The Meaning and Power of Forgiveness
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...
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...
Alex Pattakos | Posted 10.01.2008 | Living
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...
Alex Pattakos | Posted 09.24.2008 | Living
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...
Richard Walden | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics
It's hard to pay attention unless you are living at ground zero.
Lisa Earle McLeod | Posted 09.06.2008 | Living
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...
Richard Walden | Posted 09.01.2008 | Politics
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.
DivineCaroline.com | Shyla Batliwalla | Posted 08.01.2008 | Living
A volunteer, by definition, positively serves and improves our community. A little birdie told me that some volunteers prefer to laze around and play ...
Jennifer Winstanley | Posted 07.31.2008 | Living
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?
Dennis Whittle | Posted 05.07.2008 | Living
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...
Joan Garry | Posted 03.19.2008 | Entertainment
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.
Lucy Bernholz | Posted 12.30.2007 | Business
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...
Paul Loeb | Posted 12.26.2007 | Politics
Here's a list of groups that do a particularly good job of engaging people, particularly people who aren't necessarily politically involved.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 12.17.2007 | Living
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.
Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 12.08.2007 | Living
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.
Sabrina Parsons | Posted 12.05.2007 | Living
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.
Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 11.27.2007 | Living
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.
Paula Goldman | Posted 11.16.2007 | Living
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.
Lucy Bernholz | Posted 11.13.2007 | Living
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.
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.
Lucy Bernholz | Posted 10.31.2007 | Living
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...
Cristina Pippa | Posted 10.26.2007 | Living
"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.
Tim Ferriss | Posted 10.09.2007 | Business
The idea (excuse?) is that you can then have a greater impact. But is it really true?
Dennis Whittle | Posted 09.25.2007 | Living
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...
Lucy Bernholz | Posted 09.21.2007 | Business
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.
Amy Swift | Posted 09.19.2007 | Living
Goodwill and name recognition are so important, especially for small businesses trying to gain market share.
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Alex Pattakos | Posted 10.08.2008 | Living