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- who am i an icon who completed 50 golden years on this planet - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2010 from venkat ca21st June 2009, an icon completed 50 golden years on this planet. He is unique and one and only one of his kind in this world. He considers himself as a King of Hearts. This self declared icon is standing in your midst - Venkatraman Krishnamoorthy popularly known as ...
Views: 1459(3 votes) - There is a thin line between Ordinary and Extraordinary.? - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2010 from venkat caThere is a thin line between Ordinary and Extraordinary. The word extra makes ordinary extraordinary. An extra mile, an extra effort and an extra thought makes ordinary extra ordinary. We all Balance our professional life and family life, is it or is it not? I feel it is definitely ...
Views: 2319(1 vote) - Haiti and Home - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2010 from Dr Jane CundyI am so proud of my country and my fellow countrymen. What has happened in Haiti, almost a week ago now; has had me glued to television news reports. I have watched as my President rallied the “troops” of Americans from across the country with a simple news briefing. He called on all Americans, ...
Views: 1415(1 vote) - 5 Common Excuses to NOT Donate to Charity - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2010 from James LeGrandDuring our daily lives or in the midst of extraordinary circumstances, we often come upon worthy causes to donate to. However, because of one of any number of reasons we fail to make the donation. When you give even a little bit to an organization that helps others, you are making a positive ...
Views: 6753(1 vote) - Universal Language – an excerpt from FREE e-book, Ripples of Difference - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2009 from Erin CourtenayJosh turned over another plastic toy is his hand and decided to sleep on whether he could bear to part with it. In the morning, it was still there, proudly on top of the pile like a Christmas tree star - a shining token from a boy who couldn’t quite grasp the meaning of his gifts. What he ...
Views: 1090(3 votes) - Rethinking Abundance - by Submitted on Nov 28, 2009 from Paul HoodWhat is Abundance? Maybe we need to rethink abundance. I lived my first nine years in England, from 1944 to 1953. In all those years we were under rationing. Food was doled out frugally, to the point that my sister and I suffered from malnutrition. Automobiles were scarce, we never got a ...
Views: 1344(3 votes) - Don't Give This Way!! - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2009 from Danish AhmedHey All You Big Givers!! Six years ago, I wrote an article called 7 Totally Different Ways to Give Big this Thanksgiving!! Since then, I’ve come to learn that people need to know what giving is NOT. “The Secret” would say, don’t focus on what you don’t want. However, ...
Views: 2223(19 votes) - Susan Jeske—A Biography - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2009 from Jolly PenSusan Jeske is well-known as the first recipient of the Ms. America ® title and in her capacity as the current Ms. America ® Pageant President and for her various pageant-related associations for the last twenty years. She has a great professional profile as a pageant judge, having judged more ...
Views: 2005(2 votes) - Six Easy Tips for Beating the Holiday Blues - by Submitted on Nov 08, 2009 from Bette Lawrence-WaterSome people find the holiday season one of the most depressing times of year. Are you one of them? If so, you know that those cheerful greetings heard so often throughout November and December often fall on ears with hidden melancholy. Here are some suggestions for beating those holiday ...
Views: 1667(3 votes) - Slumdog Millionaire and the Calcutta Fund. - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2009 from Neelam BhardwajDan Boyle’s Oscar-winning film, Slumdog Millionaire, set in the slums of Mumbai, skillfully portrays the conditions of Indian slums and, more importantly, has ignited public interest in the many children who inhabit these slums. In the film, Jamal, Salim and Latika (played by real slum children) ...
Views: 1634(1 vote) - Help the ‘Beggar’ to Achieve Your Own Success - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2009 from Matthew TooneThere is a sad, unfortunate, and all-too-common scenario that happens on the street corners of the majority of large cities across the world. The situation is familiar to us all because we each have faced it several times. And while the locations and people may be different, the circumstances ...
Views: 2816(4 votes) - ***How and Why You Should Self-Publish Your Nonprofit Story to Engage Followers - by Submitted on Oct 13, 2009 from Debra BergEngaging followers who will become volunteers and donors is hard enough in the good times; now, your nonprofit is competing with disasters near and far that drown out your message. After all, even with Twitter, YouTube and all manner of media operating 24/7, there is still only so much personal ...
