A New Capitalism? Not Just Yet
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007 Posted in Capitalism, Organizations, Philanthropy | No Comments »I've argued on these very pages (right here in fact!) that ventures born of social entrepreneurship need not be structured as not-for-profit, though I'm also not naive enough to think that for-profit social entrepreneurship will become mainstream any time soon. My ...
The New New Coke
Monday, April 16th, 2007 Posted in Corporations, Philanthropy, Responsibility | 6 Comments »Coke's come up with yet another formula, but this time it's doing away with an old one. Don't worry, it's not Coke Three or Coke Absolute Zero, but the Coca-Cola Global Community Connections. The company is reconfiguring its philanthropic activities ...
Helping the Homeless
Tuesday, December 19th, 2006 Posted in Philanthropy, Responsibility, Society | No Comments »On Sunday night I had a conversation with a few people in my building about a couple of nearby homeless shelters. I've had the conversation before over the last few years but was engaged as new parties were involved. Two shelters ...
Charity Navigator
Wednesday, November 15th, 2006 Posted in Miscellaneous, Philanthropy, Responsibility, Society | No Comments »While reading the Post this morning I came across a short article about a great site called Charity Navigator. The organization's mission is as follows: Charity Navigator works to guide intelligent giving. We help charitable givers make intelligent giving decisions by providing ...
