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  • Just Do It: Transforming Stakeholders Into Brand Evangelists using Philanthropy + Social Media
    Just Do It: Transforming Stakeholders Into Brand Evangelists using Philanthropy + Social Media

    Increasing Competitiveness Through Good Corporate Citizenship Companies today are facing increased pressure to be socially responsible as well as increased competition for customers and for the best employees. As American business and families are on tighter budgets, they are making more conscientious decisions about the purchases they make. There is a subtle shift in the…

  • Community Engagement: Web 2.0 and Your Stakeholders
    Community Engagement: Web 2.0 and Your Stakeholders

    Web 2.0: Engaging Stakeholders with Social Media There are two critical trends that are changing the opportunity for companies to use community engagement strategically. The first is the way web 2.0 and social media has changed the ways we can communicate with our stakeholders, and in turn how easy it is for them to share…

  • What is Social Entrepreneurship?

    Social Entrepreneurship is both a philosophy and a practice. Philosophically it takes a cue from Jean Baptiste Say, one of the intellectual godfathers of entrepreneurship: Social Entrepreneurship “is a way of moving resources from low yield activities to high yield activities”, with the specific goal of addressing social and environmental problems and challenges we face…

  • National Parks, A Uniquely American Innovation

    National Parks are a uniquely American concept. Sparked during the American civil war, the idea has often been in tension with that other American ideal, free markets and private ownership. Nonetheless, we did have the vision and insight that our great American landscapes are a treasure and should be protected by the people for the…

  • National Parks

    So one of the pieces I am working on right now is some writing and research related to what people think and do in national parks. We are quite blessed in the US to have an organiation (the National Park Service) that identifies great places for us to learn and play. While most of us…

  • Hello world

    I’ve been thinking lately that I would like to share my thoughts so that I might tap into the the wisdom of the crowd for gaining more perspective and understanding how what I think about all the time might dovetail with what you are thinking about or talking about. Feel free to lurk, but consider…

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