St.Louis Rocks for Haiti: Rockin’ Relief Feb. 4th

Hey St. Louis, if you want to have a rockin’ good time AND help raise relief aid for Haiti, come on over to Highlands Brewing in Kirkwood next Thursday night, February 4th at 7:30. Roger Ash, Brad Carr, AJ Chivetta, Evan Gatch, Kevin Grossnicklaus, Tim Hanser, Jim Krekeler, Ken Niemann, Randy Parham, Dave Schmid, aka… Continue reading St.Louis Rocks for Haiti: Rockin’ Relief Feb. 4th

St. Louis County Putting Kids First: Please Vote Yes

With the presidential election just a few weeks away and the candidates continuing to make their cases that the other guy is bad (or worse) versus telling us why we should feel good about voting for them, it is good to know that there is something on the ballot in St. Louis County that one… Continue reading St. Louis County Putting Kids First: Please Vote Yes

BlogWell, DoGood

WOM pal Michael Rubin asked me to pass along a really cool thing that he and Andy Sernovitz are doing in support of their upcoming conference BlogWell, How Big Companies Use Social Media. They are auctioning off tickets to BlogWell on Ebay and 100% of the proceeds go to charity, a different charity each week.… Continue reading BlogWell, DoGood

Net Squared Innovation Fund Award

Have a vision of social change? Using a new or existing technology tool to turn your vision into reality? Nominate your project for the NetSquared Innovation Award. The Net Squared Conference is being held on May 29th-30th in San Jose. The conference is focused on 20 social change projects that use technologies, tools and communities… Continue reading Net Squared Innovation Fund Award

Net Squared Live Online!

The Net2 conference begins on May 30th in Santa Clara and if like me you are not one of the lucky 350 participants, Marshall Kirkpatrick informed me that there is a remote conference, live online at http://netsquared.org/remote. How cool is that going to be? There is chat which features "special Q&A sessions with NetSquared speakers… Continue reading Net Squared Live Online!

Google: This One Is A Brilliant Move

Google appointed Dr. Larry Brilliant to head its corporate philantrophic program, Google.org. Google has pledged 1% of its annual profits and 1% of its stock with a current value of 1$ billion to Google.org. Dr. Brilliant according to the WSJ has had extensive non-profit public health and private-sector tecnology experience. His background includes working to… Continue reading Google: This One Is A Brilliant Move

Wombat Podcast #10: Sean Glass and Chris LaConte

Sean Glass and Chris LaConte of Higher One talk about how they have used Word-of-Mouth to build their on campus financial services business on a podcast at the Wombat Blog .It is fascinating! Sean and Chris talk about how when they started the business their first encounter with the influence of word-of-mouth was through negative… Continue reading Wombat Podcast #10: Sean Glass and Chris LaConte

Google Grants: Search Advertising for Non-Profits

USA Today ran a story today about Google Grants, the in-kind advertising program for non-profits utilizing Google Ad-Words. According to USA Today, Google has given away $33 million dollars to 850 non-profits over the last two years.To participate, an organization must have 501(c)(3)status, and share Google’s "philosophy of community service and have a strong mission to… Continue reading Google Grants: Search Advertising for Non-Profits

Social Entrepreneurship for Seniors: Purpose Prize

A great deal is being written about the aging baby boomers, that attention grabbing, developmental stage defining, amorphous yet distinct,  demographic group that I count myself as a member of…..I think sometimes that one of our most distinctive characteristics is our lack of acceptance of aging but perhaps that, along with the feeling of distinctiveness… Continue reading Social Entrepreneurship for Seniors: Purpose Prize

Leo Burnett: Packaged Good

Leo Burnett, a Publicis Group agency, has just launched a kind of non-profit American Idol called Packaged Good. Burnett is requesting proposals from non-profits that are in need of a marketing campaign. They are looking for an unknown entrepreneurial nonprofit with potential to become known, ala Habitat for Humanity. "Our goal, as always, is to… Continue reading Leo Burnett: Packaged Good