According to the 2004 survey, more companies are promoting wellness among their employees.  The study found that the number of organizations offering educational programs on self care topics such as smoking cessation has increased.  More than three times as many repondents report an increase in wellness programs as those who respond with a decrease.  The AMA surveyed 211 companies. The ...

Bequests make up a major portion of large gifts made to the ACS.  Should we consider TV ads featuring bequests?  In the UK the idea of leaving a charitable bequest in a will is to be promoted on television for the first time next year in a commercial to be produced by the Legacey Promotion Campaign..

Businesses and individuals now have the option of donating their computers’ unused processsing time to combat global problems like cancer.   IBM is teaming up with groups like the World Health Organization, the National Institute of Health and the Mayo Clinic to create the world Community Grid, a project that will harness unused computing power throughout  the world. Shouldn’t the ACS ...

Despite waning public confidence in the ethics of many charitable organizations, good will is poised to make a comeback in 2004.  The favorable stock and real estate markets and an improving economy means that the holiday cheer is likely to be more abundant than it was a year ago.  Many are predicting an increase for 2004 of from 4 to ...