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Fun with a Stick Figure!
Did you ever wish you were Harold with the magic Purple Crayon, where everything you draw comes to life? Have a near-Harold experience with Draw a Stickman, and see a special message at the end: click here to play.
Seen and Heard
What are you listening to right now?Bjork! Why? Because she’s so original!Carlos RamirezCenter for Nonprofit ManagementLos Angeles, California
Take a 3-Minute Vacation Right Now with Animals!
It’s summer and you’re at work! You get to have TWO 3-minute vacations today! We are big fans of the breathtaking photos at National Geographic. Take a look at some of their Pictures of the Day With Animals. To start with, enjoy this p …
Letter From the Editor
Welcome to this special YNPN Edition of Blue Avocado! We’ve partnered with our friends over at the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network to deliver you a special edition of Blue Avocado featuring young, insightful writers from around the country. …
Board Diversity, Swine Flu, Zen of Handwashing, Thanksgiving . . . Editor’s Note 11.15.09
We at Blue Avocado are proud not only to be super-practical for community nonprofits, but to celebrate our sector with fun and quirkiness. This issue is a good example: on the practical side we take a fresh look at diversity on nonprofit boards a …
Take a 3-Minute Vacation with a Root Beer Float Party
“You look happy,” said Liz to Jack on 30 Rock recently. “Did you just have a root beer float?” Thrill your office this end-of-summer. Go get vanilla ice cream and root beer (straws nice but not necessary). Announce a 3:30 pm root beer float …
Take a 3-Minute Vacation Right Now…Paintings of Fritz Scholder
Be on the alert for paint spilling out through your monitor as you enjoy the paintings of Fritz Scholder, now on display at the National Museum of the American Indian. If you were standing in either of the New York or Washington, DC, galleries where th …
Take a 3-Minute Vacation to a Peter & Gordon Concert
Aren’t we all ready for a break from Michael Jackson? Peter and Gordon weren’t anybody’s #1 group, but it was always good to hear their songs come up on the radio. Gordon Waller died last month (July 2009), and reader Karen Aitchison sends us to …
Fall Winter Spring Summer in a 2-Minute Vacation
At this time of year when days are short we remember that spring is coming. Norwegian Eric Solheim took short videos from his porch over a year to create an evocative sense of a year going by, in just 120 seconds. See it at http: …
Breaking of a New Norm . . . Opening 7.15.09
"When is the economy going to rebound?" As economists and newscasters search for meaning in tiny bits of statistics, even we in the nonprofit sector seem to have adopted an attitude of holding on for just a few years until things "bounce …
