Thursday 17 January 2013
Big things are made of little things put together...
"I
like to think that I'm generally a nice person and always do what I can
to help others... Specifically today I took a bag of chamomile tea bags
to a work colleague who was having trouble sleeping, gave someone
change for the vending machine, let cars in in a massive traffic jam..." ... Elle (QLD)
Wednesday 16 January 2013
Making an Impact
"I love the idea! Our bit to giving back was to sponsor a child -
Christine 4 years old from Zambia through World Vision. This was my
Christmas present to our family.... I want our children to learn about
giving without expecting anything in return" - Nicola (QLD)
Tuesday 15 January 2013
Why Impacting Shadows?
There are two things that inspired Impacting Shadows... 1. TED and 2. B1G1....
Over the last 6 months I have substituted the written word for videos..in particular TED videos as my pre-sleep ritual, on my trusty Ipad. (you traditionalists will be miffed, but hey..its a sign of the times). For those of you who don't know what TED is, it is a gathering of speakers sharing the great things they are doing with their time on this planet in Technology, Entertainment and Design..ie TED. There are doctors, scientists, techno geeks, politicians, musicians, artists and generally all round creative people, all bloody Legends who make me look in the mirror all the time and ask myself.. what's your legacy mate? The best thing about TED for us Joe's is the masses of 'ordinary people' doing EXTRAordinary things, specifically that impact other people. Soooo... Impacting Shadows is my crack at impacting the world in some small way!
B1G1 or Buy1Give1 is simply bloody brilliant. A philanthropic business dedicated to changing the world by inspiring business to deliver impact based on their daily activity. Essentially each time you sell something you give something to one of their causes! Its awesome....and the best part...created on a simple idea that is now a global movement getting a real WoooW from its followers. (search out Paul Dunn on TED and you'll get that bit). I've had a chance to meet Paul Dunn chairman of B1G1 and chat briefly to the founder Masami and their position in this project is simple.. an impact no matter how big or small is an impact...change is change and making it happen will make you smile..you better believe it!
So my call to you...the public of blog audiences... is two fold. first and foremost I invite you to commit a random act of kindness and put a smile on someone's face without any other motivation than just that. Weather it's helping a stranger change a tyre or paying for someone's groceries because they forgot their wallet... go and impact someone and make your shadow proud to be your shadow..And then.. tell me about it! Yep.. I want you to brag about it..with a picture if you can... so your story inspires others to do the same! Email me at impactingshadows@gmail.com and I'll ensure your story gets on this blog for all to see!!
Two links to get you motivated and inspired:
1. Masami - founder of B1G1 impacting a begger in India... just because she can!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suJQC85yEqc
2. A terrific TED vid about people sharing their secrets!! Its a funny one but inspiring about what people can do with their message...powerful!
http://www.ted.com/talks/frank_warren_half_a_million_secrets.html
So this is my first attempt at impacting others.. hopefully I've inspired just one person to go and Impact some Shadows and tell me all about it!
Enjoy Great Things!!
Over the last 6 months I have substituted the written word for videos..in particular TED videos as my pre-sleep ritual, on my trusty Ipad. (you traditionalists will be miffed, but hey..its a sign of the times). For those of you who don't know what TED is, it is a gathering of speakers sharing the great things they are doing with their time on this planet in Technology, Entertainment and Design..ie TED. There are doctors, scientists, techno geeks, politicians, musicians, artists and generally all round creative people, all bloody Legends who make me look in the mirror all the time and ask myself.. what's your legacy mate? The best thing about TED for us Joe's is the masses of 'ordinary people' doing EXTRAordinary things, specifically that impact other people. Soooo... Impacting Shadows is my crack at impacting the world in some small way!
B1G1 or Buy1Give1 is simply bloody brilliant. A philanthropic business dedicated to changing the world by inspiring business to deliver impact based on their daily activity. Essentially each time you sell something you give something to one of their causes! Its awesome....and the best part...created on a simple idea that is now a global movement getting a real WoooW from its followers. (search out Paul Dunn on TED and you'll get that bit). I've had a chance to meet Paul Dunn chairman of B1G1 and chat briefly to the founder Masami and their position in this project is simple.. an impact no matter how big or small is an impact...change is change and making it happen will make you smile..you better believe it!
So my call to you...the public of blog audiences... is two fold. first and foremost I invite you to commit a random act of kindness and put a smile on someone's face without any other motivation than just that. Weather it's helping a stranger change a tyre or paying for someone's groceries because they forgot their wallet... go and impact someone and make your shadow proud to be your shadow..And then.. tell me about it! Yep.. I want you to brag about it..with a picture if you can... so your story inspires others to do the same! Email me at impactingshadows@gmail.com and I'll ensure your story gets on this blog for all to see!!
Two links to get you motivated and inspired:
1. Masami - founder of B1G1 impacting a begger in India... just because she can!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suJQC85yEqc
2. A terrific TED vid about people sharing their secrets!! Its a funny one but inspiring about what people can do with their message...powerful!
http://www.ted.com/talks/frank_warren_half_a_million_secrets.html
So this is my first attempt at impacting others.. hopefully I've inspired just one person to go and Impact some Shadows and tell me all about it!
Enjoy Great Things!!
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