This post wasn’t meant to be here – it sprung from a thought I had, which I then posted as a status on my Facebook page. Here’s the thought: Wouldn’t it be cool if big corporations that supported charities took an allocation of their donation, and paid for consultants to help non-profits learn about social media? The consultants don’t have to charge the charity, the corporation is still helping the charity, and the charity can allocate these funds back into…

So today’s post was going to be a look back at two years of blogging here, and some of the things that have happened since I made this my main blog on September 30 2008. Then I read a blog post from a dear friend that stopped me in my tracks. And completely changed what this post would be. Stacey Monk is a girl in Florida who co-founded the Epic Change charity program with another mutual friend, Sanjay Patel. Epic…

“As I see it, there are two great forces of human nature: self-interest, and caring for others.” Bill Gates. Say what you will about Bill Gates, the man has a great point. It’s the kind of thinking that drives me, and is almost a mantra for the whole 12for12k project that I started with the help of friends back in December 2008. Since then, a ton of folks have become great friends and supporters, and taken the initial idea to…

Instead of blowing $50,000 on the staff Christmas party, companies offered employees the option of a smaller bash and donated the rest to a local charity. Instead of sending employees on a team-building exercise to the woods, companies sent them on a team-building exercise to renovate a playground in a run-down area. Instead of always using interns from the local college, companies mixed it up a little and gave a business education to kids from lower income schools. Instead of…

Back in December 2008, I launched the 12for12k Challenge with the help of some great friends. A social media-led charity initiative, it was a project that I always had belief in, but you never know how something like that will go. Thankfully, because of you, it went better than I could have ever hoped for. It’s been quiet the last few months, as other commitments have eaten into time and resources (everyone involved in 12for12k gives their time for free)….

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There are times when things get a little bit out of our control and we lose sight of people that matter. It’s not that it’s what we want to happen – it just seems to be the way. That’s not to say that we can’t do something about it – we can still show we care, right?