Effective Giving

Stories that inspire

Giving helps turnaround lives in the strangest of ways

She used to be weigh just 38 kilos. She used to be a homeless drug addict and a lap-dancer. Now people regard her as one of Scotland’s brightest entrepreneurs....

Friday, February 03, 2012 / paul
Tuesday, January 03, 2012 / B1G1admin

Impacting more than you ever imagined

According to an authorative website Ballina is a lovely town situated on the Richmond...

Monday, October 31, 2011 / paul

An accountant takes a stand

Disclosure — I admire Steve Pipe.

I first met him in 1994 when he was starting Added Value Solutions which morphed into the...

Monday, October 31, 2011 / paul

Giving and Speaking — an interesting mix

We’ve written before about the great things Brenda Thomson is making happen at Net...

Monday, October 31, 2011 / paul

Making a Difference - in bed!

Rion and Anissa Morgenstern obviously have a penchant for great business names. In 2010 they created a holding ‘vehicle’ called Electric Sheep and then c...

Monday, October 17, 2011 / paul

Giving — embedding and connecting

 

Kate Billing and Paul Leacock call themselves ‘Ringleaders’.

I lik...

Wednesday, October 12, 2011 / paul

Giving gets awarded — again

Seems like great B1G1 entrepreneurs who give are getting awarded more and more.

The latest to join the group is Annette Lasek, the delightfully titled Chief Energy Officer at LaserZone on...

Friday, October 07, 2011 / paul

GIVING much more than HEARING

Every so often, you see something that makes your heart soar.

It could be something amazing in nature —  or it could be someone who real...

Monday, September 12, 2011 / paul

GIVING — Now even a lanyard makes a difference

For 5 years, Brenda Thomson went to Networking Events sensing there was something not right. They were, she thought, alwa...

Friday, September 09, 2011 / paul