Charitable Giving

The just-opened urban Wal-Mart in Atlanta features an eye-catching display of Coca-Cola merchandise. Not soft drinks, mind you, but a wide variety of drinking glasses, toothpick dispensers, napkin dispensers, trays, wallets, t-shirts and...

What do you do when your business is suddenly more profitable than it has ever been??? It is good news, but the reality is that you have to determine how to allocate the...

Here are the highlights of the new law; In future blog entries, I´ll discuss individual provisions in more depth. · There are new minimum funding rules that will apply beginning January 1, 2008....

I recently read a reader's question asking why he was getting the cold shoulder from co-workers. It turns out that he had been refusing his co-workers' invitations for lunch, happy hour, and other...

Having been instrumental in building her family´s business into a regional retail powerhouse, Dana Spain-Smith entered publishing in 2001 by purchasing a minority stake in the then struggling Philadelphia STYLE and took on...

Okay, I´m on a roll. Let´s keep talking about volunteering, because if I don´t make my point, you might think I´m just trying to think of things to write about. Here´s the truth...

How many gift certificates, gift baskets, complimentary appetizers, and meals did you donate last year? And the year before, and the year before that? And, what did you get in return? Most of...

Doing Well by Doing Good, Part II At Return Path , we feel strongly that companies can and should make the world a better place in several different ways.  Certainly, many companies'...

The desire to promote the good you are doing is great, but at times, it is better to work in the background, and do good for good's sake. During times of crises -...

A Ball Bearing in the Wheels of E-Commerce As an online marketing professional, I've long understood intellectually how e-commerce works, how affiliate networks function, and why the internet is such a powerful...

To help promote your local business or practice, consider tearing a page out of the corporate marketing playbook. For years big companies have partnered with nonprofits to co-promote their brands. And it has...

I'm so happy that my professional organizer has started blogging .  I'm learning so much new stuff from John that applies not only to organizing your space, but can also be applied...

Hmm...  Just ran across Bloggers Without Borders , via Scoble .  Looks like a great effort that's been tossed around a bit , and it's a lot like what I was thinking...

Okay, I need help from the greater blogosphere.  I've got an idea for a new non-profit organization, but I can't do it by myself.  I need other people, who aren't interested in...