Posted on November 12, 2008
Filed Under Business, Video Podcasts

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More and more brave souls are leaving their "known worlds" for life as an adventure, the kind without a job for a safety net. Decades ago the book appeared, Do What You Love and The Money Will Follow that really knocked loose some hard-formed notions. Still, only one generation has grown up with that message, so it has barely made a dent in our global consciousness. Some people are using volunteering as a step in that direction. Such is the story of my friend BJ Wishinsky who is now at Anita Borg Institute and also Joe Philipson the photographer who is helping to define a whole new sector: social media photographer.

I'd also to thank the many volunteers who helped on Podcamp Hawaii. Judi Clark was both the WordCamp wrangler and the one who helped me track and acknowledge the many volunteers on that event. Kyle Nishioka was the tech and venue manage and did a wonderful job working with our many vendors. Shane Robinson aka Secret Cameraman built the website and set up all of the live streaming, plus created a very cool desktop application that allowed attendees to fill out evaluations on the spot while watching the live stream or following the Twitter stream!

Update: Twitter friend @carakitty also got a jpb at a Vet office after volunteering at the animal shelter.

Hawaiian Word:
ʻAʻa; volunteer

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One Response to “Beach Walk 716 – Volunteering to Vocation”

byteful traveller on November 23rd, 2008 8:54 am

What a great success story about the J-Phil! Encouraging to me.
Isn't it amazing what can happen when we let go of anticipating outcomes?