Category Archives: Social Enterprise

Don’t Forget the Little Guys: Pens Increase African School Attendance by 30%

By Allen | Published: August 8, 2010

Over the past year, attendance in participating schools [in Malawi] has gone up by 30% due to the simple addition of pens in the classroom. – Goods4Good I ran across this statistic the other day and was struck by the impact of such a relatively simple and focused initiative – supply pens to poverty stricken [...]

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Apocalypse Nashville: The Flooding of a Millennium and How You Can Help

By Allen | Published: May 4, 2010

Overshadowed by the news in the gulf, Arizona, and Times Square NYC, the devastating floods that ripped through Nashville, TN slid quickly and quietly under the news radar. Over the course of this past Saturday and Sunday approximately 15 to 18 inches of rain fell on Nashville, over about as many hours, in what the Corps [...]

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Changing the World is Cheap

By Allen | Published: January 28, 2010

I harp on the power of the internet as a tool for philanthropy a lot. It’s hard not too. The increases in communication and financial payment platforms on the web have crushed the barriers that used to block access to third world countries. Now, anyone can set up an online fundraiser to [...]

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Library For Laos: Updates and Photos

By Allen | Published: January 24, 2010

Last week I received an email with photos from the crew at Big Brother Mouse in Luang Prabang, Laos updating me on the reading programs we funded through the Library For Laos campaign. For those that don’t know, Library For Laos was a blitz fund raiser run by Ryan Graves and myself last spring [...]

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Kiva.org Needs Better Twitter Integration (A Micro Case Study)

By Allen | Published: January 10, 2010

It can sometimes be difficult to explain to friends and family the power of Twitter, so I’ve resorted to telling them the following story. Furthermore, this story serves as a micro case study as to why Kiva.org needs better social media integration. How We Raised $550 for a Lady in Cambodia in 7 Hours Using [...]

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Lessons from a Farmer: Find Profit in Your Company’s Waste

By Allen | Published: October 13, 2009

Companies could learn a thing or too from the local farmer. Specifically, how to find profit in seemingly useless waste. After a recent visit to Stone Barns farm in Terrytown, NY (as part of NYC’s Food and Wine Festival), I began thinking about the synergies local small farmers are utilizing to dig profit out of [...]

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