Archive for the 'Making A Difference' Category

In the wake of a disaster you might see - a TIDE “Loads of Hope” vehicle arrive.
Obviously this helps promote “good will” for their brand and gives customers a sense they’re “helping” when they buy the brand, but it doesn’t dilute (no pun intended!) Tide’s identity by moving outside its field of familiarity.
Here’s how TIDE […]

One of my Kiva loans just got paid off. For a while, I couldn’t find loans I wanted to fund at Kiva due to a rush of donors who flocked to the site for a while.
Now there seem to be plenty of opportunities and here’s one I decided to lend to today, a Ghanian electrical […]

Here’s a new one on me… Google Grant. It’s their fifth year as a matter of fact.

Designed for 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations, Google Grants is a unique in-kind advertising program. It harnesses the power of our flagship advertising product, Google AdWords, to non-profits seeking to inform and engage their constituents online. Google Grants has awarded AdWords […]

After the dismal economic news today, it’s time to see if we can make a difference by helping ourselves. Our “fearless leaders” seem to have no clue about how to do this, so it’s time for ordinary Americans to do the best we can to help one another.
I’m not saying to pay DOUBLE or anything. […]

Cricket Lee Takes On The Fashion Industry is about how one intrepid entrepreneur can have an impact on an entire messed up problem that resists change in an established industry.
For entrepreneurs with a big ambition, Ms. Lee’s story holds lots of lessons. For one thing, raw persistence can open doors. Even without name recognition, Ms. […]

100 Women Who Care chapters sound like a great way for women entrepreneurs to get together locally in a context where they can not only network but also help the community.
Just a thought.

An open Letter from
Karen F. Dunigan
100(+) Women Who Care Founder
It started with Baby Beds. Who would have ever thought that a group […]

More power to them…
From Business Daily Africa
February 21, 2008: For a long time, models for ending extreme poverty in Africa have been laden with hand-outs. Development activists however have strongly opposed giving free money, goods or services to the poor because the cycle of poverty starts as soon as the free part of the bargain […]

Alpine Access - one of the premier home based call center firms nationwide - was recently recognized for going “above and beyond” to help the Army National Guard and Reserve.
It’s nice to see companies offering work at home job opportunities being recognized in favorable ways after decades on nothing but hearing how MLM’s were being […]

In a town ravaged by AIDs, widows, single moms, and needy moms unite in a microenterprise to survive. Several years into the project they find themselves thriving.
Their product? Recycling plastic grocery bags into pocketbooks.
From WORLD
The bags: colorful crocheted pocketbooks fashioned from recycled plastic grocery bags. Half of the revenue from each pocketbook goes to its […]

I wondered if any of these caterers was a home based business when I saw the headline about this program.
If you live in a city with an NFL franchise, maybe there’s other help to be found?
NFL Helps Locals Women and Minority Owned Businesses Score Super Bowl Business 
The food is courtesy of local caterer All About […]