Blog Entries

Water that gives: how lucky can we be?

paul — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

I’m not sure whether it’s me. But I’m REALLY noticing a focus on water when it comes to giving. Scott Harrison’s Charity: WATER continues to do amazing things and now one of my favourite bloggers [...]

WOW - Standing out in 2010 - Australia and New Zealand tour

masami — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Over the last four weeks, there was no blog entry on this site.

Did B1G1 team loose the energy and momentum? - Absolutely NOT!

We were touring in Australia and New Zealand covering 7 cities in total. And our main blogger and social media [...]

Bye 2009 � hello 2010

paul — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

I received an email just before Christmas. In part it said, “…. 2009 has been a horrible year — can’t wait for 2010.”
You may have heard something similar. And normally I’d just write back
&ls [...]

Accounting firm does something very ABNORMAL at Christmas

paul — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

In my live seminars, I love drawing upon the work of Jonas Ridderstrale and Kjell Nordstrom and their first Funky Business book .

My favourite quote which provides a platform to build from is this one:

We are afloat in a sea of samenes [...]

Giving intention � getting traction

paul — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

At Buy1GIVE1 (or B1G1 as most people know it now) we’ve got a clear
mission — to create a world full of giving. And we do that through
providing people with the wonderful process of transaction-based giving
— increasingly being [...]

B1G1 and Embedded Giving � a �HOT� trend according to Trendwatch

paul — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Call it ‘pushing the envelope’. Or perhaps ‘being on the edge’. Whatever you call it, it’s cool to be identified as a ‘trend’.

And so we feel good that Embedded Generosity – another label for B1G1
transaction-based giving – [...]

B1G1 (Buy1GIVE1) travels � more on the power of words

paul — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Yesterday I blogged about words and how they make a HUGE difference.
Here’s another example (though maybe not quite as impactful as
yesterday’s banning of the word ‘corporate’ ).

As
you&rsqu [...]

Such a simple B1G1 Giving Idea: Why the world needs to change its words.

paul — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

You know how it is when ideas hit you – it’s kind of like a ‘KAPOW!!!’ moment.

I had one yesterday.

It’s
been brewing for a while and like all ‘interesting’ ideas, it’s so
simple and obvious you wonder why it took y [...]

B1G1 Giving in Action: �pick up your bed and walk�.

paul — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Disclosure: I’m not what you'd call a keen student of the Bible. But
after a recent trip to New Zealand, I believe I can imagine how the man
felt who actually did pick up his bed and walk.

That’s because I was ‘operated on’ (as you’ll soon discover, that’s COMPLETELY the wrong term) by new B1G1 Business own [...]

All my friends are getting married: of B1G1 giving, Anita Roddick and the Body Shop

paul — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

If you know anything about Australian music, ‘All my friends are
getting married’ was the title of a huge hit for iconic Australian band
Skyhooks in the seventies (OMG am I that old???).

And it’s not strictly true that ‘all’ my friends are gett [...]

One stroke makes the difference: 5+5+55=600

paul — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Today I had breakfast at Bumbles on Budds Beach
with a charming 9-year old, Grace Clark-Reynolds. Grace is the daughter
of one of New Zealand’s most famous entrepreneurs, Melissa
Clark-Reynolds whom we’ve b [...]

Water as you�ve never seen it

paul — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Soon I’ll be writing about one of the most amazing life experiences I’ve had.

It concerns a new B1G1 Business in Christchurch New Zealand called Stark Health run by an absolute magician, Patterson Stark.

I’ll be writing more about Patterson soon – and [...]

'Conscious Capitalism' the Solution?

paul — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Most weekends I try to get started on at least one book. Some I can
start and then get back to over the course of a few weeks. Others I've
just got to keep reading.

This weekend I got one in the 'other'
category. [...]

Is it hurting? On sadness, smiling and giving.

paul — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Every day I’m in the gym early in the morning. And I find it tough
whether it’s 25 minutes at level 6 on the stepper or 40 minutes on the
treadmill at a 15 incline. Then there’s the ‘core’ exercises
afterwards. Sweaty. Puffing. And tough.

But I’m fortunate to share the gym with Buy1GIVE1 (B1G1) founder Masami [...]

Dialogue in the Dark - so many lessons from the blind (and not-so-blind too)

paul — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Earlier today we were invited to a trial opening of the brand new Dialogue in the Dark facility at Ngee Ann Polytechnic here in Singapore. It was a stunning experience.

For nearly 2 hours you get to experience darkness and dialogue led mostly by blind people. Sure, you get to experience (ooops, that’s the third time I’ve used th [...]

This is how to do Social Entrepreneurship

paul — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Recently Masami and I were invited to the launch of the new Social
Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy Centre at the National University of
Singapore. It was a great day with Assoc. Prof Albert Teo and his team.

And one lady stole the show in my view – Marie So of Shokay (www.shokay.com).
In 30 months she and her partner Carol [...]

Giving and Goats on B1G1 (and the G word!)

paul — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100

This really has been my week for ‘G’ words – words like ‘geek’, ‘gift’, ‘gratitude’ and my current favourite g-word, ‘goat’.

Until
Tuesday this week, whenever I used to talk around the world about ‘WOW’
things, I’d always begin the discussion by talking about the iPhone. It
is [...]

B1G1 (Buy1GIVE1) and the Negroponte Impact

paul — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Just a few weeks ago, I had the real pleasure of meeting Professor Nicholas Negroponte.
He is, of course, most well known for his breakthrough ‘Being Digital’
book, his work at MIT Media Lab and, most recently, his breakthr [...]

B1G1 Giving: Acting alone not an option.

paul — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Yesterday I wrote a blog about a dream I had about President Obama. I related how I’d envisage him taking a stand and imploring business to take a stand.

And today I realised that the President had already said [...]

Giving getting better. Would you like giving with that?

paul — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Over the weekend I had an email conversation with Vicki Slade, the B1G1 Business Ambassador in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Vicki was what I’d call ‘pumped’ – see what you think based on this initial email from Vicki: