• Blog Home
  • M Patrick Photography
  • BOOKS
    • Business as Usual – Or Not
    • Technology As Usual – Or Not
  • About
  • Contact Us
  • Blog Home
  • M Patrick Photography
  • BOOKS
    • Business as Usual – Or Not
    • Technology As Usual – Or Not
  • About
  • Contact Us
Radcliff Design

Menu

  • Blog Home
  • M Patrick Photography
  • BOOKS
    • Business as Usual – Or Not
    • Technology As Usual – Or Not
  • About
  • Contact Us
  • Humanitarian

    Social Advocacy – Be the Solution

    /

    The end goal needs to be written first.  It all comes back to a backward-design process.  A process that helps professionals be able to make the best decisions. Decisions that will provide someone else with the best possible outcome for life. SOCIAL ADVOCACY Social advocacy is a process. Often, it is the humanitarian that we have to train first. We train them to be able to make meaningful referrals, and why we make them.  It may take time, but by learning why, who, and when to make referrals, you may save a life.  You guard your community. While my background is inconsequential, I do understand enough to know when to…

    Read More

    You May Also Like

    puerto rico

    US Puerto Rico: Still Desperately Needing Aid

    February 25, 2018
    Have You Ever Fired Yourself?

    Have You Ever Fired Yourself?

    February 6, 2018
    Humanitarian Giving - If it isn’t fun, you’re doing it wrong. There is any number of articles out there about giving to charities. The best kind of articles, are the ones that show you what giving has done to help someone else. It's seeing the smiles and heartfelt thank you's coming from the recipients. Be it someone old, young, homebound, sick, or impoverished - it feels good to give. It can actually be fun to give. Meeting the needs of providing a normal family life is difficult for some. Offering to help isn't and shouldn't be a handout - but rather a hand up with the support of a caring giver. Anne Frank famously wrote, “No one has ever become poor by giving.” How does one choose whom to give to, and what? It doesn't have to be a hard decision. Think on your own past and remember the moments in life that made you feel the most accepted, at peace, and understood. What made you feel that way? Give that way. You may know who you are giving too, then again, you may not. You may want to give anonymously - the best gifts are the ones in which you will receive nothing in return. The gift of giving is a gift in-and-of itself. Giving to others is a gift you give yourself. Yet it helps another human being to feel happy and grateful. It eases a heavy burden and lifts a heart. Giving to others is a gift you give yourself. Looking for some Creative Ways to Give? Check out the list below: Answer A Child’s Letter To Santa Buy a cell phone and talk-time for a soldier. Donate frequent flyer miles you have accumulated to help a needy family. Donate your credit card rewards points. Donate your vehicle to charity. Financially Struggling Families need help with utilities and decent clothing Gift A Gift To A Kid In The Hospital- “A gift of toys, games or activity supplies can make a big difference to children and families spending time in the hospital.” Give A Foster Child A Holiday Gift Give A Gift To A Child In A Youth Corrections Facility Give A Gift To A Child Living In A Crisis Give A Gift To A Child Living In Poverty Give A Gift To A Child With A Deployed Parent Give A Gift To A Homeless Kid Give a pair of glasses when you buy two for one Give a pair of shoes when you buy two for one Give Barn animals to needy families in different countries Give a gift card to your local store Give to a random fund (or adoption fund ) Give to St. Judes Hospital for children Give to your local food bank Help a child with a cleft lip at Operation Smile. Help save African and Asian elephants. Offset your carbon footprint. Organize your own fundraiser and donate to your favorite cause. Sell stuff on eBay for charity. The Ronald McDonald House provides housing to families of children receiving treatment at nearby hospitals. SAMARITANS PURSE Shoebox distribution - Operation Christmas Child provides gifts to children in need each year. Volunteers are asked to pay $25 and pack a virtual “shoebox” of gifts for a child including essentials like a toothbrush, a “wow gift” and small gifts like a ball or a car, and a note and a photo if you so choose, or you can just donate $25 to have the organization build a shoebox for you. There are many families in America who may not be homeless or starving, but they're struggling. Help with a month or two on their mortgage or utilities. This might be what it takes to get them back on their feet during the winter months. Give your time by serving food to the needy “If you can’t feed a hundred people, feed just one.” Mother Teresa Help a family get their car running so they can go to work Give school supplies to your local schools Donate to a school who need jerseys and other athletic equipment Give to your local churches and charities that support the homeless and needy Re-gifting items that could help a family who doesn't have things like a refrigerator or other large household items. The size of your charitable gift isn't as important as the very act of giving itself. Because, you know what, it involves you. It involves you giving and helping. There is a saying, "Give out of your need." Also "To whom much is given - much will be required" Both are important humanitarian ways of thinking. "No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another." ― Charles Dickens. Reach out and find that charity that gives you the greatest sense of "HOPE" for humanity. It begins one person at a time. Starting with you, and me. Humanitarian Giving - if it isn’t fun, you’re doing it wrong. Have some fun giving this year & warm another's heart by giving.

