Yesterday I wrote about the gift of education. We are a country which receives a good education compared to the less fortunate nations. As I acknowledged in yesterday’s post, we don’t necessarily have the best education. There are issues which need to be resolved. But when you compare our education to that of a developing nation such as India, it is vastly different. Today I am going to write about the effect of a poor education. I hope that this [...]
Times are Ad-Changing: 10 Creative Ways to Advertise your Company In a day and age where we see advertisements literally on the bottoms of our shoes, the world is ad-changin! Advertising companies will soon, no longer be doing the “Mad Men” thing and new companies are popping up left and right who assist in this new world of ads. Google Ads does pay, but unfortunately does almost nothing unless you are investing hundreds of thousands of dollars in their ads. [...]
Being able to receive an education is a gift. This gift is granted to us by chance. It’s what Warren Buffett calls the “ovarian lottery”. You don’t get the option to chose your social, economic or geographic standing. Yet where you are born has a huge impact on how well you do in life. Education is a core part of our society. Without it we wouldn’t be able to read or write, do math or develop important life skills. However [...]
The Social 50 by Billboard is a list of the most popular musicians in Social Media. Pop17′s Sarah Austin and Franchesca Ramsey discuss the differences and similarities from the musicians on the list and YouTube musicians. Happy New Year from Pop17! Who do you think will be the most popular musicians of 2011. Our bet is on Nicki Minaj.
Podcast Video 
Podcast Video 
Dan Schawbel is the go to personal branding “guru” and international best selling author of Me 2.0: 4 Steps to Building Your Future (Kaplan, 2010). He’s a leader and expert in his field with his blog and over 97,000 followers on his twitter profile. Bloomberg reports confidence falls for people looking for jobs in 2011. In order to stand out in an over crowded job market, people are starting to care about what shows up when potential employers are googling. [...]
From TV character Lassie to First Lady Bird Johnson everyone has done their part to Keep America Beautiful. The Stamford, CT based non-profit was founded in 1953 in New York City. “Keep America Beautiful” is focused on three core areas: Litter prevention, Recycling and waste reduction, Beautification and community greening I am personally disappointed that this type of initiative is currently absent in the U.K (where I live). If there were, I would certainly be involved with it. I was [...]
We all want to make a positive impact on the world that we live in. However that world can be as small as your local community. Every positive action you take can make a difference in someone’s world. The reward of helping others is intrinsic (i.e – you never seek financial reward for doing it) By being a truly selfless, honest individual you benefit from building better relationships with friends, family and neighbours. In this post I will list 10 [...]
Started in 1989, Free The Need is an all volunteer run non profit whose mission is to distribute surplus food to less fortunate families around San Francisco. The United States currently spends about 1 billion dollars a year to dispose of food waste. (Source:EndHunger.org) How much of that food waste does your household contribute? Just think how much you could give to non-profits such as Free The Need. Support Free The Need By: Liking their Facebook Page Adding yourself to [...]
Non-profit organizations such as Kiva, The Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation and WaterCredit are providing microfinance to thousands of businesses and communities who cannot get access to finance. The role that these non-profits play is critically important. I have begun to understand the central role that microfinance lenders are now beginning to play in developing the global economy through recent conversations with Rebekah Austin of Pop17. But, my question is: Is Microfinance A Sustainable Way To Donate? Can we continue [...]
In a move to compete with the likes of Google and Yahoo, Bing have launched a partnership with Everscape which now allows visitors to take a 3D virtual tour of a store or restaurant on Bing Local. The current coverage of this new feature spans across 5,000 restaurants mainly situated in the Boston area. The idea of virtual tours are not necessarily revolutionary. However it does now enable the user to view exactly how somewhere looks before arriving. The standard view currently provided on [...]
Imagine one day that every child in the developed, developing or third world has the equal oppurtunity to education. Well, thanks to non-profits such as Imagine1Day that dream may not be too distant. An interesting statistic noted on Forbes.com today was that almost half of charities receive 30% to 60% of their annual contributions between October and December. I have personally decided to use my Pop17 column recently to highlight great non-profits such as “The Giving Spirit” and “Good2Give“. I [...]
Rebekah, and I love to shop like hippies so that makes us part of 30 percent of Americans who shop for consumer products that will make a change. If you want to change the world then leave a comment and tell us where you shop to make a difference. It can be shopping for gifts at thrift stores or it can be shopping for Christmas gifts that will help with charity donations.
Podcast Video Podcast Video 
Other Media 
Podcast Video 
A couple weeks ago, a Canadian blogger posed a nude photo of pop star Miley Cyrus. Zack Taylor, the blogger, said that the photo came from her iPhone out of her stolen purse. Later last week, the blogger admitted that it is fake. Forbes has the story. Now the Cyrus crew may be suing the blogger. What do you think of the new Facebook? I like the way it looks, but I’m having a hard time figuring it out. I [...]
Podcast Video Podcast Video Copyright © 2012 Pop17. All Rights Reserved.
Subscribe