Views: 2486(5 votes) - Asking for Help- the Other Side of Volunteering - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI heard a wise phrase the other day: "in every moment, you are either serving or being served." The give and take, or giving and receiving, is a constant balance of life. How often to you serve others, and how often do you allow others to serve you? Is it easier for you to give than to ...
Views: 1290(2 votes) - Best of the INTENTernet: Giving Is What It's All About - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThis week's best of the INTENTernet links are all about giving, serving and volunteering--sometimes in unexpected ways. All come from a heart of gold. Island DIY: Kauai Residents Don't Wait for State to Repair Road from CNN.com. The local residents whose business livelihood depended on a ...
Views: 1344(2 votes) - 7 Responses to 7 Common Excuses for NOT Volunteering - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2009 from Intent.com Authors1. "I don't have the time." Michelle Obama has the time to be a mother, a First Lady, the nation's advocate of service, and have fabulous arms. What's your excuse? 2. "Why do I have to volunteer? I want to watch Lost." Because if you spend your entire life not giving your time to causes ...
Views: 6420(2 votes) - Serving Others Serves Me - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI have been in service to others since I was 16 years old when I did my first walk for hunger. I still have the card we used to get each mile marked with a stamp in the shape of a foot. That was 37 years ago and I do not think I have had a time in my life when I wasn't giving back or ...
Views: 1485(2 votes) - A Different Kind of Ride for Charity - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThere's something about the idea off covering great distances that brings out the fundraiser in people. If it's not a breast cancer walk, it's an AIDS ride. If not an AIDS ride, a marathon team running for leukemia. The list goes on. I myself did an MS ride, and I have recently written about an ...
Views: 1387(4 votes) - Bringing Volunteering Back! - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI am reading a fascinating book called Management Rewired (http://www.amazon.com/Management-Rewired-Feedback-Surprising-Lessons/dp/159184262X) which applies new findings in cognitive science to management. Yesterday on the train home from New York I read a chapter that blew me away. Studies show ...
Views: 1178(2 votes) - 10 Things You Should Never Do To Volunteers - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsVolunteers make many organizations possible. Volunteers donate their time, effort and often professional expertise in order to help organizations they care about. Yet many organizations don't have a clue how to treat volunteers. In my many years of volunteering at various organizations, I have ...
Views: 2031(2 votes) - Service as a Prescription for Health - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWalking through the green hills of Tennessee Valley bordered by the brash jubilant display of purple lupines and sweet shy hellos of delicate yellow wildflowers while connecting with Melinda, the founder of Women’s Earth Alliance and Amira her right hand assistant I circled back to that place of ...
Views: 1006(3 votes) - How Giving Back Can Change Your Life - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI grew up in the South. As a result of that I helped my mom make a lot of casseroles and salads for those who were sick and in need. It was just what you did. We belonged to a Presbyterian church and every Sunday we picked up Mrs. Browman, a woman who lived to be 100, every week so she could ...
Views: 1447(4 votes) - Looking Good while Doing Good: 5 Beauty Tips for the Giving Heart - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2009 from Intent.com Authors1. Make an effort to look good. Because when people look good and know it, they tend to feel good. When you are feeling too self-conscious about your baggy jeans or the stain on your shirt, you have less mental energy to focus on other people's needs and concerns. On the other hand, if you ...
Views: 1286(4 votes) - Expand your Style when Volunteering! - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI don't know the exact moment when I let some of my reservations go but I think it happened when I was on the back of a motoconcho (motorcycle) without a helmut zipping up a mountain in the Dominican Republic. My longer than normal hair whipped around me; with my sunglasses on, I would tilt ...
Views: 997(2 votes) - So You Want to Start Volunteering... Now What? - 5.5 Steps to Get Started! - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe summer is the perfect time to start volunteering for worthy causes. The weather is nice, there is generally a more uplifting aura that pervades in the air, and there are many events and causes around the nation that are looking for volunteers that care for their cause (not to say that any ...
Views: 1275(2 votes) - This Week on Intent: Tell Us How to Bring More Wellness into Volunteering - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThis week on Intent, we want to hear your tips, tricks and advice on volunteering. Yes, we know that much have been said about volunteering and giving back in light of President Obama's push for more Americans to serve. We also know that many volunteering resources already exist out there on the ...
