This category features organizations doing good by providing platforms, applications, services and products to help make others feel better, live better and uplift our globe. These are posts that showcase ideas that are helping transform our world.
There are simple ways for all of us to do good and give back, we can: start a contest, build a product for charity or volunteer time at a needing organization. However, sometimes we have a want to give but don’t have the cash or long hours of time to devote to a cause. Raise5 is a fundraising platform that gives people who are short on cash but big on talent a creative way to raise money for their favorite charities and non-profit organizations…. Read More…
Halfsies is designed to help consumers eat less at restaurants, while helping to feed the hungry and minimize the amount of food that gets thrown out…. Read More…
KereKere, is a concept named in Fiji in which a relative or neighbor can request something that is needed and it must be willingly given with no expectation of repayment. What a wonderful sentiment, custom and way of life that hopefully can make its way into every enterprise and local business around the globe. A café in Melbourne, Australia, by the same name, has already taken that custom and is applying it to its community and business…. Read More…
Mindbloom creates interactive software designed to help you stay engaged with and top of your goals for living well. Stay inspired to improve your life holistically via daily reminders and a progress-charting game-like interface. … Read More…
Lucky Ant is a Kickstarter for businesses in your local area. If you wanted to support local growth and didn’t know how to help your neighborhood market, other then purchasing locally, then you should checkout Lucky Ant – a crowdfunding site that lets you fund local businesses to grow…. Read More…
The Storie Web Clipper is a simple web browser plug-in that lets you right-click on any picture you find on the web and add it directly to your stories. Whether it’s a vacation you just returned from, a family recipe, or a celebration of your quirky and creative side, Storie’s unique and… Read More…
New charity website HopeMob takes a cue from Reddit by letting users vote-up their favorite content. Or in the case of HopeMob, users vote for w…… Read More…
It doesn’t get any more local than this, folks. Cory Booker, the popular major of Newark, New Jersey, has challenged his city to get fit and is using Facebook and… Read More…
Launching in East London, the Amazings is a new social enterprise that lets those that have retired or are about to retire hold an experience and teach what they have learnt on a variety of topics through their amazing life experiences. The Amazings provides a platform, handles signups, advertising and payment processing so the retiree has to just hold the life lesson excursion / adventure – and get paid for it…. Read More…
Smart companies have been involving consumers in the product design process for years already, often rewarding those who contribute with their ideas. Earlier this year we looked at both Ahhha and Genius Crowds, and recently we came across UnserAller, a compelling example from Germany…. Read More…