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The Meaning and Power of Forgiveness

Alex Pattakos | Posted 10.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Happiness, Living News, The Balanced Life, Forgiveness, Health, The Inner Life, Attitude, Balanced Life, Meaning, Stress, Living With Meaning, Wall Street, Alex Pattakos, Viktor Frankl, The Giving Life, Relationships, Giving, Living News

In light of everything that is going on in our country and the world right now, including the financial crisis and political discord that are now on c...

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Living With Meaning: The Fear Factor

Alex Pattakos | Posted 10.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Happiness, The Inner Life, Attitude, Balanced Life, Meaning, Stress, Rip Torn, Living With Meaning, Albert Brooks, Alex Pattakos, Personal Legacy, Viktor Frankl, Fear, Giving, Living News

The world is full of good deeds and the opportunity to do good deeds. When we don't do them, it's often out of fear. Fear of losing something: our s...

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Living with Meaning: Detect The Meaning Of Life's Moments

Alex Pattakos | Posted 09.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Happiness, Living News, The Balanced Life, Health, The Inner Life, Attitude, Balanced Life, Meaning, Stress, Living With Meaning, Alex Pattakos, Personal Legacy, Viktor Frankl, The Giving Life, Relationships, Giving, Living News

Have you ever wondered if there was more to "life" than what you were experiencing? Have you ever felt like "bad" things just happened to you; that i...

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Hurricane Ike Upon Us: Cuba, Haiti, Texas Need Help!

Richard Walden | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Political Campaigns, Philanthropy, Ike, Hurricane Gustav, Hurricane Ike, Cuba, Giving, Gulf Coast, Haiti, Politics News

It's hard to pay attention unless you are living at ground zero.

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Mastering the Art of Guilt-Free Giving

Lisa Earle McLeod | Posted 09.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Lisa Earle McLeod, John David Mann, Giving, Bob Burg, Happiness, Karma, The Giving Life, Triangle of Truth, Living News

Give 'til it hurts. Groan. Are you tired of being guilted into giving? Better load up on overpriced wrapping paper and spend Saturday working th...

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On Gustav: Obama, McCain and Bush Hit One Note

Richard Walden | Posted 09.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hurricane Gustav, Mccain, Obama, GOP Convention, Giving, Philanthropy, Bush, Obama Gustav, Red Cross, The American Red Cross Blood Program, American Red Cross, Gustav Red Cross, Mccain Hurricane Gustav, Obama Hurricane Gustav, Mccain Gustav, Politics News

It's really too bad that Hurricanes Gustav and Hannah are striking before all of the helpful structural changes the Red Cross says it is making are firmly in place.

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How To Be A Kickass Volunteer

DivineCaroline.com | Shyla Batliwalla | Posted 08.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Volunteering, Charity, The Giving Life, Giving, Benefits of Volunteering, Living News

A volunteer, by definition, positively serves and improves our community. A little birdie told me that some volunteers prefer to laze around and play ...

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Corporations And Human Rights Abuses In Burma

Jennifer Winstanley | Posted 07.31.2008 | Living

Read More: Human Rights, Refugees, Foreign Investment, Burma, Corporations, Giving, The Giving Life, Living News

It is easy to point the finger at the Burmese government but what about the corporations that turn a blind eye to massive human rights violations carried out by the military in the course of the joint projects?

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Helping Burma for Mother's Day

Dennis Whittle | Posted 05.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Philanthropy, Relief, Disaster Relief, Charity, Burma, Globalgiving, Cyclone, Myanmar Cyclone, Giving, Myanmar, Disaster, Living News

A friend writes from Burma: This is the worst disaster I have ever been in. The situation in Yangon is growing more desperate everyday as there is no...

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How Could You Not Like Oprah's Big Give? Here's How

Joan Garry | Posted 03.19.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Oprah's Big Give, Philanthropy, Oprah Winfrey, Giving, Oprah, Oprah's Big Give Review, Entertainment News

The notion that you can measure the value of a generous act based largely on the total dollars donated is terribly short sighted and sends a message quite contrary to the one I expect Oprah intended.

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Top Ten Philanthropy Buzzwords of 2007

Lucy Bernholz | Posted 12.30.2007 | Business

Read More: Philanthropy, Buzzwords, Toptenlists, Giving, Business News

The point of this list of buzzwords is to point out some silly ideas, flag some valuable ones, remind myself and you that the jargon and hype grows fa...

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Huffpo Charity Chain: Donating for Change

Paul Loeb | Posted 12.26.2007 | Politics

Read More: Charity, Iraq, Democrats, Giving, Philanthropy, Hillary, Obama, Edwards, Donating, Politics News

Here's a list of groups that do a particularly good job of engaging people, particularly people who aren't necessarily politically involved.

