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Sionatag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-3452022008-11-25T16:53:46Z2008-11-25T16:53:47ZCharity Makes Wealth - Portfolio.com
<p><a href="http://www.portfolio.com/views/columns/2007/10/15/Charity-Makes-Wealth">Charity Makes Wealth - Portfolio.com</a></p>
<p>Emerging evidence—crunchy statistics from real data, not the mushy self-help stuff—supports the contention that giving stimulates prosperity, for both individuals and nations. Charity, it appears, can really make you rich.</p>
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charity, donation, philanthropy, wealth, giving, rich
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Sionatag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-3446052008-11-23T00:40:11Z2008-11-23T00:40:11ZWhat Happy People Don’t Do - NYTimes.com
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/health/research/20happy.html?em">What Happy People Don’t Do - NYTimes.com</a></p>
<p>Happy people spend a lot of time socializing, going to church and reading newspapers — but they don’t spend a lot of time watching television, a new study finds.</p>
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happiness, television, reading, socializing, unhappy, life
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Sionatag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-3443772008-11-21T15:16:20Z2008-11-21T15:16:20Z37 ways to join the Gift Economy
<p><a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/article.asp?ID=879">37 ways to join the Gift Economy </a></p>
<p>You don't have to participate in a local currency or service exchange to be part of the cooperative gift economy. Any time you do a favor for a family member, neighbor, colleague, or stranger you're part of it. Here are some ways you can spend time in the gift economy, where you'll find fun, freedom, and connection. </p>
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gifts, economy, gifting
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Sionatag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-3424372008-11-12T20:20:06Z2008-11-12T20:20:06ZThe New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes-se.com/">The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia</a></p>
<p>Why isn't this the news?</p>
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news, idealism, press, story, prank, hope
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Sionatag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-3378712008-10-22T20:22:10Z2008-10-22T20:22:10ZOnly Positive News
<p><a href="http://www.only-positive-news.com/">Only Positive News</a></p>
<p>Only-Positive-News.com provides you with an alternative news service that provides positive news updates and inspiring stories from around the world. We are also dedicated to finding, celebrating and promoting people from all walks of life who are making a positive contribution and making this world a better place.</p>
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news, positivity, hope, stories, inspiration
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Sionatag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-3209942008-08-20T00:50:58Z2008-08-20T00:50:58Z29 Gifts: CHALLENGE
<p><a href="http://www.29gifts.org/index.html">29 Gifts: CHALLENGE</a></p>
<p>Give something away, for 29 days...</p>
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giving, challenge, gift, generosity, gifting, abundance
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Sionatag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-3206262008-08-18T17:29:10Z2008-08-18T17:29:10Z100 Acorns
<p><a href="http://100acorns.blogspot.com/">100 Acorns</a></p>
<p>Yoko Ono's beautiful peace project</p>
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peace, acorns, yoko ono, life, love, art, instructions, seeds
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Sionatag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-3169752008-08-01T16:57:27Z2008-08-01T16:57:27ZThe Co-Inteligence Institute
<p><a href="http://www.co-intelligence.org/P-dialogue.html#">The Co-Inteligence Institute</a></p>
<p>"Not all communication is dialogue. Dialogue is shared exploration towards greater understanding, connection, or possibility. Any communication that fits this definition, the Co-Intelligence Institute considers dialogue. Communication that doesn't fit this definition, we don't call dialogue."</p>
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dialog, conversation, community, connection, wholeness, listening, realization, process, words, meaning
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Sionatag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-3154752008-07-24T16:51:07Z2008-07-24T16:51:07ZBasics - Mirrors Used to Explore How the Brain Interprets Information - NYTimes.com
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/science/22angi.html?ex=1217563200&en=b0287dfc10987b87&ei=5070&emc=eta-1">Basics - Mirrors Used to Explore How the Brain Interprets Information - NYTimes.com</a></p>
<p>"Other researchers have determined that mirrors can subtly affect human behavior, often in surprisingly positive ways. Subjects tested in a room with a mirror have been found to work harder, to be more helpful and to be less inclined to cheat, compared with control groups performing the same exercises in nonmirrored settings. Reporting in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, C. Neil Macrae, Galen V. Bodenhausen and Alan B. Milne found that people in a room with a mirror were comparatively less likely to judge others based on social stereotypes about, for example, sex, race or religion."</p>
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mirror, behavior, science, psychology, mirrors, reflections, self, perception, brains
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Sionatag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-3149402008-07-22T14:24:46Z2008-07-22T14:24:46ZWeb Social Architecture: Web Professionals: Social Media is about to Change Your Job. Are You Ready?
