Are you fashionable? Are you the first to know the latest trends? Are your friends constantly in awe of your stellar wardrobe and rockin’ ability to accessorize like a rock star? Did you answer yes ...Continue Reading
Imported on 11/21/2008 by Donna Callejon in Donna Callejon's Blog | 0 commentsJoAnna Schull from SYPartners sent me a link to some work by Jane McGonigal. She pointed out (and I agree) that the following was particularly compelling: What humans crave: 1. Satisfying work to do 2...Continue Reading
Imported on 11/01/2008 by Donna Callejon in Donna Callejon's Blog | 0 commentsA former GlobalGiving summer intern has launched a great new children’s book initiative titled “Dream Village.” Dream Village uses a combination of picture books and an interactive web portal to...Continue Reading
Imported on 10/31/2008 by Donna Callejon in Donna Callejon's Blog | 0 commentsWe send personal notes to a lot of donors, and in them we ask how they found out about GlobalGiving, what inspired them to give, etc. We love to hear their stories. Here is one that came through t...Continue Reading
Imported on 10/29/2008 by Donna Callejon in Donna Callejon's Blog | 0 commentsGlobalGiving acts like a sort of NaNoWriMo for development projects. You might think of us as a marketplace for giving, but we are also a set of tools for building a giving community, both on your str...Continue Reading
Imported on 10/29/2008 by Donna Callejon in Donna Callejon's Blog | 0 commentsWhat we do here at GlobalGiving is a mix between the complex and utterly simple. Systematically finding and vetting the best projects and plugging them into a global development ideas marketplace is ...Continue Reading
Imported on 10/21/2008 by Donna Callejon in Donna Callejon's Blog | 0 commentsHe’s Marc Maxson, newest member of the GG team, residing in the “supply pod” (aka, the folks who source, vet, manage and monitor the projects and organizations who post them). Marc is a braini...Continue Reading
Imported on 10/07/2008 by Donna Callejon in Donna Callejon's Blog | 0 commentsThe turmoil this week on Wall Street is a stark reminder that trust is the glue that holds together our society. Credit markets didn’t just dry up by themselves - banks first had to stop trusting ea...Continue Reading
Imported on 10/03/2008 by Donna Callejon in Donna Callejon's Blog | 0 commentsGot a second…literally? Visit American Express Members Project right now and, with just a click of the mouse, help undernourished children in Africa, women recovering from war, fight AIDS, or provid...Continue Reading
Imported on 09/30/2008 by Donna Callejon in Donna Callejon's Blog | 0 commentsIt took almost an hour to get past security at the World Bank, mostly due to errors on my part. But at least it gave me time to read through the brochure for the 2008 Development Marketplace. By the t...Continue Reading
Imported on 09/26/2008 by Donna Callejon in Donna Callejon's Blog | 0 comments