Social Media for Sustainability

If you are doing good works, it is probably important for your organization or company’s efforts, and maybe a little bit for your ego, to have that known to various…

TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL GREAT SPORTS LEGENDS DINNER RAISES MORE THAN $6.3 MILLION

The Annual Great Sports Legends Dinner to benefit the Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis is one of the most high profile and best fundraisers in the world of sports and…

Betfair Donates Cash 4 Clubs

http://www.gamingalerts.co.uk/news/industry-news/Betfair-Donates-Cash-4-Clubs5350.html 2nd October, 2009 Reports from eGaming Review have revealed that online bookmakers, Betfair, have donated £10,000 to amateur sport as part of its corporate social responsibility plans. The cash…

Kicking and Screening – love the name

C’mon, that is a great name for a soccer-related film festival. Well, there is one taking place from Oct. 15 – 18 in Washington, DC. As stated at its website,…

Adonal Foyle on tour

We recently included a news item about NBA player Adonal Foyle and two others being inducted into World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame. Unlike other Halls of Fame, inductees can…

Playground Best Practices

KaBOOM! just announced its top 12 play programs in the U.S. Part of the criteria was measurable results and a model of performance that can be emulated by others.  Congratulations…

The money will be there. How will we use it?

The interplay between sports and social responsibility, entrepreneurship, development, or whatever you want to call it is constantly evolving. I think we are at a special time as various factors…

in good company CSR Conference, Oct. 27

This is not sports-specific but as you will see from the description of the conference there are many relevant ideas that will be discussed. You can find out all about…

ESPN's 30 for 30

I think this is ESPN’s payback to society for airing Around the Horn on a daily basis and for still giving Dick Vitale a job. This is a great idea…

E:60 story – Elliott Mealer

The essence of the human condition is the ability to experience great triumph and unbelievable heartbreak and then to share those feelings with others. Often heartbreak and triumph find ways…