Ever been to a convention that felt like a big waste of your time?  Me too… but not this time!!!   Hosted by Stay Classy at the New Children’s Museum in San Diego, the first annual Classy Collaboration brought together top social entrepreneurs and nonprofit leaders to connect, learn and collaborate.  And that’s just what […]

This week I had the pleasure of being invited to the Children’s Miracle Network Celebration 2012 in Orlando. We were asked to the exhibition to demonstrate our HotelsbyHospitals.com and our Travelingtogive.com products. At the conference were not only the 170 member hospitals, but also their corporate partners, celebrities and of course, the children being honored […]

Brilliant Earth was co-founded by Beth Gerstein and Eric Grossberg, who met at Stanford University. When Beth was about to be engaged, she experienced firsthand, with her fiancé Alex, the challenge of finding a conflict free engagement ring that represented her values. Eric, through his research at Stanford, became impassioned with the idea that responsibly-sourced […]

I’m inspired this week by a novel approach one Dallas nonprofit is taking to draw attention to its cause. Arthur Benjamin’s American Dog Rescue has launched a competition called “America’s Best Tails” urging people to submit their stories about animals who have had a profound effect on them, or they on the animal, in one way […]

Heard about virtual volunteering?  What about cyber service?  What we’re talking about is people completing volunteer tasks on the internet. While there’s still a ton of hands-on volunteer work that needs our attention, there is more and more we can do each day to make a difference without leaving the comfort of our couch.  And, […]