333 Posts Later – The JDB is Two Years Old
January 22nd, 2008 – Our very first post. January 22nd, 2010 – Our 333rd post. Happy two year birthday to the JDB Blog! We are going on three now and that makes us pretty…
Read moreLittle Baby “Israel”
This week little baby “Israel” was born to a Haitian family with the help of the contingent of IDF doctors and nurses deployed into the recently devastated country. The Baby was named “Israel” to…
Read more“For a Dead Guy, He Throws a Great Party”
From: news.cincinnati.com Full article here “Jack Greenberg, of Symmes Township, throws himself one heck of a birthday party every year: lunch and limousine service for 37 friends and their guests, a nice speech about…
Read more“Google and Facebook Skip Presents, Parties in Favor of Giving”
Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy December 22, 2009 “The Internet giant Google is forgoing its annual round of gifts to major users of its advertising platforms, instead donating $20-million to charity on behalf of…
Read moreThink you Need to Give a lot to Make a Difference? Think Again!
“Gifts need not be large to bring joy‘  BY BOB WELCH Register-Guard Columnist Appeared in print: Sunday, Dec 20, 2009 Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series on Bob Welch giving…
Read more2009 – A Wild Year For Direct Marketing
2009 started out with a continuation and amplification of the problems that began in late 2008. Shall we list them? 1) US and European real estate bubbles which triggered… 2) Bank collapses which brought…
Read moreVideo: There’s Just Something About a Hand Written Letter With a Stamp on it.
In a world were most of us are inundated with emails and working on a computer most of the day, there is something very authentic about a hand written or personalized letter. The Letter…
Read moreStartup Nation
That headline, believe it or not, refers to Israel, and also serves as the title of a new book by Dan Senor and Saul Singer. Start Up Nationaddress the trillion dollar question: How is…
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