Activism > Advertising Summary. In the video below, Steve Nash shares an inspirational message about the synergy of various athletic sports and training. Traditional advertising places a product or service at the center of attention. However, a new approach to advertising has become more common where the primary message of the advertisement is about values… Continue reading Nike Steve Nash Inspirational Video Training Day About Athletics Synergy and the Importance of Practice
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Glacéau Vitamin Water Hosts Website With Facebook and Launches Steve Nash Funny YouTube Video Campaign
Activism > Advertising | Health > Food | Technology Summary. Most companies, brands, organizations, celebrities, and musicians have their own dedicated websites. In a break from tradition, Vitamin Water, a product of Glacéau, now has their VitaminWater.com domain address redirecting to the Vitamin Water Facebook Page with a message, “don’t be alarmed, this is our… Continue reading Glacéau Vitamin Water Hosts Website With Facebook and Launches Steve Nash Funny YouTube Video Campaign
What Kindness Needs to Know
Activism Summary. For compassion and kindness to reach out into the world and have a positive change, we need to make it our job to know what’s going on in the world. It’s easy to be in tune with the needs of our family, our friends, and our co-workers. Yet, who has time to be… Continue reading What Kindness Needs to Know
Orabrush – Small Business Success Story
Activism | Health Summary. Orabrush is a success story worth studying. Robert Wagstaff, PhD, received word that some of the volunteers he was managing were offending people with bad breath. Dr. Bob started studying the causes of bad breath to find a solution. Borrowing from principles he learned while working in a chemical lab, he… Continue reading Orabrush – Small Business Success Story
Decorated Shed – Dwellings of Beauty, Function, and Sustainable Design
Effective Living | Activism > Housing Summary. Decorated Shed is a business that brings beauty, function, and sustainable design to housing, studios, garden offices, and other outbuildings. In addition to creating beautiful dwellings, their business meets the highest standards of creativity, excellence, and elegance in everything they do, including their website design. The Decorated Shed… Continue reading Decorated Shed – Dwellings of Beauty, Function, and Sustainable Design
Effective Living Through Kindness
Activism | Lifeways Effective Living Through Kindness by Gregory Johnson We are living in a challenging time when the healers of the world (activists) need to live as effectively as possible. The journey of effective living is to take on those things (tools, knowledge, habits, virtues, and training) that make a person more effective, and… Continue reading Effective Living Through Kindness
Small Steps Toward Big Changes
Activism Summary. Sometimes we need to have a vision for change that extends our entire lifetime and perhaps beyond. This can help us see that the small steps we take, and the small changes we make, can ultimately bring about a huge change in the world. Such a broader vision helps us keep going when… Continue reading Small Steps Toward Big Changes
71-year-old Harmonica Player Spends Money on Activism Instead of Prescription Medicine
Activism Summary. Andy Mackie is a 71-year-old Scottish-born retired horse trainer and musician. After his ninth heart surgery, his doctors had him on 15 medications with side-effects that made his life miserable. From Medications to Music. One day he decided to stop taking the medications and instead use the money he saved to give musical instruments… Continue reading 71-year-old Harmonica Player Spends Money on Activism Instead of Prescription Medicine
Transcendent Activism and the Sholom Rubashkin Sentencing
Activism Transcendent Activism and the Sholom Rubashkin Sentencing by Gregory Johnson On 8 April 2010, I posted an article about the Agriprocessors slaughterhouse in Postville and the Sholom Rubashkin Sentencing. Since I am a vegetarian animal welfare advocate and the article was not critical of Rubashkin or Agriprocessors, it was considered as offering an interesting perspective.… Continue reading Transcendent Activism and the Sholom Rubashkin Sentencing
Effective Activism
Activism The Role of Activism. Activists are supposed to be for the world what the immune system is to the body. Ideally, activists work toward creating a better world through efforts such as strengthening families, improving education, enhancing healthcare, promoting fairness, and restoring the environment. According to this broad definition, even people involved in outreach… Continue reading Effective Activism
Responding to Failed Messiah Feedback on the Sholom Rubashkin Defense Article
Activism | Consumer Defense Summary. I want to thank everyone who has read and responded to my article in defense of Sholom Rubashkin; even those with negative comments. I value constructive feedback, as it helps challenge and shape my own views as well as offers insights into how I can clarify what I’ve written. Below… Continue reading Responding to Failed Messiah Feedback on the Sholom Rubashkin Defense Article
Reflections on the Prosecution of Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin and the Government Raid of the Agriprocessors Kosher Meat Packing Plant in Postville, Iowa
Activism | Consumer Defense Reflections on the Prosecution of Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin and the Government Raid of the Agriprocessors Kosher Meat Packing Plant in Postville, Iowa by Gregory Johnson Through an odd series of coincidences, I became familiar with the town of Postville in 2001, and later in 2006 the Rubashkin meat packing plant located… Continue reading Reflections on the Prosecution of Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin and the Government Raid of the Agriprocessors Kosher Meat Packing Plant in Postville, Iowa