It seems like every time we make purchases online or in a store, we’re collecting some sort of points or rewards. For the most part, those points go unused, mostly because the companies who give them out don’t do a great job of explaining what you can actually do with them. You know the deal, you purchase a video game and you get some GameStop points that you can use after you purchase three more… → Read More
Imagine that you’re a pretty good drummer, you’re in a band, and you’d like to give lessons. You could charge for these lessons, of course, but you’re really into helping out charities. A site called ProBueno is a marketplace to shop your talents in exchange for charitable donations. When you think about it, all this really is is technology-empowered volunteering. → Read More
Disruption comes in all shapes and sizes, and benefits people of all shapes and sizes. When you think about global entrepreneurs solving hard problems, you might not think about creating hardware products that aim to save the lives of premature babies. → Read More
One of the amazing things about technology is that it opens the doors to things for less fortunate folks that many of us take for granted. Being able to sit down and read a good book is something that we do on a daily basis, but never think about all of the people out there who don’t have that luxury. With sites like Amazon, we have a seemingly infinite number of choices on what we’d like to read… → Read More
What if you found a blue envelope outside and it had a few dollars in it that you could use on whatever you like, say a coffee on Monday? This is a possibility with a new initiative that took off in London and is starting to spread itself throughout the world. → Read More
What if just by buying a t-shirt that spreads a message for a charitable cause, you could help fund that cause? What if there was a website that highlighted a specific cause and t-shirt every week? And what if that website donated $7 from each sale to that cause? You’d have Sevenly.org, and a pretty amazing startup with the sole purpose of helping to raise both money and awareness, all with… → Read More
If you’re looking for a great story to end your week, here’s one. Below is a mission statement that’s brief, to the point and something that is easy to get behind:
StudentRND inspires students to work on tech projects in their spare time. → Read More
When you think of Groupon, you immediately think of instant deals for restaurants and nail salons. That’s not all the company is about though, it’s about connecting people to businesses and helping you find interesting things to do in your area. Sure, it’s a business like any other company, but as we’ve come to learn, a lot of companies these days do non-profit work, mostly in the background. You… → Read More
[Note: This is a weekly series. If your company is doing something amazing to help a charitable cause or doing some good in your community, please reach out.] Sometimes, the right people are in the right place at the right time. For DonorsChoose.org, all of this came true. In 2003, Oprah Winfrey mentioned the non-profit on her show, calling it a “revolutionary charity”, and her viewers… → Read More
At the beginning of the month, we told you about a new $23 million fund started by Google called the “Global Impact Awards,” and it was the first that I had heard of the role of “Director of Giving” at the company. This was intriguing, and I had the chance to speak with Jacquelline Fuller, who has held this title at Google for five years.
Google has always been a company that takes global… → Read More
[Note: This is a weekly series. If your company is doing something amazing to help a charitable cause or doing some good in your community, please reach out.] Before we start with this week’s edition of “The Weekly Good”, I want to let everyone know that our thoughts are with those who are affected by the horrific events in Connecticut today. We are all human, and doing damage… → Read More
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