Archive for the ‘Philanthropy’ Category

X Prize: Working to Solve the Unsolvable

Last week, I had the pleasure of interviewing X Prize Founder Peter Diamandis, who is hard at work empowering some of the greatest minds to solve the world’s biggest challenges. The X PRIZE Foundation is a nonprofit dedicated to inspiring innovation in education, energy, life sciences and exploration. Its mission is to foster great ideas [...]

Give Health, Give Water, Give a Vote!

In August, I  teamed up with Changents and Proctor and Gamble to bring clean water to the developing world.  For every vote that my blog post about the Los Angeles-based nonprofit Drop in the Bucket received, along with votes for several other write-ups, P&G donated a day of drinking water to someone in need.  In [...]

How Non-Profits are Using Social Media for Real Results

While non-profits may not allocate extra funds to stakeholders, charitable organizations still have a bottom line — to spread their message and accomplish their mission. To do this, strategic planning, which includes digital outreach, is involved. That’s why a growing number of non-profits are using social media to draw attention to their goals. We talked [...]

SLASH on Los Angeles Youth Network (LAYN)

On November 22, 2009, the rock gods answered my prayers and delivered a star-studded Hollywood concert benefitting the Los Angeles Youth Network.  Led by the true blue tattooed axe man himself, SLASH, the band made up of Dave Navarro, Ozzy Osbourne, Billy Idol, Tom Morello, and special guests played their hearts out to raise money [...]

Adrian Grenier, Rosario Dawson, Radha Mitchell, & Luke Perry on Going Global Green

I attended the 13 Annual Global Green Millenium Awards on Saturday, May 30th.  It felt so great to be back in LA on a Green Carpet lined with innovators, artists and change makers.  Below are a few short flip-cammed interviews with some of the esteemed presenters.  Please check out my write-up on the event here, [...]

Green Hero Daryl Hannah Knows When to Show Up

I interviewed the amazingly gracious actress and green activist Daryl Hannah last Friday.  You can  see my full Causcast article and video here. more about “Green Hero Daryl Hannah Knows When to…“, posted with vodpod

Talkin’ Twitter and Activism with Wyclef Jean

and Global Angels with Natasha Bedingfield at the 26th Annual ASCAP Awards.  Check out my write-up on the event at Causecast.

It All Sounds Different by the Water

A documentary I’ve been looking forward to seeing for the last two years has finally hit the big screen.  My friend “Jesse’s Story” is here!  After seven years in the making, documentary filmmaker Mark Jacobs brings you a tale of tragedy turned into inspiration that will forever change the way you look at your world. [...]

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