Category Archives: Sports and Social Responsibility

Staff vs. Management – Both are winners

The company softball game. Professors vs. students. It’s fun to have some friendly competition. But as we continue on a more competitive, cut-throat, win and work at all costs society…

Guest Column – The Power of MMA

How MMA Clubs Help Keep Youths off the Streets By: Alexia Krause Teens growing up in troubled neighborhoods often find themselves drawn into seedy situations against their will. Whether it…

Soccer for a better future. Yep, that’s the goal.

I am already depressed about the end of the World Cup. Let’s start the countdown to 2014!! Of course, there is so much to remember about the World Cup, on…

Heeding the call of sports – Rugby’s Ben Cohen

Often you see mention of the “sounds and smell” of sports. That could mean the smell of the soccer/football field, the rich aroma of hot dogs, or the non-stop chants…

Volunteering return on investment? Immeasurable

Volunteering is a mindset, one that puts service to others front and center in one’s personal development. Winston Churchill said, “We make a living by what we get, but we…

FIFA's Hope for Football (and Football for Hope)

Our friends at sportanddev.com have created a page featuring projects built around or leveraging the 2010 World Cup. You can find that page by clicking here. (I was hoping there…

Beyond Sport Awards 2010 – Shortlisted Projects

Beyond Sport announced the projects that have been shortlisted in the 2010 Awards process. As reward for reaching this stage of the judging process, representatives from each project will be…

Taking SBYD On Tour – NYC June 16

We highlighted a couple of weeks ago Feed the Children’s cross-country effort, American Feeding Americans. Taking assistance to people, to communities is often necessary because of access issues, whether those…

Kicking sport and development into high gear

The World Cup in South Africa has been generating buzz for the past several years, and with less than 4 weeks to the start of the event, that buzz may…

Ahmedabad Ultimate Integrity

We want to thank our friends at ThinkChangeIndia for first posting this at its site. To learn more about ThinkChangeIndia, please click here. “Ahmedabad Ultimate captures the spirit of the…