I'll have a few more Sandy-related posts and hope to keep this as an ongoing post here, given how a lot of my broader neighbors in New York (plus many others in New Jersey) will have a much harder road ahead. I spent Sunday in Staten Island with a delegation from NYC's City Council, taking […]
Category: Social Action
Celebrate My Birthday by Feeding Thousands of People in Need
I don't believe I've ever referenced my birthday here on this blog during my birthday proper, but this year I'm trying something a little different. Last year, in thanks to the hundreds of birthday well wishers on Facebook and elsewhere, I expressed my gratitude by making a donation to the Food Bank of New York […]
Some Mobile Commons Text-to-Give Short Codes to Help Haiti
Word is out about the State Department mobile code where you can text 90999 to donate $10 to the Red Cross, but a friend just sent over these codes from Mobile Commons. You might want to try these if you’re already a supporter of one of the causes below: • Text HABITAT to 25383 to […]
Join the Marketers Studio Challenge on DonorsChoose.org
Once again, October brings another DonorsChoose.org challenge. Here's the gist: teachers post projects they need funding for, and donors choose the projects they want to fund. In what's now a great annual tradition, bloggers team up (I'm with other NY Tech Bloggers) to raise awareness for some projects that mean something to them and […]
Redefining Christmas with Charitable Giving
I just got wind of the microsite Redefine Christmas, which promotes charitable gifts for the holidays rather than the kind that you desperately try to regift to someone else. The site’s a wrapper, not the present. I wish there was more you could do on it. Even the links to share info through social media […]
Tackling Poverty on Blog Action Day
Image by carlaarena via FlickrToday’s a great day for the blogosphere, Blog Action Day. The idea is that bloggers band together to raise awareness of a certain issue, and the theme this year is poverty. B.A.D.’s official site says nearly 11,000 sites are participating reaching 12 million people, though with any luck we’ll get some […]
Join the Marketers Studio DonorsChoose.org Blogger Challenge
I’ve mentioned DonorsChoose.org before, but it’s been way too long. the gist: teachers, especially in high poverty areas, post requests on DonorsChoose that anyone can contribute to with as little as $5.Donations are tax deductible. In October 2007, bloggers collectively raised $420,000 for these projects, ranging from bulking up classroom libraries to getting digital cameras […]
Saving the World at Work by Tim Sanders – Book Review
Tim Sanders first wrote about love in Love Is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends. The moral: get ahead at work by being a lovecat. It was one of the first business books I ever reread, and I still keep it on my desk. Then he switched to being well liked […]
ServiceNation: 24 Hours in Review
After a blogging explosion the past couple days, I’ll offer a few points of reflection on the ServiceNation Summit. When I agreed to sign up, originally thanks to CK and then bolstered by Kyte‘s Tesa Lau, I knew it would be an interesting opportunity, but I was going there entirely for me and my company. […]
Send a Text, Save a Life
There are tons of uses for SMS (text messaging); Clickatell recently published a guide to 101 business uses for SMS. I’m still making my way through it, but it’s a great read. Read/Write Web last week posted a great guide to how SMS is being used for giving. I tried one of the examples myself […]