Views: 1041(1 vote) - Why Don't We Volunteer? The Dare to Care - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsGet Involved! Volunteer! This administration's determination to address recession fallout spans beyond the reach of bail out dollars, and into old fashioned barn-raising, with a passionate call to service. The United We Serve campaign challenges all Americans to make a difference by doing "good" ...
Views: 1939(6 votes) - Time Well Spent: Volunteering in the Foster Care System - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsTime is a commodity. It’s been compared with money. We only have so much of it in this lifetime, so time is precious. And how we spend our time says a lot about what is important to us. Recently I’ve had a big change in where I’ve been finding my time spent – and it has surprised me, in many ...
Views: 1436(2 votes) - Michelle Obama Asks: Have You Been Serving? - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsVolunteerism isn’t just a noble act, it’s imperative to our national priorities -- or so says First Lady Michelle Obama. She rolled up her sleeves Monday and helped put the finishing touches on a play structure in the Bret Harte Elementary School playground in San Francisco, which has been ...
Views: 1039(1 vote) - 5 Different Ways to Make Volunteering Exciting, Rewarding & Beautiful! - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2009 from Danish AhmedHi there everyone!! Personal growth doesn’t just happen when we’re being trained, learning something new, or having a new type of experience. In situations where we give of ourselves unconditionally with love, with no expectations, we strengthen our character, raise our self-image, and ...
Views: 3638(4 votes) - 7 Totally Different Ways to Give Big to People (& Movie) - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2009 from Danish AhmedHey All You Big Givers!! The first thing we may think of when we think of giving, is money (or gifts and presents which cost money). However, some of us may feel financially constrained . . . The second thing we may think of when we think of giving, is our time. With fast-paced lifestyles and ...
Views: 2261(18 votes) - The Amazing Generosity of America’s Poor - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsPerhaps you imagined that the people on the bottom rungs of the economic ladder would be pinching every last penny to make ends meet. If so, you’re surprisingly wrong. According to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey, the poorer you are in the United States, the larger ...
Views: 1292(1 vote) - *** How to Volunteer with your Family - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2009 from Debra BergIf you would like to find an enjoyable and fulfilling way to spend time with your family, consider family volunteering. Imagine you and your family planting trees at the local Arbor Day event. Or maybe you’d enjoy helping out at the local furniture or food bank to help other families regain ...
Views: 2553(3 votes) - *** Discover the Perfect Volunteer Opportunity for YOU! - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2009 from Debra BergVolunteering has been a part of America’s civic culture since the early days of barn raisings and quilting bees. Neighbors have nearly always been willing to pitch in and help others in times of need. Helping others is not out of fashion. In fact, a new trend in volunteerism is sweeping America ...
Views: 2145(2 votes) - 10 Million Clicks For PEACE - Make a Personal Peace Impact! - by Submitted on Dec 29, 2009 from Psychic LillyYesterday, you could donate and save one life. Today, you don’t even have to donate to save hundreds of lives and positively impact thousands of people online. We’ve put the power of peacemaking in your hands. For the first time in history you can directly help fix global problems! You won't ...
Views: 3712(4 votes) - Where to Begin to Help the MOST Needy - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAlthough many people are involved in projects that help others, there are also many of us who are searching for ways to help those who are in dire poverty: those without safe places to live, food to eat and medical attention available. As we begin our search for the best ways to help others, ...
Views: 2187(3 votes) - The Milk of Human Kindness - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Colin SalisburyAs Carolyn Maskens explains, when she set out to raise a bit of money to help improve the lives of the children at an orphanage in the East African nation of Kenya, she and her Kenyan friends were amazed by the response. I graduated from Queen’s this spring with an honours degree in Life ...
Views: 1367(3 votes) - Eyes from Ethiopia - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Colin SalisburyEthiopia, a landlocked country in Eastern Africa which is slightly less than twice the size of Texas, has a poverty stricken economy with over 80 million people striving to survive. It is a nation that is well known for its droughts and famines and its long civil conflict and a border war with ...
