Innovating Social Change – LIVE on 501derful.org

Organizations focusing on today’s social innovations range from a handful experienced players (Root Cause, Ashoka, Standford Social Innovation Review) to a growing presences of regional nonprofits and/or social enterprises addressing fundamental community problems.

With a newly established federal agenda to stimulate and nurture social innovation in this country, how will Sonal Shah, head of the White House Office of Social Innovation create a national agenda sparked by efforts on the ground that can spread across the country and line up with other successful global initiatives such as the United Kingdom’s Office of the Third Sector and Canada’s growing Centers for Social Innovation?

Anne DeHaro, Public Affairs Director and host of Clear Channel Radio, will be facilitate a discussion and field questions from an online audience as she interview panelists Andrew Wolk, CEO of Rootcause (www.rootcause.org), Elizabeth Darling, CEO of OneStar Foundation (www.onestarfoundation.org), & Stacy Caldwell, Executive Director of Dallas Social Venture Partners (www.dsvp.org).

THANK YOU WEEK – Coming Soon

Hey Readers!

I am on vacation all this week but I wanted to let you know about a special upcoming event here at 501derful.org. And that is THANK YOU WEEK! Basically this is a week where I do nothing but thank all the wonderful people that have made this Blog what it is today.

I will be doing that by sharing a ton of information with you. From the Social Media Documents I created at the American Cancer Society (in an editable foramt) to almost all the notes from the Austin Non Profit Bar Camp that I helped create.

So stay tuned THANK YOU week is going to be freaking HUGE.

My Facial Hair = Prostate Cancer Sucks

My good friend and American Cancer Society volunteer Brent Brown kicked Prostate Cancer’s ass. So I am doing this for him. I am joining the fight for Movember.

The idea for Movember was sparked in 2003 over a few beers in Melbourne, Australia.  The guys behind it joked about 80s fashion and decided it was time to bring the moustache back.  In order to justify their Mos (Australian slang for moustache), they used their new looks to raise money for prostate cancer research… never dreaming that facial hair would ultimately lead to a global movement that would get men talking about a taboo subject – their health.

A Mo Bro starts Movember – the month formerly known as November – clean shaven, and grows a moustache all month long, garnering support from friends and family in the form of donations.  What’s more, a Mo Bro is a walking billboard for the cause as his new look opens the door for him to talk about cancers affecting men – making the moustache a symbol, much like the pink ribbon is for breast cancer.  Each Movember culminates in a Gala Partè in major cities around the globe where Mo Bros dress up to match their Mo, channeling the likes of Tom Selleck, Ghandi and Ron Burgandy, vying for the ultimate accolade:  Man of Movember.

Happy Halloween

Hey non profit techies. Welcome to the other side of me. Nothing to see hear! Move along! Or enjoy……

In Episode IV of Ghosthunting and Milkshakes our Central Texas team hunts for ghosts at the historic Driskill Hotel in Austin, TX. Noted as one of Austin’s most Haunted Buildings, it makes the perfect place for our two part Halloween special.

Is the legend of the little girl real?
Was the water bottle moved?
Did Alex find anything as she spent the night in the most haunted rooms in the Drsikill?
Do we talk with Jesse Driskill?

Find out in this special two part Halloween show. This isn’t you’re parents’ ghosts hunters, it’s a whole new paranormal experience.