Paul Fidrych left a promising career at Nike to start a business with his wife that takes old bike inner tubes and upcycles them into useful things like dog collars, chew toys and water dishes. All while benefiting the Humane Society chapter in Portland. The company is cleverly named Cycle Dog. Cycle Dog is laser-focused on the pet market. MORE >>

I am so excited to present to you my interview with Charlotte Beauvoisin, who writes Diary of a Munzungu , a UK citizen working in Uganda. Her blog has been featured on Lonely Planet since 2009. For several years, she worked as a volunteer with the Ugandan Conservation Foundation, and now works in a tourism company in Uganda. Ugandan kids. Tricks? MORE >>

Sometimes the work you do is newsworthy on its own and it’s worth the time to pitch your story to reporters. But there’s also another way to get your name in the news: Newsjacking. It’s all about what he calls owning the second paragraph. It works like this: a news story breaks. Your nonprofit can do the same thing! Think about it. MORE >>

According to the people at Visa Europe, 2012 is going to be the year that ‘contactless payments’ take off here in the UK – heralding a new era when we will all be purchasing low cost items (£15 or less) with a wave of our payment card or NFC equipped mobile phone. So an NFC red kettle can’t be that far away! MORE >>

The United States Postal Service has been struggling financially for the last few years. The Bush Administration saddled the service with pre-paying its future retiree benefits for a decade (2006-2016), a demand uniquely imposed on the USPS. Bush’s policy meant the service went from profits in the $1.4 Or perhaps you didn’t notice? MORE >>