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Part one in a two-part series: Communicating in Times of Crisis. Be sure to read tomorrow’s post on Developing a Crisis Communications Plan. Bummer for breast cancer screening. I’m [...]

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Here's an inspiring clip of a 6 year old sharing her concept of a community she will create when she grows up--one that is based on a giving economy. Unstaged, [...]

Something about the holidays makes me go chocolate crazy. I want it…all the time. I had about three months in early pregnancy where I couldn’t stand the thought of anything dark, [...]

There’s good news for school gardens out there. FoodCorps and the Whole Kids Foundation have teamed up to offer a School Garden Grant Program – providing $2,000 grants to support up [...]

With so much to be grateful for, it’s easy to sometimes overlook the simple stuff. A hot shower, for instance. If you’ve done your share of traveling, you know in many countries, such [...]

This is Part II of a series on food and philanthropy. Scroll down to find out which foundations are collaborating to bring real food to the plates of many. As some of you may know, I’m a [...]

Now this is the kind of news I like to hear on a Friday. Or any day, really. Three years ago, I wrote a grant to the Hawai’i State Legislature on behalf of one of my dear long-time clients, [...]

We all have a story we want to share–the story that tells who we are and what motivates us to do what we do. This story describes the values that guide us to make certain choices, and what [...]

It seems fitting on Memorial Day that I write a memorial of my own. My 84-year-old neighbor and friend Halina Kiesig died this past week in her assisted living home. Among a host of other [...]