How Community-focused is Your Business? Progressive businesses not only work for  their community but also with the community. Well-run, successful businesses know the value of working for and with their communities, they know the value of being a good community citizen. Every business can make an incredible difference to the lives of many. Moreover, they [...]

"A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business." ( – Henry Ford)

THE GREAT DEBATERS is inspired by the remarkable story of Wiley College’s winning debate team of the early 1930s. Set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow South, THE GREAT DEBATERS chronicles the journey of the Wiley College debate team—coached by the brilliant and passionate professor Melvin B. Tolson (Denzel Washington). It was Tolson’s recognition [...]

What is it? Thirty years ago, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) could easily have been dismissed as a consultancy-led fad or a do-gooding side show, but it looks increasingly like the idea of companies meaning, at least seeming, to be good is here to stay. The lobby of Marks & Spencer’s head office in London is [...]

Kiva is a leading facilitator in the world of micro-lending. Micro-lending is the process in which an individual can lend relatively small amounts of money to the underprivileged around the world. The benefit of this type of lending is dual. First, it helps individual internet users become socially responsible and it stimulates the economy and [...]

“I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do.” Helen Keller 1880-1968, Author and Lecturer

Introduction to Google.org’s new Inform and Empower initiative. Its goal is to use information to empower citizens and communities, providers, and policymakers to improve the delivery of essential public services such as education, health, water and sanitation.

Martha Wallace, Community Liason and Program Developer for SAVING OUR SOCIETY . GIVING A HAND UP, NOT A HAND OUT – video by Barbara Baskets Studios Inc.

Sky Lakes Medical Center in Klamath Falls OR understands the value of using a community based work crew. Video of work crew doing their job. ” A hand up, not a hand out”. Goodwill is in the business of changing lives!

You ask yourself questions all day long. Are they empowering? Jeanie Marshall, Personal Development Consultant, has created these empowering questions that you can ask yourself. When you ask yourself empowering questions, you open yourself to receive empowering answers. Relax and listen to the music and the questions.