Bottled water giant Fiji Water announced earlier this week that they would be shutting down operations on the South Pacific island and laying off upwards of 400 workers. The announcement came in response to a dramatic increase in water extraction taxes by the military-run Fijian government. According to Charles Fishman, Fiji water is the number [...]
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Give Back: The People’s Foundation
What would you do if you suddenly found yourself with $1 million and a directive to give half away and keep the other half? When Stephen Paletta won Oprah’s Big Give in 2008, this instantly became his reality. He did what most of us would do: started a foundation with the intention of highlighting great [...]
What’s Your Framework for Giving? Miscellaneous Charitable Giving (Part III)
In part I of this series, we looked at ways to include volunteering as part of your personal framework for giving. In part II we took a stab at intentionally including monetary donations in the giving framework. Today we’ll consider some other ways to incorporate giving into our daily lives in non-traditional ways. Gifts – [...]
What’s Your Framework for Giving? Being Intentional With Your Money (Part II)
This is the second in a series of three posts about establishing a framework for giving. In the first post, we talked about establishing areas of focus and things to consider in volunteer opportunities. Today we’ll look at cold, hard cash. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel like I’m getting nickled and [...]
Komen Strives for Market Domination
Karen White began her talk at the Cause Marketing Forum Conference with a discussion of how crowded the “pink” space was becoming and admitted, “We held on to our pink ribbon so tightly to reclaim our niche in the space that we inadvertently added to the pink clutter.” She then went on to describe Komen’s efforts to reclaim their niche and reestablish themselves as the queens of pink through a rebranding effort.
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