Posts for September, 2012
Today's post is written by Chelsea Murphy, Communications Coordinator at Points of Light. An avid sports enthusiast, she likes doing good through buying fair trade coffee and recycling daily.
Yesterday I watched a TEDx talk by Tony Robbins. TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out as a conference bringing people together from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, and Design. Today you can find archives of talks on almost any topic you can imagine. Below is Tony Robbin's talk called "Why Do We Do What We Do?"
Friends,
It's not often you see famed international musician YOSHIKI, in the dark glasses, mingling with NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo. Or see former Vice President Dan Quayle and former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn sharing a smile. It's probably not a surprise to know that the Today Show's Al Roker, along with wife Deborah Roberts of 20/20, can work a room.
Friends,
Last year, on the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Matt Segneri rose before dawn to help plant 3,000 flags in Boston honoring those lost. He joined hundreds of other volunteers from Points of Light's HandsOn Network affiliate Boston Cares. The event was held in total silence.
"It was a powerful shared experience on a sorrowful but inspiring day," he writes in a guest blog posted yesterday on Points of Light's website. "And it provided the spark that would change the next year of my life."
Today's guest post is written by Matt Segneri, who leads civic and social innovation projects at Bennett Midland in New York City. He previously served as a senior advisor to Mayor Thomas Menino, whose office he joined as an HBS Leadership Fellow.
My alarm sounded well before dawn, as it did for dozens of citizens all over Massachusetts. We each found our own way to the Boston Public Garden, driven by a common desire to help, to heal, to honor.
Few of us knew each other but we gathered that day – the 10th anniversary of 9/11 – to build something together. With help from above and a few flashlights, we planted nearly 3,000 flags in the Garden of Remembrance to commemorate the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks.
It was a powerful shared experience on a sorrowful but inspiring day. And it provided the spark that would change the next year of my life.