Views: 1389(3 votes) - Hair Today, gone Tomorrow - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Colin SalisburyVolunteering requires a great deal of commitment and determination. It is filled with personal challenges and enormous rewards which are often life changing for the volunteer. Some volunteers feel compelled to go the extra mile and make sacrifices in order to better the lives of the community ...
Views: 1276(3 votes) - Barack Obama good for hope; not for change - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2009 from Danish AhmedHi there everyone!! I love Obama and he is very much needed to give people of the world hope. Hope is the first, crucial step this world needs before it can embrace change. The reason most people in the world can't cause change is because they do not acknowledge that hope is required ...
Views: 2839(5 votes) - A Big Blow - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI should be jumping with joy. All our class XII students have passed their examinations and this for the 8th year running. But before I could get down and savour the good news a mail dropped in my inbox informing me that one of our main donors would not be able to meet their monthly commitment ...
Views: 1094(2 votes) - Economics 101: Money Creates the Illusion of Scarcity - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI remember something from my community college economics class that economy had something to do with scarcity. All along I've been reading post after post about how to get what we want because all we need is available in abundance. Seems to me we need to abolish the monetary system. What ...
Views: 3400(2 votes) - Amazing Groups Offer Astonishing Information for Advocacy Efforts - by Submitted on Jul 18, 2009 from Kayte ConnellyAcross the spectrum of nonprofit organizations, a broad brush of advocacy concerns and efforts are underway - each as varied as the organization they represent. Women’s Way is one of the youngest groups supporting legislative efforts that will positively impact the respect of, for and by ...
Views: 1505(2 votes) - Getting Your Grip on Advocacy - by Submitted on Jul 18, 2009 from Kayte ConnellyRecently, in a conversation with a community banking representative about the business of nonprofit agencies and civic engagement, she became quickly confused by my use of two terms. Advocacy was one of them. Governance the other. But she was a banker and couldn’t be expected to know what ...
Views: 1419(1 vote) - Should You Run for a Marathon Charity? - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2009 from Jago HolmesOne of the many reasons for the growing popularity of the modern marathon is that they are more commonly being used as a means of raising money for charities and worthy causes. Whichever marathon charity you choose, it will have more meaning to you if you select one that is related to someone ...
Views: 1879(2 votes) - Develop an Online Presence for your NonProfit - Practically Free! - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2009 from Terri BrooksManaging a nonprofit organization is one of the toughest jobs around. You have a worthy cause, wonderful staff and volunteers, but the funds for promoting your organization are very limited or not there at all. How would you like to have an unlimited source of potential donors that you can ...
Views: 1586(3 votes) - Direct Service: How You Can Help Someone In Need - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsDo you ever wonder who could possibly help a homeless person? The answer is each of us can help. It's called direct service - helping someone in need ourselves. But how? There are many ways to help a person in need, including giving a homeless person a blanket. That's how we started Children ...
Views: 1239(1 vote) - Anifatou's life story - by Submitted on Jul 10, 2009 from Komi KlouganThis is Anifatou Gado. She was born on March 6, 2005 into a small, respectable family. Her lovely mother cared for her and her three other siblings. Her hard working father made a living to support his wife and children by selling gasoline out of their home. By the age of three, Anifatou ...
Views: 1182(2 votes) - Foundations: A Key to Bridging the Personal-Professional Chasm - More Benefits of Charitable Giving - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2009 from Thomas QuinlinFinancial or business planning is at its most powerful when it is well integrated with one's personal goals. And the ideal way to accomplish such an integration, at least for people with some degree of wealth, is starting a private foundation. Read on about why that is so, and how to go about it ...
Views: 1173(1 vote) - Let The Clean Waters Flow - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSince January 20, the American people have been drinking from a fire hose. We are deluged with progress on issues that once seemed intractable - restarting the economy, safeguarding the environment, universalizing access to health care, and reasserting our good name abroad. As President Obama ...
Views: 1082(2 votes) - The Blue Bakery: Helping the Poor Women of Rwanda - by Submitted on Jul 07, 2009 from Intent.com Authors"Poverty won’t allow him to lift up his head; dignity won’t allow him to bow it down." --Madagasy Proverb In meeting women in and around the markets of Kigali, we rarely found a business that employed more than one woman and maybe one or two of her youngsters. I wanted to know what it would ...
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