January 2012
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Give to Get Jobs: Give Back AND Get Paid!
I recently became aware of Give to Get Jobs when I received a tweet notifying me that Broker for Charity had been listed in their social enterprise database. After checking out their database, I was impressed that they had compiled a list of over 1300 social enterprises and was thrilled to see so many new companies giving back that I hadn’t seen before. The more I read, the more I realized...
September 2011
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Causecast Incorporates Three of My Favorites:...
When Brokers for Charity first launched, I began seeing cause related companies and movements everywhere. It was like there was a whole world that I hadn’t noticed before. I wondered if it had to do with the “car phenomenon” … where you buy a particular model and suddenly you see it everywhere. Was it simply because I had a cause-conscious company or was there truly a...
August 2011
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Social Media and Caffeinated Buzz Surround the...
With causes, coffee, and social media being three of my favorite things, you can imagine my excitement when I met Aspen Decker, co-founder of CoffeePledge Against Cancer’s CoffeeWeek program. Whether you love coffee and social media or hate cancer, you’re going to love this!
Aspen and co-founder Marcos Arce of the CoffeePledge Against Cancer are launching a creative way to rally...
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Yelling at Craig Newmark of Craigslist From the...
Yesterday, I was reminded of a Dodger game I went to when I was about ten years old. As a tomboy playing baseball at the time, I took the game very seriously. So, when the guy next to me was screaming at Steve Garvey about his wife cheating on him, or leaving, or something, I was a bit thrown. I received clarification from my dad who informed me of their recent split and quickly went from...
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The Spark: Combining Real Estate and Giving To...
If you see me at the grocery store, you will more often see me talking to myself rather than shopping for salad dressing. ”Ok, I need this and what about this and, oh that’s right, don’t forget, you can’t forget this time…” ..you know… Add to the tornado of thoughts the addition of something I don’t normally shop for: salad dressing. I can never make...
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November 2009
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