tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1487458 2010-07-28T10:26:04-05:00 TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83432c1cb53ef0133f2a25c74970b 2010-07-28T10:26:04-05:00 2010-07-28T10:26:04-05:00 michael gibbons I didn't know it at time November 2006 but Elizabeth Fallon was the reason I started Buttons of Hope - if I had known her then she would have been the inspiration now she is my muse. I always believed people would do amazing things with these buttons - here's proof!<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=vnT3LhWKHZ4:sUEKIONSnOA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=vnT3LhWKHZ4:sUEKIONSnOA:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=vnT3LhWKHZ4:sUEKIONSnOA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=vnT3LhWKHZ4:sUEKIONSnOA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?i=vnT3LhWKHZ4:sUEKIONSnOA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=vnT3LhWKHZ4:sUEKIONSnOA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?i=vnT3LhWKHZ4:sUEKIONSnOA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheButton/~4/vnT3LhWKHZ4" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.behindthebutton.com/2010/07/elizabeth-fallon-a-button-badge-that-changed-the-world.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83432c1cb53ef0134840e9e04970c 2010-06-12T10:18:01-05:00 2010-06-12T10:18:01-05:00 michael gibbons I made twenty buttons of this beautiful little girl yesterday...no name on the button just that little "light up the room" smile. There's a story there......<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=4GHTWU-6EbI:rNoASYuyojo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=4GHTWU-6EbI:rNoASYuyojo:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=4GHTWU-6EbI:rNoASYuyojo:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=4GHTWU-6EbI:rNoASYuyojo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?i=4GHTWU-6EbI:rNoASYuyojo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=4GHTWU-6EbI:rNoASYuyojo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?i=4GHTWU-6EbI:rNoASYuyojo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheButton/~4/4GHTWU-6EbI" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.behindthebutton.com/2010/06/theres-a-story.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83432c1cb53ef0133ed91e0de970b 2010-05-13T19:05:58-05:00 2010-05-14T08:01:23-05:00 michael gibbons Not this windwill...I have decided to "pull the plug" to end the voting campaign. I don't like to give up and if I thought we had even the slightest chance to make a difference I'd hold on - but candidly I am not thrilled with how the whole project is being handled and specifically with what I think are voting anomalies<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=8HZt32sCr80:ViacVy1KBrs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=8HZt32sCr80:ViacVy1KBrs:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=8HZt32sCr80:ViacVy1KBrs:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=8HZt32sCr80:ViacVy1KBrs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?i=8HZt32sCr80:ViacVy1KBrs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=8HZt32sCr80:ViacVy1KBrs:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?i=8HZt32sCr80:ViacVy1KBrs:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheButton/~4/8HZt32sCr80" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.behindthebutton.com/2010/05/pepsi-refresh-everything-too-good-to-be-true.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83432c1cb53ef0134806eff1a970c 2010-05-07T08:32:00-05:00 2010-05-07T08:32:00-05:00 michael gibbons And you took the time out to find out exactly why I was walking and why I wanted to get the buttons made, which made me excited that people actually cared about my story. <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=s500PYnHYYg:1SOMzmXC-xA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=s500PYnHYYg:1SOMzmXC-xA:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=s500PYnHYYg:1SOMzmXC-xA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=s500PYnHYYg:1SOMzmXC-xA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?i=s500PYnHYYg:1SOMzmXC-xA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=s500PYnHYYg:1SOMzmXC-xA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?i=s500PYnHYYg:1SOMzmXC-xA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheButton/~4/s500PYnHYYg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.behindthebutton.com/2010/05/people-actually-cared-about-my-story-7-of-31-reasons-to-vote-for-buttons-of-hope.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83432c1cb53ef01348041453b970c 2010-05-06T16:21:00-05:00 2010-05-06T16:21:00-05:00 michael gibbons I met Diana a few weeks ago preparing for the Avon Walk, Washington DC - actually I did not meet her in person but I'm not sure that matters because we have become fast friends. Diana stumbled upon my Buttons of Hope website and sent me an email with a pretty common request.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=tSJzC0Vjpo0:p8U_vCbZI3Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=tSJzC0Vjpo0:p8U_vCbZI3Q:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=tSJzC0Vjpo0:p8U_vCbZI3Q:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=tSJzC0Vjpo0:p8U_vCbZI3Q:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?i=tSJzC0Vjpo0:p8U_vCbZI3Q:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=tSJzC0Vjpo0:p8U_vCbZI3Q:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?i=tSJzC0Vjpo0:p8U_vCbZI3Q:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheButton/~4/tSJzC0Vjpo0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.behindthebutton.com/2010/05/an-inspiration-to-herself-reason-6-of-31-to-vote-for-buttons-of-hope.