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	<title>Comments on: Ioana Wins $25K from Intuit &#8211; Social Capital in Action</title>
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		<title>By: Kizito</title>
		<link>http://ibiblio.org/pjones/blog/ioana-wins-25k-from-intuit-social-capital-in-action/comment-page-1/#comment-433718</link>
		<dc:creator>Kizito</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thx for your reply! I&#039;m sad to be leaving Chapel Hill, but happy to tour the US, before going back to Belgium. I will start a website to promote good causes I believe in and will need to start expanding my own social network. ;-) Putnam&#039;s book &#039;Bowling Alone&#039; was recommended to me and already in my luggage!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thx for your reply! I&#8217;m sad to be leaving Chapel Hill, but happy to tour the US, before going back to Belgium. I will start a website to promote good causes I believe in and will need to start expanding my own social network. <img src='http://ibiblio.org/pjones/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' />  Putnam&#8217;s book &#8216;Bowling Alone&#8217; was recommended to me and already in my luggage!</p>
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		<title>By: Paul</title>
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		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes, Kizito. You were quite the angel and a hard working one too. It was for the record John Herr who you were talking to (if I recall correctly). At any rate, you were a wonderful and persistent advocate.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, Kizito. You were quite the angel and a hard working one too. It was for the record John Herr who you were talking to (if I recall correctly). At any rate, you were a wonderful and persistent advocate.</p>
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		<title>By: Kizito</title>
		<link>http://ibiblio.org/pjones/blog/ioana-wins-25k-from-intuit-social-capital-in-action/comment-page-1/#comment-433343</link>
		<dc:creator>Kizito</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Paul, My name is Kizito. I read your story about Ioana and had to smile, because you wrote: &#039;On my way to look for a table, I noticed a woman talking to people and handing out small flyers. She was explaining why people should go online (yes there is free wifi in this 3rd place) and vote for her friend. I heard someone say, “You don’t need these flyers; you just need to talk to Paul Jones.” Well, that woman was me, and your friend, who pointed you out to me, did so after he had seen me approach people asking them to vote for Ioana four hours non stop at Weaverstreet. 
When my new neighbor, Ioana (who I hadn&#039;t known before) asked me to vote for her - in the 1st round in the contest she was one of nearly 2000 participants -, because she was falling behind, I voted for her and emailed all the neighbors, as well as my family and friends urging them to do so too. When she became one of the 50 finalists, she asked me to vote for her again and she also wanted tips, how she could get more votes. I told her I would not only vote for her, but get as many votes for her as possible, because I believed in her cause and that she could win. The first step was to create an open event on Facebook, what her husband Chris did. Ioana and I spent two full weeks campaigning together, and I carried on when she had to give her music lessons, practice or go to a recital. I was told by many, that they believed my enthusiasm and energy helped her enormously in winning the contest. 
Inspired by Ioana (who called me her &#039;godsend angel&#039;, and I called her mine!), I intend to follow her advice at the end of her video: &#039;Focus on your strengths and abilities and the right opportunities will find you. Don&#039;t limit the diverse ways in which you can reach your dreams and goals.&#039; I intend to start a small non-profit business &#039;kizitogoodcauses&#039;, to help promote good causes I believe in. like I helped Ioana. Thank you for helping her too! 
To answer one question: how did Ioana know about the contest? Well, she was doing her taxes via TurboTax and then happened to stumble upon the &#039;small business contest&#039; of Intuit and decided to enter the contest. It&#039;s a good thing she did! :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Paul, My name is Kizito. I read your story about Ioana and had to smile, because you wrote: &#8216;On my way to look for a table, I noticed a woman talking to people and handing out small flyers. She was explaining why people should go online (yes there is free wifi in this 3rd place) and vote for her friend. I heard someone say, “You don’t need these flyers; you just need to talk to Paul Jones.” Well, that woman was me, and your friend, who pointed you out to me, did so after he had seen me approach people asking them to vote for Ioana four hours non stop at Weaverstreet.<br />
When my new neighbor, Ioana (who I hadn&#8217;t known before) asked me to vote for her &#8211; in the 1st round in the contest she was one of nearly 2000 participants -, because she was falling behind, I voted for her and emailed all the neighbors, as well as my family and friends urging them to do so too. When she became one of the 50 finalists, she asked me to vote for her again and she also wanted tips, how she could get more votes. I told her I would not only vote for her, but get as many votes for her as possible, because I believed in her cause and that she could win. The first step was to create an open event on Facebook, what her husband Chris did. Ioana and I spent two full weeks campaigning together, and I carried on when she had to give her music lessons, practice or go to a recital. I was told by many, that they believed my enthusiasm and energy helped her enormously in winning the contest.<br />
Inspired by Ioana (who called me her &#8216;godsend angel&#8217;, and I called her mine!), I intend to follow her advice at the end of her video: &#8216;Focus on your strengths and abilities and the right opportunities will find you. Don&#8217;t limit the diverse ways in which you can reach your dreams and goals.&#8217; I intend to start a small non-profit business &#8216;kizitogoodcauses&#8217;, to help promote good causes I believe in. like I helped Ioana. Thank you for helping her too!<br />
To answer one question: how did Ioana know about the contest? Well, she was doing her taxes via TurboTax and then happened to stumble upon the &#8217;small business contest&#8217; of Intuit and decided to enter the contest. It&#8217;s a good thing she did! <img src='http://ibiblio.org/pjones/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Paul</title>
		<link>http://ibiblio.org/pjones/blog/ioana-wins-25k-from-intuit-social-capital-in-action/comment-page-1/#comment-433279</link>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ioana, You and your neighbors really worked hard to make this part of your dream happen. It was great to be a small part of it. 
John, How did we miss each other? 
Fred, Now you know my secret. Use that knowledge wisely</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ioana, You and your neighbors really worked hard to make this part of your dream happen. It was great to be a small part of it.<br />
John, How did we miss each other?<br />
Fred, Now you know my secret. Use that knowledge wisely</p>
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		<title>By: Ioana Sherman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ioana Sherman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear Paul,

THANK YOU sooo much for helping me out and listening to my story and following through with your word and putting this on twitter!  I was shocked to hear the results yesterday and have been trying to spread the word, although it looks like you beat me to it! I have not been able to keep up with my emails in the last 24 hrs!! Thank you to everyone who voted at Weaver St. I am so honored that Intuit picked my story, and excited that I will get to share my gifts with this wonderful community!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Paul,</p>
<p>THANK YOU sooo much for helping me out and listening to my story and following through with your word and putting this on twitter!  I was shocked to hear the results yesterday and have been trying to spread the word, although it looks like you beat me to it! I have not been able to keep up with my emails in the last 24 hrs!! Thank you to everyone who voted at Weaver St. I am so honored that Intuit picked my story, and excited that I will get to share my gifts with this wonderful community!!</p>
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		<title>By: Fred</title>
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		<dc:creator>Fred</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If I say your names three times into a mirror, do you appear?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If I say your names three times into a mirror, do you appear?</p>
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		<title>By: John Rees</title>
		<link>http://ibiblio.org/pjones/blog/ioana-wins-25k-from-intuit-social-capital-in-action/comment-page-1/#comment-433123</link>
		<dc:creator>John Rees</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ha!  We were there at Weaver the same time, hanging out with some cycling buddies, and all of us at our table voted for her as well.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ha!  We were there at Weaver the same time, hanging out with some cycling buddies, and all of us at our table voted for her as well.</p>
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