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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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Category Archives: Philanthropy
Bono Interviews with Mike Huckabee
I’ve always been a fan of Bono. Say what you want about him, but at least using his fame to bring attention to issues in dire need of attention rather than worthless materialistic BS like many celebrities just concerned with making a buck. Below is a two part interview with Mike Huckabee worth watching. Part 1: Part 2:
Happy Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and 3 Charities
Happy turkey day to everyone! Tomorrow marks “black friday”, the busiest shopping day of the year. I can tell you for certain I will be no where near a mall or store tomorrow. I’ve come to realize there are things a hell of a lot more important than “stuff”. In lieu of blowing a bunch of your money, here are three charities I encourage you to support instead: Kiva – those that know me, know I’ve been a fan of Kiva for a long time (2007 to be precise). Lumana — Here are details for their Holiday campaign Charity: Water Happy holidays!
Running for Orphans
From Roundwego: Let us take you back for a moment with us to Mazabuka, Zambia…to the orphanage and home of Joseph and Chipego. I donated. Did you? Donate NOW
End Malaria Day 2011
Today is End Malaria Day — and I’d urge you to buy this book; $20 of the $25 goes toward buying mosquito nets for people in Africa. Why do it? Read Seth Godin’s post. I’ve been on a net drop while I was in Ghana with Sloane and Taylor — and its truly an amazing experience that you need to experience for yourself to understand the full weight of its power. And I have to give a hat tip to Jaclyn Schiff (who I just found today via a blog comment she left somewhere) for tipping me off to End Malaria Day.
Games and Charities Missed Opportunity
I just watched the TED video by Tom Chatfield regarding 7 ways video games engage the brain [via Productivity Junkies]. Tom covered a few fascinating components that make games successful that could easily be applied to other verticals/industries. I’d encourage you to spend the 16 minutes right now and watch it. Sorry, this is just my random Sunday evening thought, but the video got me thinking — why has a charity not taken advantage of the gaming concept to raise funds to fight poverty? I’m thinking something along the lines of Civilization or Risk — essentially, a game on a world wide scale that exposes participants to a variety of cultures, hardships, economic factors, professions, … Continue reading
Khan Academy – Educating the World
It’s amazing what the Khan Academy is aspiring to, and what they’ve already accomplished. Now, we just need to figure out how to get computers to the rest of the world so they can consume these online lessons.
