I am an enormous fan of writer Heather Armstrong. She is a master of language and wit, not to mention design, which would make me hate her if she weren’t so durn funny. She is a 21st century Mark Twain. I am an enormous fan of many international aid writers: Tales From the Hood, Saundra Schimmelpfennig, [...]
Only some of the many, many things you can do to Not Write: Think about Writing Whine about Writing Prepare for Writing Rest up for Writing Envision yourself Writing Daydream about Writing Talk about Writing Drink & Talk about Writing The list of things to do to Write is, thankfully, much shorter. Just one thing [...]
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In giving, as soon as you set a minimum amount to give, it becomes a maximum. The floor becomes a ceiling.
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“The richer you are the less responsibility you need to take for your own life because everything is taken care for you. And the poorer you are the more you have to be responsible for everything about your life.”
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The Philanthropy Review has released a report outlining ways to get UK citizens to give more. First: this is astounding to me. At least in America, giving is driven by the nonprofits that are asking for gifts. People give because fundraisers ask in order to raise the resources to support the programs (one criticism of [...]
Even when gifts are made in order to have an impact, there is still an emotional connection made between the giver and receiver.
I’ve been walking a few people through this lately and thought it’d be easier to just plop it all in a post. Skip if you’re all RSSavvy already. RSS is one of those things that doesn’t make much sense even you know what it means (here, “Real Simple Syndication.” See? Meaningless) but when you’ve stepped [...]
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Daniel Altman and Jonathan Berman have published a paper entitled The Single Bottom Line, which declares that companies do more social good when they focus only on their profits. Dig a little deeper and you’ll find some nuance: it’s companies that emphasize long-term results rather than quarterly profits that could see this outcome. The “positive [...]
Tags:Daniel Altman·Felix Salmon·Jonathan Berman·Matthew Bishop·The Single Bottom Line