    Humanitarian Giving – If it isn’t fun, you’re doing it wrong.

    December 7, 2022
  • Humanitarian

    Random Acts of Kindness

    /No Comments

    Random Acts of Kindness by: JB Radcliff The simple things in life matter the most. Providing clean water, food, and aid, to those in need, to name a view. Collaborating with like-minded businesses, individuals, churches, and organizations, one person at a time to make a difference – has a rippling effect.  How we pass along those attributes of giving to the next generation, is a secondary gift.  Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your modus operandi & change your world. ~Annie Lennon Random acts of kindness help to “feed your soul”. It is in the doing of kindness that you find contentment in your own soul. Who doesn’t want to…

    Read More

    You May Also Like

    Have You Ever Fired Yourself?

    Have You Ever Fired Yourself?

    February 6, 2018
    Come to work as our favorite characters

    Come to work as our favorite characters

    October 14, 2022
    M Patrick Photography

    The year is 1982, and my little family was green before green was cool

    October 9, 2023
  • Humanitarian

    What Ever Happened to the term – A Gentleman’s Agreement

    /No Comments

    What Ever Happened to the term A Gentlemen's Agreement? There was a day when men shook hands and agreed to a gentlemen’s agreement. Integrity, respect, and honor – there really isn’t any amount of money that can buy those attributes.

    Read More

    You May Also Like

    What went right

    The Way Forward Starts Here – What Went Right

    February 15, 2021
    leadership

    Humanitarian Acts & Community Volunteers

    December 14, 2022
    living the dream

    Enjoy What You Do – Living the Dream!

    March 1, 2022
  • PHOTO: MYRIAMS-FOTOS
    Humanitarian

    Charity Begins At Home – When the Last Horn Blows

    /No Comments

    Charity Begins At Home Charity Begins At Home – When the Last Horn Blows.  There is an old saying, that Charity Begins At Home. This proverb was originally documented in English, in a somewhat different format, in John Wycliffe’s Of Prelates (c. 1380); “Charity should begin at himself.” It was later quoted as “Charity begins at home” by Terence. Charity begins at home ~ Terence There are many ways to give right inside your own company, organization, religious or educational institution, and your own home.   Yet, I understand that there are also situations in other countries that do require much-needed aid. From time to time charity will not involve money. Sometimes it is…

    Read More

    You May Also Like

    Change is positive

    Winds of Change

    February 8, 2021
    Business Walks for Creativity - All Seasons.

    Business Walks for Creativity – All Seasons

    March 21, 2022

    Cramming for that exam!

    March 14, 2025
  • Humanitarian

    Common Sense – Work and the Professional Volunteer

    /No Comments

    I often volunteer for a host of recreational events, but I also volunteer my time with a number of non-profit / charitable organizations. It’s a lot of time management on my part, but I think it helps me maintain a balance in my life. I can’t be all work and no play. Yet I can’t be all causes and no work either. Finding that life balance and using common sense to keep things positive I feel is a gift.Finding that Life BalanceIn the business world and in education, common sense sometimes gets uprooted by causes. Taking up a cause can in reality become a distraction toward your own professional goals…

    Read More

    You May Also Like

    Humility During Times of Adversity

    Humility During Adversity

    March 7, 2022

    Phone etiquette 2.0. Meh!

    September 30, 2022
    Creative and Inspirational People

    Creative and Inspirational People

    January 11, 2021
12

Buy Books

echnology as usual or not-front
Technology As Usual - Or Not
Book Cover: Business as Usual - Or Not
Business as Usual - Or Not

Pages

  • About Us
  • Blog Index
  • Business As Usual – Or Not!
  • Contact Us
  • M Patrick Photography
  • Privacy

Recent Posts

  • The Big Idea #3, Train, Instruct, Demonstrate, or even Mentor
  • The Big Idea #2 In essence individual learners have a learning zone
  • The Big Idea #1 Get stated and get it over with already
  • Bilateral Music Stimulation – A Thousand Years
  • Cramming for that exam!
2025 Radcliff Design ©
  • Home |
  • M Patrick Photography
  • Contact Us |