30 December, 2008
29 December, 2008
22 December, 2008
Recognizing others and raising diabetes awareness
Find more videos like this on TuDiabetes.com
Dec. 25 @ 8 pm Hallmark Heroes airs:
http://tudiabetes.com/events/hallmark-heroes
repeating Dec. 28 @ 8 pm:
http://tudiabetes.com/events/hallmark-heroes-1
Do not forget to participate in the discussion about the US Healthcare system:
http://tudiabetes.com/forum/topics/what-is-broken-in-the-us
(before the end of 2008)
and send in your nominations for the TuDiabetes Awards 2008:
http://tudiabetes.com/notes/TuDiabetes_Awards_2008
(before Saturday, Dec. 27)
21 December, 2008
Anybody Need a Queen-size Mattress?
Besides the other stuff I am selling (the exercise bar sold), we are selling our IKEA Queen mattress (we actually have room to get a King-size bed again).
If you are interested, here is the Craigslist listing.
20 December, 2008
Selling some stuff before Christmas
TAG Heuer WG1112-KO Men Watch 200M - starting @ $300 $280Fluidity Fitness / Exercise Bar - $95
Designer Italian Outdoor Aluminum Table and 4 Chairs - $80
Inglesina Stroller - $25 $15
17 December, 2008
Ning For Dummies, available for pre-order
The pressure's on: May 29, the book goes on sale. "Ning For Dummies" is now available for pre-order on Amazon, if you want to get your copy.
This is super-exciting!!! :)
10 December, 2008
What a difference 6 months make...
This was only six months ago. Today, you can get gas in California for less than $2...
04 December, 2008
03 December, 2008
TuDiabetes on Hallmark Channel: Dec. 25 and 28
2008 has been a year of challenges but also a year of hope. Hope for things that lie ahead, beneath the obvious obstacles.
Depending on what you do, at the top of your hopes may or may or may not be finding a cure for diabetes: it is for me and it is for 250 million people around the world. Because of that, I wanted to share something that fills me with hope and joy, because it will shine a big light on diabetes, a disease that doesn't receive nearly as much attention as it needs to.
This coming Dec. 25 and Dec. 28, on Hallmark Channel, there will be a show called "Hallmark Heroes." Regis Philbin will host it, highlighting the journey of five people on it and I am honored to be one of them.
For almost 10 minutes, the show will talk about the journey that brought us from diabetes to TuDiabetes.com; from Orlando and participating in the Pumpers Club there, to starting the Diabetes Hands Foundation in the Bay Area and raising diabetes awareness through Word In Your Hand and our other programs.
If you carry the Hallmark Channel in your cable lineup, try to watch the show: I think you will enjoy it. Not only will you be able to watch our segment but also be inspired by the four other powerful stories.
If you haven't done it yet, please let others know about TuDiabetes.com, a community for people touched by diabetes. People who have diabetes as well as their loved ones, can benefit from being a member.
If you know of companies or groups that may be interested in sponsoring one or more of our programs, please let me know. We will be happy to talk to them about ways in which we can continue developing our mission through their generous help.
02 December, 2008
10 Social Media Tips for Nonprofits
1) Join NetSquared: they enable social benefit organizations to leverage the tools of the social web. Through NetSquared you will connect with lots of brilliant folks. When you are done there, join Social Actions.
2) Set up a Twitter account. Want to learn what it is? Read this post and follow me on Twitter if you want.
3) Create a Facebook Cause and tell EVERYONE you know about it, to help you raise funds!
4) Do the same thing with MySpace PayPal... the other half of the people who are not on Facebook are on MySpace.
5) Got an army of followers? Gather them around a social network created using Ning. It's free and it's powerful! Once you have it set up, you can also add a ChipIn widget to it, to help you raising funds.
6) Show your face to your constituents: video can help you big time (driving people to your Facebook Cause, MySpace PayPal or ChipIn widgets). So create an account on YouTube, DoGooderTV and GoodTube.
7) When on YouTube, keep an eye on new videos posted in the Nonprofits & Activism category. You can learn a lot by just watching, so you can start producing your own videos to help you with outreach and fundraising.
8) Read Mobilizing Generation 2.0.
9) Subscribe to HelpaReporter.com. It's the BEST way to get the most PR mileage at the lowest possible cost.
10) Last, before you leave, follow Beth Kanter's blog. She is the guru of social media in the nonprofit world!
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