The 12 Days of Christmas Homeless Push

This is a cross-posting from the 12for12k blog. Throughout December, the 12for12k focus is on the homeless and how you can help in your own towns and cities. There’s no donation widget this month – we’re offering a more hands-on challenge. By all means, if you wish to donate cash as well as the time… [Continue Reading]

Do Good, Look Good

As you may know, I’m part of the 12for12k social media-led charity initiative that supports a different charity each month throughout 2009. October’s chosen charity is Musicians on Call, an amazing group of folks that take the healing power of music to bed-ridden hospital patients. They currently operate in four cities across the U.S. and… [Continue Reading]

A Little Thing Called Thank You

If you’ve been hanging around me the last couple of days (and thanks for the company!), you’ll know that there’s been a little back and forth activity about a blog post regarding 12for12k. The details and response can be found here. An apology has since been issued, so I’m not going to dwell on the… [Continue Reading]

Response to Barbara Talisman’s Misinformed 12for12k Post

This is in response to a blog post over at Barbara Talisman’s blog, where she makes various disparaging remarks (and, at times, low blows) about the 12for12k Challenge. I’m posting here since Barbara has comment moderation switched on at hers. Hi there Barbara, I thought I recognized the name and company – you contacted me… [Continue Reading]

SxSWi 2010 – Global Consciousness Panel

I was going to add some note here that would try explain the reasons behind this short little video, but I think it does it perfectly on its own. And, if you want to find out more, you can check out the details here. Cheers!

Bite-Size Morsels

One of the advantages of blogging is that you can make public service-type announcements without the nasal speaker voice. Of course, some folks have said I blog as if I speak with a nasal tone, so no change there! Anyhoo… I just wanted to update you with a few little tidbits of information that you… [Continue Reading]

The 12for12k 12-Hour Twitter Tweet-a-Thon

This post is a little different from normal and is for the 12for12k Challenge, the charity project I founded for 2009. It’s to tell you about the special 12for12k Tweet-a-Thon, which takes place on Twitter between 10.00am and 10.00pm Eastern on Thursday March 19 (today). This is the unique 12-hour Tweet event to raise money… [Continue Reading]

Social Media for Good

As you may or may not know, I started a charity project this year called the 12for12k Challenge. At its simplest, it’s 12 charities throughout the 12 months of 2009, with the aim of raising $12,000 per charity. It’s a tall order, but one that can be achieved. Yesterday, the 12for12k promo video was released.… [Continue Reading]

Clouding The Issue

Image by william.n via Flickr How well do you keep your personal and business life separate? Are you able to separate the two relatively easy, or do they crossover too much to have significantly different views? Or to put it another way, if you had a personal issue with someone could you still work with… [Continue Reading]

An Update on the 12for12k Challenge

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Now that the 12for12k Challenge has officially launched, it’s beginning to catch the imagination of the media. The challenge has already been featured in the Mississauga News in the Greater Toronto Area, and the press release is being picked up by various online media outlets. On top of that, I will be interviewed on Toronto… [Continue Reading]