Giving 2.0 Transform your giving and our world

Following is Part 2 of a special Giving 2.0 blog series on Expressing the Divine, highlighting the intersection of religion and giving. My hope is that the ideas, resources, knowledge, and tools presented on my website (www.giving2.com) will inspire, educate, and empower your philanthropic journey.  This blog series aims to provide actionable ways to connect your giving and your…

Following is Part 1 of a special Giving 2.0 blog series on Expressing the Divine, highlighting the intersection of religion and giving. My hope is that the ideas, resources, knowledge, and tools presented on my website (www.giving2.com) will inspire, educate, and empower your philanthropic journey.  This blog series aims to provide actionable ways to connect your giving and your…

Following is Part 4 of a special Giving 2.0 blog series on raising giving children.  My hope is that the ideas presented here will inspire and educate your family’s philanthropic journey.  These posts aim to empower you to share your giving values with your children by providing practical and actionable ways to create positive change…

Following is Part 3 of a special Giving 2.0 blog series on raising giving children.  My hope is that the ideas presented here will inspire and educate your family’s philanthropic journey.  These posts aim to empower you to share your giving values with your children by providing practical and actionable ways to create positive change…

Following is Part 2 of a special Giving 2.0 blog series on raising giving children.  My hope is that the ideas presented here will inspire and educate your family’s philanthropic journey.  These posts aim to empower you to share your giving values with your children by providing practical and actionable ways to create positive change…

Following is Part 1 of a special Giving 2.0 blog series on raising giving children.  My hope is that the ideas presented here will inspire and educate your family’s philanthropic journey.  These posts aim to empower you to share your giving values with your children by providing practical and actionable ways to create positive change…

“We make a living by what we get; We make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill Giving stories often have powerful beginnings. Whether that’s an event, a set of experiences, or encounters with certain individuals, something usually inspires us to embark on a lifetime of giving. My giving story started with my…

“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin How many times have you given based solely on the fact that your heartstrings have been tugged? Perhaps it was by an online video or a late-night television commercial? Perhaps in response to a disturbing photo in a mail solicitation? Or, simply because a…

“What you are will show in what you do.” —Thomas Edison When I think of innovation, three definitions come to mind. First, the introduction of something new (Merriam Webster); second, the process of renewing something that already exists (from the Latin innovare); and third, new ways of thinking about or carrying out existing processes or…

AS SEEN ON THE HUFFINGTON POST Amid economic gloom, the news just gets worse. Last month, the unemployment rate rose in most states (in some cases as high as 11 percent), hitting millions of Americans in their pocketbooks. We also learned that in 2010, one in fifteen Americans slipped below the poverty line. Meanwhile financial…