A little lesson about Glen Jackson
Jackson Spalding has enjoyed a good run lately. We were named to the AJC’s Top Work Places in Atlanta and then the Holmes Report named us Best Small Agency to work for. (If you want to find out for yourself, we have nine jobs posted right now — send me your resume). Needless to say […]
Register for AIDS Walk Atlanta 2011 on May 1
Jon Santos has already started planning for AIDS Walk Atlanta 2011 with a flash mob at the Dogwood Festival’s main stage in Piedmont Park today. I joined a handful of videographers to capture footage that will soon be transformed into a promotional video to promote registration beginning May 1. Fortunately, there were a couple of […]
Midtown Rotary honors AID Atlanta, Volunteer of the Year
Midtown Atlanta Rotary Club honored Walter Bradley yesterday as the 2011 Barbara B. Rose Volunteer of the Year. This is the fifth year Midtown Atlanta Rotary Club has honored a local volunteer with a ceremony and donations to the volunteer’s nominating organization. Walter was selected from 18 nominations, the most ever received by Midtown Atlanta […]
Rotary District 6900
I enjoyed spending this morning with fellow Rotarians from Rotary International District 6900. My morning was filled learning how to apply for District matching grants. I’m excited about putting this knowledge to work. Also, Midtown Rotary will look for college students this year who need a scholarship to study abroad. I’ll provide more details on […]
Georgia-based Top 200 Charities lead charge on social media
Every one of the Forbes Top 200 Charities now uses at least one form of social media in its communications strategy, according to a recent report. And that list of social media users includes all 10 Georgia-based Top 200 Charities: American Cancer Society, Arthritis Foundation, Boys & Girls Club of America, CARE USA, Carter Center, […]
Mr. Long goes to Washington
Words cannot describe how honored and humbled I am to have dined with Rep. John Lewis and tour his offices in Washington, D.C. yesterday. As I described earlier this week, I was invited — on what may have been a whim — by Rep. Lewis to visit him in D.C. I wasn’t certain at the […]
Georgia Meth Project: Giving that makes a difference
Congratulations to Thomas Siebel and The Meth Project for landing in the third spot of Barron’s annual ranking of philanthropies. And congratulations to my clients, Lee Shaw and Jim Langford, for their hard work bringing The Meth Project to Georgia. It’s been an incredible first year working with the Georgia Meth Project and next year […]
Giving back to those who give back
Yesterday, I attended the annual awards lunch to honor Midtown’s most dedicated and hard working volunteers. The program was filled with quotes — some popular, some obscure — about volunteering and community service. My favorite is from Tom Brokaw who said, “It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot harder to make a difference.” […]
Looking behind vitriolic speech and soundbites
I’ll have to be honest, until yesterday I didn’t put a lot of energy into thinking about the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay. My feelings could be summed up in one word: bad. Bad people, bad policy. And then Rear Admiral Jim McGarrah spoke to Midtown Atlanta Rotary Club and implored each of us […]
Discovering what Willie McKinney ‘didn’t know’
It was one month ago today that I was lucky enough to join the AID Atlanta Board of Directors. That day the AID Atlanta staff asked four clients to share their personal journeys. Each one told a heart-breaking story. Despite living with a life-threatening disease, each person shared their hope, love and joy. I was […]