Sep 22, 2014 at 2:29 PM
Recently, my friends at DiMeo Schneider & Associates LLC wrote a summary and review of my book, Connected for Good, in their newsletter. I am grateful for their friendship and support. Here's a…
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Sep 8, 2014 at 9:44 AM

I encourage clients to think of their charitable giving and volunteering as a portfolio they need to balance and diversify, similar to a financial portfolio. You can look at the range of…
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Aug 8, 2014 at 10:56 AM

There’s a reason that generosity needs to be done differently at this point in history. Economic change is driving social sector change. The United States was founded during the Agricultural…
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Jul 28, 2014 at 9:46 AM

Kiev.Victor / Shutterstock.com Last summer, my 90-year-old English mom wanted the boys of our third generation (now men) to see her homeland and connect with family. Tough duty, but I agreed to…
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Jul 14, 2014 at 2:30 PM

During an engaging dinner with six very accomplished friends, the conversation turned to how generosity plays out in their lives. One highly successful charity leader asked me, "John, in what ways…
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Jun 23, 2014 at 9:40 AM

As we are coming into the season of fresh summer produce from the garden, I’ve been thinking about a different kind of appetite: the hunger to connect for good. In their book Living the Call,…
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Jun 9, 2014 at 12:19 PM
You might wonder what your happiness has to do with generosity. Most of us give because we were raised to be generous and because we believe that sharing our blessings is the right thing to do. We…
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May 23, 2014 at 8:24 AM

colsart I’m sure you’ve had friends ask you to donate in support of their projects and charities. Social networks are a natural place to turn when raising money because there is already a…
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May 12, 2014 at 9:32 AM

Photo credit: The RIDGE Project Last week I was with a team of folks in Columbus, Ohio, focused on poverty and family. The host organization was The RIDGE Project, an organization founded fifteen…
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Apr 28, 2014 at 1:13 PM

cl3tjxm To me, volunteering is time and talent bundled together - often charitable but not often generous. Why is that? Probably because we are stuck in this notion that service to others is…
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