by Angela Croft Planting the Seeds of Good Karma to Enrich Your Business and Life When I was first starting my coaching business, I heard one of my mentors at the time say that there’s no better personal development plan on the planet than starting your own business, and I couldn’t agree more. Building a […]
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Such a great example of using social media, animation and video to market for social change. Wow. That song is really catchy. [vsw id=”myxwCEGcBYc” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”]
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The Coop grocery chain put out a great ad at bus stops that educated it’s customers (and prospective customers) that it was doing a good thing. And it did it in a funny (but poignant) way that helped people relate to why they were doing it. I think a great indirect consequence of this kind
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A three minute video that does an awesome job of empathizing with people’s experience (guilt for not doing enough) and then giving them something simple they can do to help them get the results they’re after (making a difference and saving the rainforest). Also a great example of offering up a new alternative solution to
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I recently went to the Social Venture Institute hosted at the Hollyhock Center. It was an amazing event. And one of the people responsible for it happening is Joel Solomon. And I also met marketing genius Aaron Vidas. Imagine my delight to see this new, beautifully done video of Aaron interviewing Joel about the notion
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Just saw this short commercial that applies the tools used to sell cars . . . applied to buses. Very cool results. I think it’s always great to learn from ads you see that inspire you or produce real world results. You can check out more of the ones I’ve collected here. [vsw id=”snKbU5r0pBo&” source=”youtube”
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I want to ask you to sign a petition. If you care about social justice and racial equality then I think you’ll be excited to sign it. Why? They’re planning to expand on a public monument to Nathan Bedford Forrest (pictured here) in Selma, Alabama. But why should you care? You’ve likely never been to
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The term ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ (CSR) has been a buzz word in both the business and environmental worlds over the past few years. The message of those who speak out for CSR is simple: the time has come for businesses to move away from thinking only about short-term profits and look at the bigger impact
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Charles Eisenstein has written one of the most beautiful and honest books on economics that I’ve ever come across. I’ve rarely heard a take on money and economics that I resonate with more strongly. It’s so deeply in line with my pay what you can philosophy. I first came across him on a video he
A dear colleague of mine – Nippun Mehta – did a TEDx talk on the theme of “Designing for Generosity“. That I had to share with you. Capitalism seems to be based on the idea that we’re selfish. And there’s truth to this. We do everything we do to meet our needs. But it’s so
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