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On Friday I was one of 66 folks who participated in a conference call around the launch of All for Good. It was fascinating to watch the disparate elements that came together through a single powerful idea: President Obama’s call for Americans to volunteer — for us to give back to our communities — through […]
philanthropy
Foundation Center: a deep resource for philanthropy
Foundation Center: philanthropy info galore from JD Lasica on Vimeo. • See a more recent interview with Sarah Jo Neubauer: Helping nonprofits master the art of grant writing (2011) If you’ve spent some time in the world of nonprofit philanthropy, you’ve no doubt heard of the Foundation Center. The venerable organization, which has been around […]
How celebrities can be a force for good
Recently the TV critic of the St. Petersburg Times asked for my thoughts about the migration of celebrities to Twitter over the past few months. Will it inevitably dumb down the service? Bring it into the mainstream? Make us want to move on to the Next Big Thing? Ashton Kutcher is closing in on 2 […]
Hope meets phones
It’s been another landmark day in the short history of FrontlineSMS:Medic. For those of you who don’t know, today saw the launch of their latest initiative — Hope Phones — which, generally speaking, encourages people to dig out their old phones and give them a new lease of life in the hands of a community […]
Global Hug Tour
Global Hug Tour from JD Lasica on Vimeo. I love stories like this. In Chicago last weekend I met Gail Lynne Goodwin of Inspire Me Today, who told the Business School for Bloggers gathering about her new project: the Global Hug Tour. Gail and her husband Darryl — an ordinary couple from Boulder, Colo. — […]