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83432c1cb53ef013480141d9d970c 2010-05-05T09:06:00-05:00 2010-04-29T16:17:03-05:00 michael gibbons When Erin visited the Buttons of Hope website - she was a stranger now her story and her passion are out there for everyone to see. Erin tells me she loves her buttons - but it's really not about the buttons<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=qEQRh2LYG5U:SqbMGmg8u3s:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=qEQRh2LYG5U:SqbMGmg8u3s:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=qEQRh2LYG5U:SqbMGmg8u3s:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=qEQRh2LYG5U:SqbMGmg8u3s:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?i=qEQRh2LYG5U:SqbMGmg8u3s:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=qEQRh2LYG5U:SqbMGmg8u3s:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?i=qEQRh2LYG5U:SqbMGmg8u3s:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheButton/~4/qEQRh2LYG5U" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.behindthebutton.com/2010/05/each-step-i-take-will-be-for-her-5-of-31-reasons-to-vote-for-buttons-of-hope.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83432c1cb53ef0134800a10d4970c 2010-05-04T06:56:00-05:00 2010-04-29T16:13:31-05:00 michael gibbons Merry Christmas Daddy! This is the third Christmas without you now and it has NOT gotten any easier to be without you on what was your FAVORITE time of year! How we used to...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=7wmL2gjZAhk:Py3CadcnOVg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=7wmL2gjZAhk:Py3CadcnOVg:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=7wmL2gjZAhk:Py3CadcnOVg:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=7wmL2gjZAhk:Py3CadcnOVg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?i=7wmL2gjZAhk:Py3CadcnOVg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=7wmL2gjZAhk:Py3CadcnOVg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?i=7wmL2gjZAhk:Py3CadcnOVg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheButton/~4/7wmL2gjZAhk" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.behindthebutton.com/2010/05/my-father-my-hero-3-of-31-reasons-to-vote-for-buttons-of-hope.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83432c1cb53ef0134801c31af970c 2010-05-03T18:11:00-05:00 2010-04-29T16:03:07-05:00 michael gibbons Who, what inspired me to start Buttons of hope?<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=PBzDLJg07Do:qWU4yTflPyc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=PBzDLJg07Do:qWU4yTflPyc:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=PBzDLJg07Do:qWU4yTflPyc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=PBzDLJg07Do:qWU4yTflPyc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?i=PBzDLJg07Do:qWU4yTflPyc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=PBzDLJg07Do:qWU4yTflPyc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?i=PBzDLJg07Do:qWU4yTflPyc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheButton/~4/PBzDLJg07Do" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.behindthebutton.com/2010/05/who-inspired-buttons-of-hope.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83432c1cb53ef0133ed0ff967970b 2010-05-03T08:25:00-05:00 2010-05-03T08:25:00-05:00 michael gibbons I made this short video for Non Profits, charities to consider thinking different about how powerful it can be when people personalize and make a cause their own... <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=5QnWOrXX7N8:-iPMyZ9hY4Y:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=5QnWOrXX7N8:-iPMyZ9hY4Y:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=5QnWOrXX7N8:-iPMyZ9hY4Y:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=5QnWOrXX7N8:-iPMyZ9hY4Y:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?i=5QnWOrXX7N8:-iPMyZ9hY4Y:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=5QnWOrXX7N8:-iPMyZ9hY4Y:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?i=5QnWOrXX7N8:-iPMyZ9hY4Y:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheButton/~4/5QnWOrXX7N8" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.behindthebutton.com/2010/05/whose-cause-is-it-anyway-3-of-31-reasons-to-vote-for-buttons-of-hope-.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83432c1cb53ef0133ecd9f04d970b 2010-05-02T08:00:00-05:00 2010-04-29T15:37:11-05:00 michael gibbons For me it's always been about the "eyes". I've made thousands of buttons (by hand one by one) sometimes hundreds of the same photo - behind each face there is a powerful story of courage, spirit and hope.. People* like Elizabeth Fallon... she makes people (little ones too) smile<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=gEHhjm65PTA:pYv38kd7H38:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=gEHhjm65PTA:pYv38kd7H38:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=gEHhjm65PTA:pYv38kd7H38:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=gEHhjm65PTA:pYv38kd7H38:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?i=gEHhjm65PTA:pYv38kd7H38:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?a=gEHhjm65PTA:pYv38kd7H38:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BehindTheButton?i=gEHhjm65PTA:pYv38kd7H38:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BehindTheButton/~4/gEHhjm65PTA" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.behindthebutton.com/2010/05/liz-road-to-recovery-1-of-31-reasons-to-vote-for-buttons-of-hope.html