A young girl from Jacmel, Haiti. ‘What is the one thing we can take back from Haiti with us to tell people?” That was the question I asked people while in Haiti over the weekend. For there is a lot going on. A lot of sadness. A lot of frustration. A lot of violence. Struggles […]
Haiti relief
Short takes on 10 worthy projects
Watchitoo, DoGood, ClassWish, Zynga, business ethics & more We’ve been deluged recently with updates and rollouts of interesting new sites, tools and services. There’s no way to fully do them justice, but they deserve attention, so here’s a roundup of eight worthy projects and websites that have crossed our desk: Watchitoo: Collaborate […]
The power of giving & corporations doing social good
For the inaugural podcast of the new Social Causes Show on BlogTalkRadio, I interviewed Pamela Hawley, founder and CEO of UniversalGiving, with a focus on two areas: Corporations doing social good (corporate social responsibility) and how individuals can make sure their donations are making an impact in Haiti. For my first go as a podcast […]
Text a few dollars to support Haiti
Use the power of the social Web to make an impact The earthquake that shook Haiti last week demolished and devastated the entire nation. Looking at pictures online, reading testimonials of survivors and following the developments in the rescue and emergency response teams, I felt, like many of you, overwhelming sadness. Mere weeks after completing […]