Posts Tagged ‘Frommers’
8
Dec
Posted by Andrew Mersmann in Inspiration. Tagged: 500 Places Where You Can Make a Difference, Frommers. 4 Comments
It was a bit of a Sally Field moment for me last night (You like me, you really like me), when I was presented the Lowell Thomas Gold Award from the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation for the “Best Guidebook 2010″ for my book, Frommer’s 500 Places Where You Can Make a Difference. The [...]
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29
Jul
Posted by Andrew Mersmann in 500 Places Where You Can Make a Difference, Vacation Ideas, volunteer. Tagged: 500 Places Where You Can Make a Difference, Frommers, Melinda Quintero, planning, volunteer vacation. 6 Comments
Here is an article at Frommer’s about six steps to planning your volunteer vacation. I was lucky enough to be asked for my two cents as Melinda Quintero put the piece together. How to Plan a Volunteer Vacation in 6 Steps Whether you’re looking to volunteer for an afternoon or for several weeks while on [...]
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26
Jul
Posted by Andrew Mersmann in Inspiration, Opportunities, Vacation Ideas, volunteer. Tagged: 20th anniversary awda, 500 Places Where You Can Make a Difference, Adaptive Sports Center, Americans with disabilities act, disabled american veterans, Frommers, Guide Dogs for the Blind, match-up, seniors with disabilities, serve.gov, United We Serve, Volunteer Match, work and volunteer abroad. Leave a Comment
Today, July 26, is the 20th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act, a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability and mandates access to places of business. What a great day to make sure that your own actions and attitudes (and those of your family) embrace all equally. It is also a [...]
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13
Oct
Posted by Andrew Mersmann in 500 Places Where You Can Make a Difference. Tagged: 500 Places Where You Can Make a Difference, Amazon.com, Andrew Mersmann, Barnes & Noble, Borders, Frommers. 1 Comment
Well–here it is. This is the book that kept me on self-imposed house arrest all winter and spring, tilting at the windmills of time trying to get it done. It is now available at online retailers (Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Borders, etc) and I hope at your local bookstore as well. I love local bookstores [...]
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27
Aug
Posted by Andrew Mersmann in 500 Places Where You Can Make a Difference. Tagged: 500 Places Where You Can Make a Difference, Andrew Mersmann, Angela Michie, Frommers, NYRP. 1 Comment
SO this is my 100th posting since I started the blog. I love that the timing ended up this way–here is a video that I just got today, promoting the book … next time…a real microphone
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16
Jul
Posted by Andrew Mersmann in 500 Places Where You Can Make a Difference. Tagged: 500 Places Where You Can Make a Difference, Andrew Mersmann, Angelina Jolie, Frommers, Marie Claire Magazine, voluntourist. Leave a Comment
Below is a brief piece from a summer issue of Marie Claire Magazine in their “World Reports” section, about volunteer travel, with a brief quote (all that’s left from a longer interview–but I know too well, from the other side of the equation, how that goes and interviews get cut down to bites) from me [...]
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