | 12 Comments »
