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Interview With Adam Millard, Developmental Director At Imagine1Day

January 23, 2011 / Charity

Imagine1Day was one of the non profits I featured on Pop17 last month. For those who aren’t aware of Imagine1Day, they are a Vancouver based non profit who have set a goal to provide quality primary education to children in Ethiopia by 2020. Shortly after featuring Imagine1Day last month, I decided to get in contact with Adam Millard, developmental director at Imagine1Day. The following is a 30 minute conversation between myself and Adam. Adam was a very interesting guest, who [...]

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Connecting Rural Communities To The Internet

January 20, 2011 / Charity

Rural communities are missing out on the resource we take for granted. A stable and fast internet connection. An internet connection opens up a world of opportunities to those fortunate enough to have access to it. I believe that we must support the growth and development in rural communities in order to improve economic prosperity, build richer community relations and help individuals achieve great things. It can be something as simple as enabling a telephone mast to give individuals mobile internet [...]

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Girl VS Gadget: Unboxing Asus Eee PC

January 19, 2011 / Entertainment, Technology, vid, Videos

Microsoft was generous enough to send me this brand new ASUS Eee PC Seashell Karim Rashid Collection – 1008P. Thanks Microsoft for asking me to be a brand ambassador this year! Some of the features of this netbook include a mini keyboard, LED backlit screen, Intel Atom processor, and 3MPXL camera. Will this laptop beat the girl in the battle of the tech? Watch and find out.

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YouTube singer Meghan Tonjes’ Ellen appearance

January 19, 2011 / Entertainment, Featured, Social Media, Videos

Meghan Tonjes on the January 18th episode of Ellen YouTube singer Meghan Tonjes was featured on yesterday’s episode of the Ellen DeGeneres show. Ellen has proven to be quite social media savvy using Twitter for special show challenges, regularly inviting viral video stars on her show and recently signing YouTube sensation Greyson Chance to her new record label. After joining YouTube in 2006, Meghan Tonjes gained popularity by performing unique covers and mashups of pop songs along with her own [...]

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How Non Profits Are Helping Low Income Families

January 17, 2011 / Charity

According to the US Census Bureau, the median household income was $49,777. Between 2008 and 2009 family household income decreased by 1.8%, whilst non family households income increased by 1.6%. What exactly caused the decrease in family household income? In my opinion it is a combination of high unemployment and families living in extreme poverty. We all seek the basic needs of food, water and shelter. In 2008-2009, the US consumer spent just 0.2% more on food for the household, [...]

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Suited For Change, Non Profit Helping Low Income Women Find Employment

January 16, 2011 / Charity

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics the median weekly earnings of women who were full-time wage and salary workers was $657 (compared to a man’s $819 wage) For a low income woman who may be responsible for a family, the odds of getting anywhere near this level of income are slim due to the high unemployment rate facing the US right now. However, Suited For Change was founded in 1992 by Lisa Woll aims to help [...]

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Does Celebrity Status Bring Success To Charity Water?

January 15, 2011 / Charity

Of course not. Celebrities are merely taking their existing offline fan base and influence and transposing it to Twitter, Facebook and their blogs. U.S Singer Adam Lambert exceeded his goal of $29,000 for Charity:Water yesterday within 5.5 hours of announcing it on Twitter. (He has set a new goal of $290,000 by January 29th) It is something I consider both a blessing and a jinx. Naturally, we should be encouraging more celebrities to think in a philanthropic manner about their [...]

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Should Affiliate Marketers Support Non Profits?

January 12, 2011 / Charity

Affiliate marketing on a basic level is a financial transcation in which the affiliate is financially compensated for providing the referral, signup or click through to an online store or website. The question is should affiliate marketers support non profits and philanthropic organizations without compensation? For many marketers that may be a tough call to make. Can they forgo not making a commision on recommending a service or product? I suspect the majority couldn’t. However successful affiliate marketers have one thing [...]

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Are We Building Awareness About Social Good?

January 11, 2011 / Charity

TwitChange, an online social media campaign is an example of a modern way to build awareness for social good. But at the end of the day, the implementation and core idea of this project is poor. As Zachary Sinderman wrote in a post for Mashable.com: Social good campaigns like Twitchange are less likely to create revolutionary moments the way high-risk activism, like the civil rights movement, can. Further is the concern that the campaigns are more about the celebrity than [...]

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Rock for Hunger, Non Profit Providing Meals To Those In Poverty In Florida

January 11, 2011 / Charity

Rock For Hunger was a charity based in Orlando, Florida which was started in the fall of 2006 by Chris Goyzueta. It was made a fully run 501(c)3 nonprofit organization in May of 2007. Rock For Hunger operates an event every Monday at Panera on Lake Eola in Downtown Orlando. At this event volunteers help serve the homeless with hot meals. I always like finding charities like this one because they are offering so much more to the homeless then [...]

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Empowering Success: Get A Job Using Social Media

January 8, 2011 / Featured, Lifestyle

Miriam Salpeter a social media strategist for job seekers and entrepreneurs, a job search coach, resume writer, author and speaker. She is a “top 10 job tweeter” according to CNN and author of Social Networking for Career Success (To be released by Learning Express, May 2011). So I interviewed Miriam in a three part blog series that kicked off with Dan Schawbel. People are rushing to get their 2011 plan in line. These days companies are not the only ones [...]

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Can We Solve The Education Crisis?

January 7, 2011 / Charity

In this series so far we have looked at the gift of being able to receive an education and the effect of a poor education. Yesterday we looked at 5 Ways You Can Help Fund Education In Developing Countries. In the concluding part of this series we will look at the overall state of education (in both developed and developing countries) and whether we have the answers to solve the issues. Access To Education Based on a 2001 census, 47.8% [...]

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5 Ways You Can Help Fund Education In Developing Countries

January 5, 2011 / Charity

In this series of articles about education we have discussed the gift of being able to receive a great education and the cons of getting a poor education.

In this post I want to inspire you to take action. We have the power within ourselves and our local communities to make an impact.

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