Blogs Posts on "Philanthropy"

Top 20 Tweets in October by Poke the Beehive on Nov 4, 2009photo by fotodawg I don’t remember who I first borrowed the idea from, but I really love reviewing my top 20 tweets each month. My approach to twitter is as editor/curator: I look for posts I think will appeal to those who follow me in the area...

CSR Minute: October 16, 2009 by Gurl About Town on Oct 16, 2009Corporate Social Responsible News: Philanthropy New York's Diversity Report; ANA's Carbon Policy...

Nobel Peace Prize by My Daily Rant on Oct 15, 2009Image via WikipediaWell, a lot has been said about the president winning the Nobel Peace Prize. I guess I will have to add my little two cents worth.To me, president Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize, is like an Olympic athlete being awarded a gold...

World Vision Gift Catalogue: Providing Hope by quoteflections on Oct 13, 2009In the midst of seasonal thoughts in the northern hemisphere of cornucopias, corn stalks, and pumpkins, I received the World Vision Gift Catalogue for the holiday season.This catalogue tugs at your heart strings with photos of children in needy count...

PATH Achieve Fundraiser by Gurl About Town on Oct 12, 2009...

Creating a Culture of Giving by quoteflections on Oct 3, 2009How does one create a culture of giving?Canadian businessman and philanthropist Seymour Schulich has just given $20 million to Dalhousie law school; that puts his life time charitable giving to about $250 million, largely to Canadian campuses.Schulic...

Top 20 Tweets in September by Poke the Beehive on Oct 2, 2009In case you missed any of them, here are my 20 most popular links (in order of popularity) tweeted during the previous month. I think I post somewhere in the neighborhood of 300 or more links via Twitter each month, and these garnered the greatest re...

Serious Scrap Metal Recycling: Crazy Can Sculptures by WebEcoist on Sep 30, 2009There’s often a large amount of difference between community service and innovative design. Canstruction is an annual event that’s aimed at changing that. The design event is held in cities all around North America, Australia and across t...

East Africa Famine: Do We Care? by quoteflections on Sep 18, 2009Kevin McCort president and CEO of CARE Canada writes an eloquent and impassioned appeal about another hunger crisis in Africa. He pleads, "Please care."On the 25th anniversary of the 1984 famine in Ethiopia, an event I vividly recall, McCort says th...

Qiana Williams - How I LIVE UNITED 2009 by Gurl About Town on Sep 13, 2009Qiana Williams, Limited Brands Human Resource Manager, develops and implements the strategic inclusion and diversity plans that drive business results and create a competitive advantage. Her interests include issues surrounding poverty: specifically,...