The Five P’s of Publicity for Your Good Works

If you want get the word out about your good works, there are a number of tactics you can implement that are time-efficient and won’t break the bank. To run an effective PR campaign, you need to create a strategy that encompasses the five P’s: Positioning, Platform, People, Promotion and Perseverance.

Positioning. You need to precisely identify what’s unique about your good works....

A Tête à Tête with Miró and Other Master Artists

The Denver Art Museum (DAM) in Colorado – known for its remarkable art shows, which have included works by Van Gogh, Picasso, Chagall and Matisse – currently has a bursting, vibrant exhibit of Joan Miró’s paintings and sculptures, titled “Instinct and Imagination.” The presentation, featuring Miró’s accomplishments in the last decades of his life, 1963 to 1983, is from the Museo Nationale Centro de Arte Reina, in Sofia, Madrid.

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Good Works from The HOPE Program

You might think that someone without a high school diploma, with a history of substance abuse and a prison record would never be able to find employment, but you would be wrong, thanks to an amazing program that works with the most challenging population imaginable – and succeeds.

This is The HOPE Program, based in Brooklyn, New York, staffed with dedicated professionals who mold men and women from the lowest socio-economic...


Teeny-Tiny Loans Make Big Changes

A dozen years ago, “microlending” seemed like the Next Big Thing, but the idea is older than that. In 2006, Muhammad Yunis, the father of what we know as the “microloan” received the Nobel Peace Prize in the 1980s for the Grameen Bank, which he founded in Bangladesh, one of the poorest countries in the world.

The idea behind the Grameen Bank was to make banking work for the poor by turning it on its head, replacing cash-based...


A Bronx Song of Hope

 Bervin Harris Makes a Difference Through Music  

 “We treat students like they’re our own children. It’s not about piano and guitar. It’s about relationships.” – Bervin Harris

The Bronx should feel like home away from home for singer, songwriter, steward and community activist Bervin Harris. The Long Island native has worked in youth services throughout the borough for...


Benjamin Stern and Nohbo

When he was just shy of being five years old, Benjamin Stern couldn’t buy a stuffed animal because he didn’t have enough money.  He knew he needed to be innovative to make more money.  His early entrepreneurial pursuits included peddling cookies in a shopping mall. He figured when he bought a whole box of cookies at Costco that if he sold them one at a time, he’d make a significant...


Scars of all kinds, both the seen and the unseen

Dr. Henri P. Gaboriau has a long history of medical humanitarian activities including work at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at La Rabta Hospital in Tunis, Tunisia; and community service at the Indian Health Services on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. He is also a participant in the Faces of Honor program through the AAFPRS, providing free surgical services for...


How To Begin Using Your Speedlight Properly!

Whenever there isn’t enough light present to make a picture, the flash on your camera will probably pop up so that you will have enough to make a “proper” exposure. (If you use your camera on AUTO).

Isn’t this great? If there isn’t enough light, light gets added automatically! What could be better?

The problem comes with the kind of light these pop up flashes provide. If your unit is attached...