I hope your week has been great. It’s certainly been a busy week here. Goods Giving Back now has a total of 5 nonprofits that will benefit from the marketplace goods so organizations are seeing the clear value of this approach. It’s exciting to see the momentum grow as I introduce more people to the …
Instagram is filled with feeds showcasing beautifully shot pictures with moving quotes, or stark backgrounds with motivational mantras meant to help us through our days. And the object-oriented developer in me starts abstracting the sentiments expressed in these quotes because so many of them are a variations on theme. The abstract ‘class’ of quotes most …
Last Friday, I started this Philanthropy Friday weekly link up and the results were, strangely, what I expected. There were a good number of lookers but no takers. And I was reminded of a story from a professional blogger (I believe it was Darren Rowse) talking about how he started a weekly community series on …
It is not lost on me that today is Friday the 13th, but instead of considering it a “freaky” Friday, I decided to focus on philanthropy instead. I started Philanthropy Friday on Instagram in order to connect with people and organizations focused on social good. And it’s been a lot of fun because I’ve met …