Comments on: Facing Social Change at the Dinner Table

By: HOW TO: Combine Passion With Purpose | Inspiring Generosity

HOW TO: Combine Passion With Purpose | Inspiring Generosity — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:36:20 +0000

[…] Reminders: This may be the most important category. Once you get going, it’s important to have reminders of why you’re doing what you’re doing. For example, if you are working to help kids going through cancer–perhaps you visit children in the hospital with cancer. There’s no better reminder of the importance and impetus of why you’re doing what you’re doing than seeing it face to face. […]

By: What Are Your Non-Negotiables? | SocialButterfly

What Are Your Non-Negotiables? | SocialButterfly — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 03:31:19 +0000

[…] can also be referred to as servant leadership. I first learned of servant leadership from my dad. In sum, servant leadership is when the leader serves others–rather than others serving the […]

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 16:04:47 +0000

Mike, lovin’ that quote! And the one from yourself about how individuals can affect the many and vice versa. So glad that we’ve connected in this field of social marketing–You thoughts, work and committment enrich the experience and touch hose around you. Thank you!

By: Scott Rampy

Scott Rampy — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:53:12 +0000

Mike – Insightful quote and evidently fueled by your passion. Thanks for the comment!

By: Mike Newton-Ward

Mike Newton-Ward — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:08:01 +0000

First, Scott, thank you for writing this, and sharing this journey. I think your story shows so well how what we do for one person can affect the many, and what we do for the many always affects individuals.

Second, for those of us who work for good changes as a profession–or a vocation–your post reminds us of several things: 1) What we do always affects the lives of real, live human beings, not just populations, not just numbers; 2) People are moved to act by all sorts of things–including love–and we should not feel awkward to remind people about the power of love; 3) Stories tell truths and move people to act in ways that data cannot. We need both.

This makes me think of a quote from the French theologian Teilhard de Chardin, which I had on my bedroom wall as a teen (paraphrasing here): One day after we have mastered the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we will harness for God the power of love. Then for the second time in the history of the world, we will have discovered fire.