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Giving - The True Gift of Christmas

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 12.17.2007 | Living

Read More: Giving, Child Watch, Marian Wright Edelman, Christmas Shopping, Christmas, Holiday Season, Living News

Bending to the pressure, many of us join the legions of shoppers hunched over and weighted down by bags full of holiday things. Amidst it all, we lose sight of the meaning of Christmas.

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Intelligent Giving

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 12.08.2007 | Living

Read More: Microloans, Hanukkah, Co-Op America, Holiday Season, The Social Investment Forum Foundation, Donating to Charity, Changemaker Programs, Ashoka, Premal Shah, Charities, Socially Responsible Funds, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Christmas, Microlending, Giving, Social Entrepreunership, Bill Drayton, The Giving Life, Living News

Teaching one's children early on about giving intelligently is at least as important as what one learns at school. Social Entrepreneurship programs around the world have helped create a snow-ball effect.

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Christmas - The Holiday of "Stuff"

Sabrina Parsons | Posted 12.05.2007 | Living

Read More: Recycling, Christmas Presents, Holiday Season, Charity, Wrapping Paper, Green Christmas, Christmas, Giving, Holiday Gifts, Carbon Footprint, Living News

Last year after Christmas my husband drove a truckload of garbage to the dump. This year, we have a strict no gifts policy. Our kids need to understand that the experience and the time with family is their present.

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When Was the Last Time You Gave Someone a Water Buffalo?

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 11.27.2007 | Living

Read More: Water Buffalo, Charity, China, Giving, Robert Thompson, Holidays, Holiday Season, Gift Giving, Heifer Fund, Living News

Robert Thompson decided to see what would happen if you actually gave a water buffalo to a farmer who desperately needed help in his fields.

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Own Your Impact

Paula Goldman | Posted 11.16.2007 | Living

Read More: Sexism, Giving, Make a Difference, Imagining Ourselves Project, Living News

We have far more power to make a difference than we believe we do. Small positive actions have huge impact, often in ways that aren't even visible to us when we take these actions.

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Designing New Foundations

Lucy Bernholz | Posted 11.13.2007 | Living

Read More: Philanthropy, Markets, Giving, Socialcapital, Foundations, Living News

Those of us who are fortunate enough to be considering our charitable choices should take some time to completely re-imagine the structure of grantmaking organizations.

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Giver's Greed: Charity's Worst Enemy

Justin Hudnall | Posted 11.01.2007 | Living

Writing a check for medical supplies is so businesslike, while giving a teddy bear is warm and fuzzy. It makes the giver feel good, which is the problem: Giving is not supposed to be about the giver.

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Halloween and the act of giving

Lucy Bernholz | Posted 10.31.2007 | Living

Read More: Philanthropy, Halloween, Giving, Living News

What's the link between Halloween and philanthropy? Well, there is the obvious fact that unlike any other day of the year tonight is the one night tha...

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Not Taking Girls for Granted

Cristina Pippa | Posted 10.26.2007 | Living

Read More: Girls, Philanthropy, Gender Stereotypes, Stereotypes, Philanthropists, Girls Grant, Giving Back, Young Women, Grants, Teen Girls, Girls Grant Project, Giving, Teenagers, Gender, Girls as Grantmakers, Living News

"Girls As Grantmakers" programs operate based on the principle that girls can learn to be philanthropists in the same way that they learn to be anything else -- through practical experience.

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The Karmic Capitalist: Should I Wait Until I'm Rich to Give Back?

Tim Ferriss | Posted 10.09.2007 | Business

Read More: Charity, Giving, Changing the World, Giving Back, Business News

The idea (excuse?) is that you can then have a greater impact. But is it really true?

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Ordinary Bills

Dennis Whittle | Posted 09.25.2007 | Living

Read More: Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Clinton Global Initiative, CGI, Giving, Living News

A few months back, NPR featured GlobalGiving on a podcast titled "Ordinary Oprahs." The host, Michel Martin, wanted her listeners to know that they d...

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Philanthropists Need Better Shopping Tools

Lucy Bernholz | Posted 09.21.2007 | Business

Read More: Philanthropy, Markets, Charity, Giving, Shopping, Donors, Business News

Given that giving in the US alone adds up to hundreds of billions of dollars per year, you'd think we'd have some better marketing and shopping tools.

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Ladies Who Launch: Lauri Baker Gives and Gets

Amy Swift | Posted 09.19.2007 | Living

Read More: Ladies Who Launch, Volunteering, Giving, Charity, Women and Small Business, Living News

Goodwill and name recognition are so important, especially for small businesses trying to gain market share.

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