Entries for August 4 2006
Record Breaking Donations
(US) Founder of Nike, Philip H. Knight, has pledged a whopping $105 million to help build a new campus for the Stanford University Graduate School of Business—making it the biggest ever cash donation to a school. Here's what he has to say about his reasons: Stanford Business School was…
State Farm
(US) State Farm (US based insurers) have created a 'Youth Advisory Board' who gets to decide where $5 million worth of grants goes. The money is for student-led community projects across the country but it doesn't stop there. The young people who sit on the board receive generous remuneration…
UPDATE: Rhubarb & Custard
(UK) Yesterday, I delivered a days training enabling a group of six young people (17-20 years) to become webloggerss and podcasters. The morning session focussed on inspiring and setting clear aims for the young participants to create their weblogs and also complete three posts (which included pictures taken on…
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