<p><a href="http://www.websocialarchitecture.com/community/2008/06/web-professiona.html">Web Social Architecture: Web Professionals: Social Media is about to Change Your Job. Are You Ready?</a></p>
<p>"Let me set the stage for what I mean to discuss here by sharing Ryan's Two-Minute History of Web Marketing:"</p>
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social media, web 2 0, online, internet, participatory web
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Sionatag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-3145672008-07-21T16:50:49Z2008-07-21T16:50:49ZLiterature Review and Synthesis: Online Communities of Practice - Education Counts
<p><a href="http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/publications/curriculum/5795">Literature Review and Synthesis: Online Communities of Practice - Education Counts</a></p>
<p>"This literature review and synthesis aims at developing a knowledge base to inform the Ministry of Education on how to develop, implement, and maintain online communities of practice (CoPs), and how communication technologies can be used to support them."</p>
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communities of practice, community, online community, gaia
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Sionatag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-3145572008-07-21T16:45:44Z2008-07-21T16:45:44ZCommunity Lab | Designing Online Communities to Enhance Participation: Bridging Theory and Practice
<p><a href="http://www.communitylab.org/">Community Lab | Designing Online Communities to Enhance Participation: Bridging Theory and Practice</a></p>
<p>"Despite extensive experience, eliciting contributions in an on-line community is still largely a matter of trial and error. This project will develop theory to predict contribution behavior in on-line communities and will help transfer that theory into practice by using it to develop a set of on-line community design guidelines."</p>
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online communities, design, participation, interaction
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Sionatag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-3145542008-07-21T16:43:37Z2008-07-21T16:43:37ZOnline Community Building Concepts
<p><a href="http://www.well.com/user/gail/community.tips.html">Online Community Building Concepts</a></p>
<p>" In response to questions about how to start a new community site, conference or set of related forums for an ongoing group, in 1994 I made this first draft of a list of principles to consider. This list is about attitude and approach to people rather than interface and economics. "</p>
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community building, online communities, community, principles
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Sionatag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-3140392008-07-18T21:04:39Z2008-07-18T21:04:39ZOnline Community Toolkit
<p><a href="http://www.fullcirc.com/community/communitymanual.htm">Online Community Toolkit</a></p>
<p>Thinking about building or hosting an online community? Looking for specific tips, tools and ideas?</p>
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community building, online communities, articles, resources, community
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Sionatag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-3140382008-07-18T21:04:07Z2008-07-18T21:04:07ZCommunity Builder's Purpose Checklist
<p><a href="http://www.fullcirc.com/community/purposecheck.htm">Community Builder's Purpose Checklist</a></p>
<p>Checklist for online communities</p>
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community, online, community building, purpose
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Sionatag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-3139312008-07-18T14:21:52Z2008-07-18T14:21:53ZCharityFocus Blog: Best Advice Indra Nooyi Ever Got
<p><a href="http://www.charityfocus.org/blog/view.php?id=1880">CharityFocus Blog: Best Advice Indra Nooyi Ever Got</a></p>
<p>"My father was an absolutely wonderful human being. From him I learned to always assume positive intent. "</p>
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advice, communication, positivity, perspective
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Sionatag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-3130642008-07-16T14:28:10Z2008-07-16T14:28:11ZMarketing Metaphoria : Seven Giants
<p><a href="http://www.marketingmetaphoria.com/deepmetaphor.html">Marketing Metaphoria : Seven Giants</a></p>
<p>In some twelve thousand in-depth interviews for more than a hundred clients in over thirty countries, seven deep metaphors have surfaced with the greatest frequency in every sector- finance, food, transportation, and so forth- and in every country, regardless of the research team.</p>
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metaphors, thinking, balance, transformation, journey, container, connection, resource, control
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Sionatag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-3123442008-07-12T14:41:53Z2008-07-12T14:41:54ZThrough Analysis, Gut Reaction Gains Credibility - New York Times
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/28/science/28conv.html?ex=1345953600&en=11839b727926c309&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all">Through Analysis, Gut Reaction Gains Credibility - New York Times</a></p>
<p>Two years ago, when Malcolm Gladwell published his best-selling “Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking,” readers throughout the world were introduced to the ideas of Gerd Gigerenzer, a German social psychologist.</p>
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intuition, thought, bodies, thinking, embodiment, wisdom
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Sionatag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-3118412008-07-10T18:03:33Z2008-07-10T18:03:33ZThe Cultural Creatives: We Are Everywhere - The 'InnerView' with Paul Ray
<p><a href="http://www.alternativesmagazine.com/18/ray.html">The Cultural Creatives: We Are Everywhere - The 'InnerView' with Paul Ray</a></p>
<p>"What’s the connection between meditation, ecological sustainability, social justice, self actualization, and the protesters at the WTO Convention in Seattle? What were the 60’s all about and what’s the socio-cultural link to now?"</p>
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cultural creatives, paul ray, culture, integral, spirituality, environment, future
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Sionatag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-3118402008-07-10T18:02:48Z2008-07-10T18:02:48ZThe Rise of Integral Culture
<p><a href="http://www.noetic.org/publications/review/issue37/r37_Ray.html">The Rise of Integral Culture</a></p>
<p>"Instead, let's consider an alternative point of view that runs against everything we read in the daily papers. The alternative is this: The opportunities before us are just as real as the dangers. Our future is not an inevitable slide into poverty and despair. But this does not mean celebrating our inevitable progress into a golden future of endless consumption as described by ad agency flacks. Life is harder and more upsetting than that."</p>
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integral, cultural creatives, paul ray, worldviews, future
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