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Archive for August 19, 2011
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A Slice of Kindness
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| A year ago, Dan Rogers was unemployed and faced some real hardships. Today, he’s in a better place and wanted to share the uplift with those who were a bit down on their luck. So he thought up — Random Acts of Pizza. Anyone who could benefit from a pizza can write an explanation on his website and then Dan (or others from the online community) would pay for it and have it delivered to their home. “It’s that spiritual boost that someone’s got my back,” Dan says. |
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If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.
– Mary Engelbreit –
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The Age of Social Transformation
The most significant social transformation in the last century is the shift, in dominance, of the industrial to knowledge based worker, according to the father of modern management, the late Peter Drucker. Regardless of numbers or power, knowledge workers will uniquely define the emerging knowledge society. This classic, in-depth Atlantic Monthly article by him is a survey of the epoch that began early last century, and an analysis of its manifestations. Drucker asserts that through the social sector a modern developed society can again create a responsible citizenry where individuals, especially knowledge workers, are given a space in which they can make a difference in society and recreate community. His conclusion: “If the twentieth century was one of social transformations, the twenty-first century needs to be one of social and political innovations.” { read more }
Be The Change
Innovate with how you make a difference in society, with how you help recreate community. |
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Sangha of Auspicious Companions 