Philanthropy
Want to Help Make a Real Difference? Help Us Purchase Some Concrete (Literally)
Saturday, October 11th, 2008Notice anything about the picture below?
If you didn’t catch it, the point I wanted to make is that the floor of this home is composed of dirt.
I’m taking another trip (I went last year) to the Dominican Republic in late November with a few friends. In addition to getting more microfinance experience and visiting some [...]
WMG Blog Day
Thursday, September 25th, 2008Today 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 [...]
The Generation Project
Saturday, September 20th, 2008Here’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 [...]
The New ONE.org TV Commercial
Thursday, August 21st, 2008[via ONE]
Optimism and Al Gore
Saturday, April 19th, 2008via World Changing
This is What Social Entrepreneurship is All About
Saturday, February 16th, 2008Here’s a great video that shows what is possible via social entrepreneurship. The project is by Playpumps International.
This begs the question — why aren’t we seeing more projects like this getting some attention?
[via Guy Kawasaki]
Ushahidi - Bringing Awareness to Violence in Kenya
Sunday, January 13th, 2008Congrats to Erik and his buddies for getting Ushahidi up and running!
WorldChanging Now Publishes Complete Articles via RSS
Sunday, December 9th, 2007I just noticed that WorldChanging, one of the better non-profit blogs that I follow, now publishes their complete text of articles in their RSS feed — THANK YOU! They used to always prompt you to click through to their website to read the full article — which I did with articles relating to topics that [...]
Social Entrepreneurship Videos Worth Watching
Saturday, June 23rd, 2007Guy Kawasaki clued me into these great social entrepreneurship videos, labeled the “FRONTLINE/World” series and are from PBS. The Series highlights:
stories of people whose ideas and organizations create new and sustainable markets and services that benefit underserved communities everywhere in the developing world. In a nutshell, these are stories about individuals whose ideas [...]
Interview with President or World Vision, Richard Stearns
Thursday, May 17th, 2007This is a little late, but Guy Kawasaki posted a great blog interview with Richard Stearns from World Vision. In particular, I found the following comment refreshing — someone who ditched a 7 figure salary to join the non-profit world:
Question: You had a nearly seven-figure salary, a corporate Jaguar, moved and took a seventy-five percent [...]
The Darfur Wall at www.darfurwall.org
Monday, January 29th, 2007Part of what inspires me to blog is bringing attention to issues not being given enough attention by the mainstream media or the government. With the rise of social media, everyone has a voice and can impact lives with only a little money or time (or both). I highly encourage you to place a quick [...]
Venture Philanthropy
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007There was an absolutely fantastic article in the LA Times that my best friend e-mailed me today, titled “Network Philanthropy: The men behind EBay are leading a high-tech revolution that is turning charitable giving on its head” (registration required). I really encourage you to read it — very good inspiration if you are [...]
Giving 4 Kids a Better Education is Short-Sighted??
Sunday, October 22nd, 2006I checked Robert Scoble’s blog this morning, which pointed to an interesting podcast that included a disagreement between Jason Calacanis and Dana Gardner. Like Scoble, I’m in Jason’s corner on this one. In my opinion, Dana’s argument was a load of complete crap. He was trying to argue that Jason was being short-sighted by providing 4 [...]
Where do you find Great Employees?
Wednesday, September 13th, 2006It seems many people would love to delegate their work for a variety of reasons, yet they don’t have super star employees below them. Trizle gives a couple great reasons as to why delegating is necessary in their post “How Delegating Your Work Rocks.” If companies don’t enable their managers to delegate, they risk over-working their top [...]
The Power of Philanthropy
Tuesday, September 12th, 2006I have to admit, I was excited when I saw Bill Clinton and “The Power of Philanthropy” on the front cover of Fortune. It seems businesses are dipping their toes more and more into philanthropy, which is great to see. Clinton uses more than a few tips from business in his philanthropy work. There were actually three great [...]
The ONE Campaign
Wednesday, August 16th, 2006Sure, I am fascinated with business and technology- particularly when you put them together. However, I am a strong supporter of philanthropy efforts that can really make a difference. I’m going to pick and choose my spots on this blog to promote ONE and other efforts I may undertake in the future, so don’t hate me for it. If [...]