This has been a busy summer for me so here’s a collection of relevant links from the past week. Posting will be light for the next few weeks. Wal-Mart extends financial services to low-income customers. The world’s largest retailer will sell prepaid payment cards at over 3300 of its discount stores in the U.S. Link.… Continue reading Catching Up Links
Month: June 2007
Weekend Reading: PR for Philantropy, Societal Value of Corporations
From Business Week: Philanthropic outfits increasingly are adopting PR programs to achieve their goals. Here’s why some old PR objections are no longer valid Link. From Conde Nast Portfolio: Indeed, the likes of Robert Barro, writing in the WSJ yesterday, go one further. Never mind Bill Gates’s personal philanthropy, he says, the real good that… Continue reading Weekend Reading: PR for Philantropy, Societal Value of Corporations
Weekend Reading: Small Companies That Try to Bring Innovative Technology to Teaching
“A revolution is needed in education — students exist in a world where technology is pervasive but classroom teaching hasn’t basically changed in 50 years,†said Mona Westhaver, a founder of Inspiration Software, a Portland area firm that developed a visual learning system for kindergarten through 12th grade. Link to NY Times.
Weekend Reading: How To Set Up A Non-Profit
Via Guy Kawasaki’s blog, here’s a story about how a non-profit, FROG, was created using online resources. Here’s the short list of resources used: PBWiki, Gmail, Google Apps, YouSendIt, LiveMeeting, Skype, GoDaddy, Blogger, WordPress, FormAssembly, Craigslist, Upcoming.org, Eventful, Idealist, Reactee, Flickr, Facebook, Technorati, Feedburner, Change.org, and Paypal.
Weekend Reading: What Does Africa Need Most: Tech or Aid?
Here’s an article in the New York Times covering the TED conference in Africa. But beyond this Panglossian message, however much a corrective to the common images of African misery and however flattering to the pride of TED’s African attendees, was something that everyone at the conference knew (and which I saw every morning on… Continue reading Weekend Reading: What Does Africa Need Most: Tech or Aid?
Citi Will Plant A Tree On Your Behalf If You Go Paperless
I love seeing programs like this. In conjunction with The National Arbor Day Foundation, Citi will plant a tree on your behalf if you enroll in paperless statements. Here’s the text from the message: Enroll in Paperless Statements today, and Citi will plant a tree on your behalf. Maybe you recycle. Maybe you drive a… Continue reading Citi Will Plant A Tree On Your Behalf If You Go Paperless
American Public Media’s Public Radio Business Show Is Looking For Stories About Social Entrepreneurship
American Public Media’s public radio business show Marketplace (www.marketplace.org) reports on entrepreneurs and the issues they face. American Public Media is also doing a new kind of journalism that involves reaching out to communities of people with knowledge, expertise and experience on a topic. To support Marketplace’s entrepreneurship coverage, APM is building a Public Insight… Continue reading American Public Media’s Public Radio Business Show Is Looking For Stories About Social Entrepreneurship
Zerofootprint Fights Global Warming Through Technology And Innovation
Zerofootprint is a non-profit that “combines the best financial engineering, environmental engineering, social networking tools and business intelligence to create products and services that help large corporations, organizations and individuals significantly reduce their environmental footprint.” Zerofootprint sells carbon offsets and also raises awareness about Global Warming by leveraging technology. They offer widgets, white-label web solutions,… Continue reading Zerofootprint Fights Global Warming Through Technology And Innovation
Google Earth Used To Raise Environmental Awareness
Mary Ann Hitt, executive director of nonprofit Appalachian Voices, said a collective of grassroots organizations is using 3D maps in Google Earth to show how millions of acres of Appalachian Mountains across four states have been destroyed by mining companies. Link to article.
Internship: Win Photo Challenge to Participate in an All-Expense-Paid Earthwatch Expedition
Experience Offers Students and Graduates Exclusive Experience for Life Environmental Expedition with Earthwatch College Students and Grads Invited to Enter Photo Challenge by September 7 to Participate in an All-Expense-Paid Earthwatch Expedition BOSTON, MASS, June 6, 2007 – Recent Experience survey results conclude, today’s college students believe making a difference in the world is more… Continue reading Internship: Win Photo Challenge to Participate in an All-Expense-Paid Earthwatch Expedition