Social Good

An experiment in micro-donations, will you participate?

October 7, 2011

So what’s so great about the World Wide Web? I think there are a myriad of things that can be said about the internet. Our unprecedented access to information, our ability to connect with one another, and of course LOLCats. But one of the things I find most amazing about the internet is that it allows [...]

Philanthropy and its role on this blog

October 5, 2011

One of the early inspirations for this blog was the desire to help others. The tagline of my blog is “Generously donating my ideas and opinions…you’re welcome.” This is a play on words, as donating ideas is one form of my philanthropy. Beyond having a platform to convey my ideas and educate my audience about [...]

Cancer Sucks Part II – Fundraiser for Angelo Avery & Lorenzos brother 1

April 9, 2011

If you are in Philadelphia and want to come out for something important, please check out this event that runs from 4pm – 10pm at National Mechanics. Cancer Sucks Part II – Fundraiser for Angelo Avery & Lorenzos brother 1.

#TweetDrive4Japan

March 28, 2011

I spent six weeks in Japan in 2002. It was six of the greatest weeks of my life. I fell in love with so much of the country and its culture. You can see a selection of photos I took while I was there in this album on Facebook. 2 weeks ago Japan was hit [...]

A Brief Lesson on Micro-donations

January 19, 2011

Let’s start with some basic math: 10 * 100 = ? The answer is 1,000 OK, good. Now: 1 * 1,000 = ? You’re right it’s also 1,000. That’s the concept behind micro-fundraising. It’s easier to get a lot of people to contribute a small amount of money than it is to get a small [...]

My New Year’s Resolutions 2011 – The year of JGibbard

January 3, 2011

My Focus I will continue my focus on helping people and being generous with ideas and information. I will not apologize for promoting myself more heavily this year; I work really hard to provide something valuable. My themes for 2011 will continue along a similar path as 2010: Helping businesses become more social Listening, content [...]

Philadelphia and Boston TweetDrives are tonight.

December 6, 2010

Tweetdrive Harrison Kratz (a guest blogger on this site), with the help of Kratz PR & Management, and volunteer teams across the nation have planned the first Holiday Tweet Drive. I’d like to tell you a little more about it and encourage you to come out tonight, bring an unwrapped toy and make a child’s [...]

Big Change: Why the revolution is already being tweeted

October 28, 2010

I’ve read Malcolm Gladwell’s article Small Change: Why the revolution will not be tweeted. If you click over and read it, be forewarned it’s LONG. He makes some good points in it, although I think the shorter, more concise, and less snobby version is a better read, thanks to Jason Falls of Social Media Explorer [...]

Don’t Read This Post Unless You Want to Find a Job or Help Others

September 24, 2010

Social and (Job) Search(ing) Many of you have seen my post: How to: Find a job using RSS Feed. It’s available in a video walkthrough and originally as a text blog post. I feel that is one of the best posts I’ve ever put together because the value was clear; I want to help people [...]

Who else wants to find a cure for Diabetes?

September 22, 2010

WE INTERRUPT THIS WEEK’S BLOG THEME OF SEO AND SOCIAL TO BRING YOU THIS IMPORTANT NEWS BULLETIN. I am walking in the American Diabetes Association Step Out: Walk to Fight Diabetes on Saturday, October 2nd. I have set an exceptionally modest fundraising goal of $150 that I hope to CRUSH! So here’s my request. Stop [...]