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We believe the increased competition for dollars is critical and may yield stronger programs with better outcomes, which are essential to providing donors with a substantial return on their investments.
Gary Godsey, President and CEO of United Way Metropolitan Dallas, in an article detailing United Way’s new grants process, which I am fortunate to be a part of!

Academic Economist's to Consider Ethics Code

Here is a link to a great article in the New York Times on the need for a code of economic ethics. Dr. George DeMartino, an amazing professor and friend at the University of Denver, has been central to this debate over the years. Sure enough, this article includes pictures of both George and his new book on the subject, which I helped him research for over a year!! Awesome!!

The Economist's Oath

I did some of the research for this book! Awesome to see it out on the market!!

No wonder pre-crisis banks had no clue what their balance sheets looked like… nprfreshair: Dan Edstrom is an expert in the way finance companies bundled mortgages together, sliced them up, and sold them off to investors. This is a chart of everything going on with the mortgage on his family’s house.

No wonder pre-crisis banks had no clue what their balance sheets looked like…

nprfreshair:

Dan Edstrom is an expert in the way finance companies bundled mortgages together, sliced them up, and sold them off to investors. This is a chart of everything going on with the mortgage on his family’s house.

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Living Philanthropic: Try this at home: FreeRice

Both this game and this blog are awesome!

livingphilanthropic:

What’s better than Farmville? Playing an online trivia game that actually does good for the world, for each correct answer, they donate 10 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program. Plus, this game will make you smarter and being charitable & intelligent is very attractive!

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danielhinkle: VOTE! For the Musical Maracas of La Tejera. To all my younger readers/followers, family members and friends: Please join the amazing organization Kids to Kids and vote for the Musical Maracas of La Tejera, a youth group in my community who wrote a grant with me to fund a community service through music education project in their community.  Voting ends December 31st. Kids to Kids is an amazing organization that allows kids and young adults in the U.S. to particpate in, facilitate and sponsor community development initiatives in the developing world.  The mission of Kids to Kids is to engage and motivate youth around the world towards happy and healthy futures by empowering them to make positive impacts in the lives of other kids, encouraging a new generation of leaders and global citizens. The organization believes that: - Kids everywhere have a right to enjoy childhood - Kids have the ability to make a positive impact on the lives of kids in poor communities around the world - Kids can be leaders of their own movements to create change Pretty cool and inspiring stuff! Thanks for you support! Peace and love, Daniel John

danielhinkle:

VOTE! For the Musical Maracas of La Tejera.

To all my younger readers/followers, family members and friends:

Please join the amazing organization Kids to Kids and vote for the Musical Maracas of La Tejera, a youth group in my community who wrote a grant with me to fund a community service through music education project in their community.  Voting ends December 31st.

Kids to Kids is an amazing organization that allows kids and young adults in the U.S. to particpate in, facilitate and sponsor community development initiatives in the developing world.  The mission of Kids to Kids is to engage and motivate youth around the world towards happy and healthy futures by empowering them to make positive impacts in the lives of other kids, encouraging a new generation of leaders and global citizens.

The organization believes that:

- Kids everywhere have a right to enjoy childhood

- Kids have the ability to make a positive impact on the lives of kids in poor communities around the world

- Kids can be leaders of their own movements to create change

Pretty cool and inspiring stuff!

Thanks for you support!

Peace and love,

Daniel John

danielhinkle

According to the Department of Education, 44% of Nevada’s schools are “dropout factories”. I was lucky enough to graduate from one such “factory,” but I can’t say the same for many of my fellow classmates. While I do believe in personal responsibility, this is clearly not a personal problem. When nearly half of all schools in an entire metropolitan area are considered “dropout factories”, there are SYSTEMIC problems that must be addressed. As President Obama has repeatedly said over the past few weeks, 2011 is going to be a year of tough decisions with respect to the budget. Hopefully the lobbyists and the talking heads will realize that education is simply too important to be slashed to pieces. Because when the smoke clears from the recovery, the elephant that is our broken education system will still be in the room. canisfamiliaris: This interactive map from the AP highlights 1,700 of America’s “dropout factories,” where senior classes are made up of 60 percent or fewer of the kids who entered as freshmen. Read about the latest blow to education reform.

According to the Department of Education, 44% of Nevada’s schools are “dropout factories”. I was lucky enough to graduate from one such “factory,” but I can’t say the same for many of my fellow classmates. While I do believe in personal responsibility, this is clearly not a personal problem. When nearly half of all schools in an entire metropolitan area are considered “dropout factories”, there are SYSTEMIC problems that must be addressed.

As President Obama has repeatedly said over the past few weeks, 2011 is going to be a year of tough decisions with respect to the budget. Hopefully the lobbyists and the talking heads will realize that education is simply too important to be slashed to pieces. Because when the smoke clears from the recovery, the elephant that is our broken education system will still be in the room.

canisfamiliaris:

This interactive map from the AP highlights 1,700 of America’s “dropout factories,” where senior classes are made up of 60 percent or fewer of the kids who entered as freshmen. Read about the latest blow to education reform.

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Green on Facebook

horatiogreene:

Facebook is offering Green news and tips!  Maybe this is an indication that they are going to start converting some of their data centers to renewable energy…  Either way, knowledge is power and Facebook is about the best way I can think of to disseminate information!  Check it out and “Like” it if you do, in fact, like it!

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Good vs. Bad Dancers

Scientists have discovered how to tell the difference between good and bad dancers. And they have a video to prove it. Thanks for the link Sommer!

High Stakes Spending

An amazing visual illustrating the companies, crises, and policies that dominate money flows. 1 billion dollars, minimum bet. Thanks to Keith for the heads up on this one.

Declining by Degree

I picked the wrong time to be “educated.” I’m $60k in debt. And that’s better off than many. Thanks Sarah Hoffman for the depressing link!