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Would You Volunteer More If You Could Do So in Your Pajamas?
Have a skill to share but can't find the time? A new website lets you do good for others from the comfort of your own home.
Culture
Why Is Philanthropy Important?
Business
The Hottest Start-Up Around Started as a Do-Gooding Site
Groupon started out as a site to help fundraise and organize for social causes. Will it honor that legacy as it becomes a $15 billion company?
Business
Zuckerberg to Give Away Half His Wealth
The Facebook billionaire joins Gates and Buffet. Who else signed up today?
Business
Celebrity Blackout on Twitter and Facebook for World AIDS Day [UPDATED]
Celebrities go silent on Twitter and Facebook for World Aids Day. The only way to get Lady Gaga tweeting again is to fork over money for the cause.
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Sex, Food and... Generosity?
A landmark study from the Harvard Business School shows that generosity-and its benefits- are deeply ingrained in human nature.
Business
BOOK: Five Strategies for Social Innovation by Jason Saul
Five strategies to help companies switch from traditional do-good strategies like philanthropy to creating real profit while solving social problems.
Culture
Oil Spill Art That is Made from BP Oil
A money-raising art project is using oil collected from the BP oil spill to create posters that will help fund the relief.
Business
World's Richest Man Says "Charity Doesn't Solve Anything"
The Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim hasn't signed the Gates and Buffett Giving Pledge because he doesn't believe in throwing money at problems.
Education
Lessons for Mark Zuckerberg and Tomorrow’s Philanthropists
What happens when the money runs out? How to secure a long-term impact through philanthropy.
Business
Facebook’s $100-million Donation: Amazing Generosity or Wasted Opportunity?
Are donations more productive when they're used to finance change-or when they are used to motivate it?
Business
Millennium Development Goals: A Primer
So how are we doing on those ambitious Millennium Development Goals? It's a mixed bag.
Business
Bill Gates is Having Trouble Wooing Chinese Billionaires
Bill Gates and Warren Buffet are heading to China later in the month. But they're having trouble getting dinner dates with China's upper crust,...
Business
Why You Should Hug a Hedge Fund Guy
It’s easy to beat up on finance folks. Maybe it’s that whole facilitating the collapse of the global economy thing. Or maybe it’s just the...
Culture
Why Don't More Writers Buy Books?
A new submission model—wherein writers must buy a book if they want their work to be considered for publication—is shaking up the literary...
Business
The TOMS Shoe Model: Meaning or Marketing?
In the last few years, doing good and helping others has become fashionable with companies clamoring to get on the do-gooding bandwagon. One...
Education
Buffet and Gates's Secret Campaign to Get Billionaires to Give Away Half Their Money
Fortune has a fascinating article detailing how, over the last few years, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and Melinda Gates have been convening...
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LOVE is GOOD
Spreading some love around the world is most definitely a GOOD thing. 2010love is a symbol created to inspire people to make a positive change in...
