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Entries from September 26th, 2009
TED Talk: A Web Of Random Acts of Kindness
September 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Lovely People, Serendipity
In his heartwarming talk from this year’s TEDGlobal in Oxford Jonathan Zittrain discusses various random acts of kindness from the online world.
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Martha Lane Fox: Work Hard, Be Nice To People
September 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Lovely People
Yesterday Martha Lane Fox, co-founder of LastMinute.com, was placed at No. 25 in the Telegraph’s 50 Most Influential Briton’s in Technology. Back in 1997, with business partner Brent Hoberman, she started LastMinute.com which became one of the hits of the UK’s dot-com era.
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Employees Rewarded for Reducing Carbon Footprint
September 24th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Big Companies, Environment, Lovely to Staff, Sustainability
How would you like your employer to hold you accountable for your carbon footprint? WSP Group is doing just that. The global management and consultancy service is pioneering a novel way to reduce the carbon footprint of its employees.
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Windows 7 Ad: Cutest Ever?
September 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Adverts, Big Companies
Microsoft don’t feature very often here on LovelyCompanies.com but all that could be about to change with their new ad campaign for Windows 7. Is this not the cutest advert you’ve ever seen?
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Lovely Company News Round-up
September 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Big Companies, Lovely People, Small Companies
Here’s a round-up of all the posts from the LovelyCompanies.com blogroll that I’ve starred recently in my Google Reader. Feedback on this experimental post format is very welcome!
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Join Football Legends At The David Beckham Academy
September 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Charities, Competitions, Events, Fundraising
Here’s a winning idea: a fund-raising football tournament. Sue Ryder Care (the UK based healthcare charity) seeks lovely companies to participate. Anyone can play. All you need is a five-a-side team with the fitness and skill desire to challenge ex-Premiership legends for the Sue Ryder Cup.
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Innocent Smoothies For Kids
September 14th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Adverts, Innocent
Check out the latest advert from innocent for their special ‘lunchbox-proof’ kids smoothies: “…a gentle nudge towards their 5-a-day!”
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Fraser’s Tea Parties Land Him A Bighearted Scotland Award
September 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Community, Lovely People, Small Companies, Special Occasions
In the last year, SuperJam boss Fraser Doherty has held over 120 Tea Parties bringing elderly people together and helping them make friends (previous coverage: here and here). Just recently, Fraser’s efforts were rewarded at the ‘Bighearted Scotland Awards’ where he scooped a specially created award as Scotland’s Young Business Person of the Year. The [...]
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Happy Birthday Innocent Veg Pots!
September 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Innocent, Lovely to Staff, Special Occasions
Yesterday there was a little announcement on the innocent blog that their innocent veg pots product is now one year old. To celebrate, innocent staff were treated to a special birthday lunch with cake and a glass of fizz!
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Lovely Events
September 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Events
Lovely companies often organise and sponsor events (the companies themselves – I mean). In order to try and keep track of these events I’ve set up a group on Upcoming: please feel free to join, add any forthcoming events that may be of interest and subscribe to the event feed using RSS/iCal/Google Calendar.
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Geoff Mulgan: Investing In A Better World
September 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Economics, Lovely People, Non profit, Venture Philanthropy
In his talk from TEDGlobal 2009 Geoff Mulgan, a former Policy Director for Tony Blair, suggests we take the opportunity presented by the global economic crisis to consider a shift of focus towards investing in social innovation.
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Hello Beautiful World!
September 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Charities, Fundraising, Lovely People, Small Companies
Beautiful World is a London-based agency for charities, non-profits and ‘any organization that does the world some good’. The three founding partners of the company each bring their speciality to the mix giving clients a neat blend of strategy, creative and data. Where traditional agencies might be all about old-school print media, these guys are [...]
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Zappos and Amazon Sitting In A Tree
September 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Big Companies, Lovely People, Lovely to Staff
At the end of July this year online book retailer Amazon acquired lovely company Zappos. We’ve written about Zappos a few times before and they have even helped to inspire other lovely companies.
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