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The Countdown to Payday

Just a note to let everyone know even scams take some holidays off. I am awaiting a check from a “creative writing” project, following my contribution to their startup new … Continue reading

January 22, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Groping Around In Groups

ONE OF THOSE STRING OF THOUGHTS AND CONTEMPLATION MOMENTS … But with a point .. maybe. Groping Around In Groups I used to take pride in having gotten into this … Continue reading

January 17, 2013 · Leave a Comment

First, A Writer Scam Update

I received notice today that the Creative Writing bosses who “hired” me for a gig are sending me a check for payment of my week of services. While waiting, I’m … Continue reading

January 17, 2013 · Leave a Comment

“Creative Writer” Scam

I hate it when people mix my creative writing opportunities with my desires for drug dealing, terrorism, government over throw and marketing scams. It makes it difficult for me to … Continue reading

January 14, 2013 · 1 Comment

Writer-sploitation

Having written as a professional for some thirty years – mostly technical and business stuff; word-smithing nonetheless – I’ve gotten to the point where I feel sufficiently annoyed to help … Continue reading

January 12, 2013 · Leave a Comment

A Writer for Your Thoughts

Cashing-In on Change, Social & Impactful. One Page at a Time One page at a time writing (or shorter) seems to be the thing of the virtual universe. I have … Continue reading

December 22, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Semi-Automatic Anger

More than at any time that I can recall in recent memory, the social environment about me is abuzz with discussion. And the basic case is that even those with … Continue reading

December 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Ranting on “A Shot of GIIN.”

The Global Impact Investing Network is an impressive resource, guided by some big money folks, about the making of a better place for investing in Profit & Purpose. My latest … Continue reading

December 17, 2012 · Leave a Comment

C-Forward the Political & Money Place of Nonprofits

I’m more than a pusher of the benefits of nonprofits. I believe that they are an underappreciated monetary resource with the ability to bring about true, fundamental, and accepted avenues … Continue reading

December 13, 2012 · Leave a Comment

US Supreme Court forced to Equalize Marriage

The Supreme Court of the United States was basically forced to accept cases challenging the legality of California’s Proposition 8 and the federal DOMA, Defense of Marriage Act. Sufficient attention, … Continue reading

December 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Water-boarding the Earth

STOP THE FRACKIN’ FOOLISHNESS Breaking the Earth in hopes of fixing it can never be an acceptable answer to our energy challenges. Sorry, but it cannot be; there is no … Continue reading

December 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Penny Haters – Small Money Matters Big Time!

There is a growing and unmistakable collection of souls who believe their life’s mission in the US economy is to get rid of the penny coin. They seem to believe … Continue reading

November 28, 2012 · 1 Comment

On the Chopping BOC – The President, Small Businesses and the Big Old Corporations

President Obama found out quickly that the conventional wisdom was that he would need to put his head on the chopping BOC of the Big Old Companies if he was … Continue reading

November 27, 2012 · 2 Comments

Walls Against Latino Opportunties: AU vs. EU?

Watching Fareed Zakaria on CNN this weekend I learned that the World Bank has documented how well Mexico and other Latin American nations are doing what many other nations are … Continue reading

November 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Once A Scout Always A Scout – But to Hell with the BSA

This is absolutely true for all the boys and their families who joined for the dream. It is not the case for the Boy Scouting organization whose hypocrisy was worn … Continue reading

October 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Greenovations Get Obama Shrug-Off

“I had to do something,” one could almost hear President Obama say to himself when confronted in Debate Disaster V1.0 in regards to Romney’s chastisement of his purposeful expenditure of … Continue reading

October 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment

NONPROFIT IMPOSSIBLE COMES TO CONSULTING

NONPROFIT IMPOSSIBLE – Rebooting Your Charitable Intentions Bringing Reality TV Tactics to Reality. If your idea isn’t working, perhaps it need to be rebooted. When the going gets tough, greater … Continue reading

October 13, 2012 · Leave a Comment

The Charitable Financial Protection System – The Bad News of Fiduciary Responsibility First

Foundations, public and even corporate entities that serve the river of philanthropic dollars hold their privileged positions because of tax and related moralistic benefits. These institutions get to make contributions … Continue reading

October 3, 2012 · 1 Comment

Off the Healthcare Table

Like it or not, most commentators think the President of the US really doesn’t have a lot of influence on what he (or hopefully she, sometime during this century!) or … Continue reading

October 1, 2012 · 1 Comment

FREE Money for Mom & Pop Retailers (What’s Wrong with Public Benefit Hoarding?)

It seems to be taken for granted that when the feds or the federal government as a whole makes an economic stimulus move, there is an assumption that some people … Continue reading

September 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Starving the Public Beast – Turning Dollars to Results

One of the likely long-term impacts of the tea tasters of supposedly libertarian persuasions will be more laws limiting what public entities can do to participate in the business of … Continue reading

September 19, 2012 · 2 Comments

Okay, Two Pages for the President

TWO PAGES FOR THE PRESIDENT! Okay, it’s a deal. OnePageWriter will double my appeal for the president. Thanks Condoleezza Rice! Too good to pass up: Stanford University News just posted … Continue reading

September 12, 2012 · 4 Comments

Branding Charity: Should we or shouldn’t we?

The difference between “saying” and “doing” is hardly insignificant. Yet, in this day, both have been accepted as necessary evils. Charity today, since government is perceived so negatively, is often … Continue reading

September 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Innovations As Budget Cuts – When change becomes too expensive

I’m one of the people who gave the Obama Administration high fives for proclaiming their allegiance to fundamental change. I’ve kind of changed and now just sort of applaud politely, … Continue reading

September 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Connectivity Too Much

Reading this sentence isn’t difficult, even with all the extra symbols incorporated. Getting the full context, however, is more intense: #B2B Partnering w/ #CEOs 2 increase #Revenue. Interim #Management, #Sales … Continue reading

September 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Allan Shore

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