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About Drew Meyers
Drew Meyers currently runs ESM Exec Designs, a design shop specializing in corporate and personal blog design. Travel addict managing Oh Hey World, a travel blog focused on generation X & Y, and real estate technology enthusiast. In his free time, Drew enjoys reading, traveling the world, spending time with passionate people, and is active member of the microfinance community.
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Monthly Archives: September 2008
Damn, Why Didn’t I Buy Stock Yesterday?
So after yesterday’s huge decline, the DOW came back big today. I’m kicking myself now — why the heck didn’t I buy some stock yesterday?
You Don’t Want to Miss This — Presidential Debate Rap (Spaceship Excellent Episode 5)
You can view other Spaceship Excellent videos on their YouTube channel.
WMG Blog Day
Today is World Millennieum Development Goals Blogging Day, with the aim of raising awareness for the millennium development goals that were put together back in 2000. If you’re not familiar with the 8 world development goals, here they are: Eradicate Extreme Hunger and Poverty Achieve Universal Primary Education Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women Reduce Child Mortality Improve Maternal Health Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases Ensure Environmental Sustainability Develop a Global Partnership for Development In my mind, microfinance is a big part of reaching many, if not all, of the Millenium Development goals. I firmly believe that we really are the generation that can make poverty history, but it’s not going to be easy … Continue reading
Month to Month Contracts for Verizon
It’s about freaking time (from the consumers perspective) someone in the mobile industry woke up.
The Generation Project
Here’s the idea behind The Generation Project, an interesting site that I came across via e-mail: The range of experiences available to many of America’s children is inexcusably narrow. Schools in low-income neighborhoods are often unable to provide students with a wide breadth of academic and extracurricular activities. Because many parents in these same neighborhoods cannot afford to supplement their children’s education, lower-income students often do not have access to the same formative experiences as their wealthier peers. Meanwhile, today’s philanthropists (and potential philanthropists) want to do more than just open their checkbooks for a cause. The Generation Project revolutionizes educational philanthropy by allowing community members to share their personal passions with K-12 students in … Continue reading
We all Have an Opportunity to Make a Difference
I’ll admit it — I’m hooked on the benefits of microfinance and making a long term difference in advancing the microfinance movement is the reason I started myKRO and the reason I regularly lend on Kiva. After visiting the Dominican Republic last winter and seeing faces such as the ones below, I can’t help myself. But any regular reader of this blog already knows I’m passionate about microfinance. So what’s the goal of this blog post? To reiterate the fact that you can indeed make a lasting difference by joining the microfinance movement — and doing so really does change lives for the better. From volunteering in your community to traveling to Africa to to … Continue reading
