Archive for the 'Making A Difference' Category

You may recall that I get to go to local prisons and jails on a fairly regular basis to help prisoners about to try to make it on the “outside”. When you consider that some of them have been in so long they’ve never used a cell phone or ATM card, that can be a […]

For many people libraries with high speed internet access and specialized reference sections are becoming entrepreneurial hotbeds when once, it seemed, the internet would be their undoing. Here’s an award that will help some libraries at least better serve their communities as entrepreneurial incubators.
Here’s the Announcement:
Dun & Bradstreet has come out with an Award for […]

My Angel Food Ministries lens was up to #176 on Thursday.
It was still at about 500 out of all the half million or so lenses Squidoo has!
But I did some updates in the last day or two and that jumped it up to #176 as of Thursday. I did some more work on the lens […]

This brief survey is at my Angel Food Ministries lens if you’ve never seen that before.
I’m trying to get over 1000 responses. Right now I’m at 872!
Here’s the brief (5 second) poll/survey!

Kiva has a new trend. They let you lend to groups. Here’s one such lending opportunity they offered:
Gwali Mutala Women’s Group
It lets lenders spread their risk among a group who - as a whole - are responsible for repaying the loan.
Macrene, age 54, is the chairperson of Gwali Mutala Women’s Group in Kasanje. She is […]

I’ve blogged about this several other times already:
One Laptop Per Child & The $100 Laptop
$100 Computer Makes Progress
$100 Laptop Now $188
Intel Sabotaged $100 Laptop Project Charity Head Claims
As Computers Go Lean Microsoft Is Feeling The Heat
and
Social Entrepreneurs Take The Risks, Fat Cats Reap Rewards
Well now Microsoft is part of the $100 Laptop team. Is that […]

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. […]