Peter F. Drucker was an icon. His gift was in the ability to see the bigger picture, taking management consulting problems and seeing their relationship to the human condition, as well as re-defining the role of corporations in social responsibility.

Here’s a good summary of his social responsibility concepts from CJ Hayden’s blog:

Management by Social Objective

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It’s not my fault! I’m not going to write on this blog for a few days, as I am at a conference for the International Coach Federation in San Jose, CA. But come on over to www.BlogSquadLive.com, and catch what’s happening.

The Blog Squad gals are talking up a storm about the beauty of blogs and newsletters to any one that comes within 3 feet of our booth. We’ve opened up a live blog for any of the 1600 coaches here to come and get a taste of what blogging is all about.

Whoops, it’s past 7 a.m. … gotta go. The booth is open!

What’s your favorite charity? Mine is The I AM Foundation, run by Steve Viglione and Marilyn Powers in San Diego. Their goal is to raise a million bucks and donate a million books to children.

This weekend I attended the "It’s All Who You Know" motivational event put on by The Millionaire Mentor, Greg Scott Reid. The speakers were top notch (Tom Antion, Dennis Waitley, Phillipe Matthews to name just a few) and they auctioned off themselves for dinner, all to benefit the I AM Foundation.

Since adopting this as my business charity, I have promised to donate a dollar for every 2 new subscribers to my weekly Newsletter Nuggets. People have been signing up every day, so I was very proud to hand over this little check to help.

Seen in the picture from left to right are Denise Wakeman and myself (wearing our Blog Squad t-shirts), Steve Viglione, founder of the I Am Foundation, Marilyn Powers, vice-president, and Greg Scott Reid.

Denise and I are donating our services to set up and train Steve and Marilyn to use a blog to spread the word about their great contributions to children world-wide. Next week they are traveling to Sri Lanka to donate $25,000 and books to the children affected by the Tsunami. We plan on getting their blog up and live so that they can report back live from Sri Lanka.

Here’s how you can help: go to www.customizednewsletters.com, the home page of my main website and subscribe to Newsletter Nuggets. You will get weekly tips on building your business online, including using newsletters, blogs, and informational products.

If you don’t like the newsletter, you can always unsubscribe. But you will contribute 50 cents towards meeting the I AM Foundation’s goal of a million books to kids. I know 50 cents doesn’t sound like much, but it all adds up. If I can get the newsletter subscription up to 5,000 for example, that’s a check for $2500 to buy books for kids, not bad.

The Blog Squad is in the news this week, as we prepare our bright pink buttons, t-shirts and tote bags for the ICF conference Nov. 9-12 in San Jose, CA. (Want some cool gear? Go here!)

Here’s a press release about the live blog we set up specifically for the conference:
The Blog Squad Goes Live at Coach Conference.

And the Coaching Insider, the popular online news/journal for coaches everywhere, wrote that this conference will be the largest ever with over 1600 coaches registered. They are also blogging at the conference. Read what they say about the Blog Squad Live Blog and their own plans to blog the conference.

Andrea J. Lee (http://www.multiplestreamsofcoachingincome.com/) wrote in a newsletter mailed Monday that Blog Squad guest bloggers will include herself and Barry Zweibel, C.J. Hayden, Catherine Bruns, Dee McCrorey, Nancy Marmolejo, Suzanne Falter-Barns and Sylva Leduc.

The Reuters Foundation ‘Alertnet’ just has referred me to a very helpful resource for small business owners and entrepreneurs who want to provide help to hurricane survivors. 

It’s a comprehensive web site that not only details what relief organizations are currently engaged in the Gulf coast region, but also describes the scope and scale of their activities.

I’d like to encourage you to go over this list, read about the missions each one of these groups is involved in, select one you feel an affinity towards and make a contribution today.

Recovery from this disaster will be a long, multi-stage process, but there is an immediate need right now to provide food, water, and medical attention to the people who have lost their homes and means of support.

This is the best list I’ve found of groups that are in the region and doing what needs to be done right now.

http://www.interaction.org/katrina

Please copy and paste this message to friends, family and colleagues. Time is of the essence.

This information comes from internet expert Ken McCarthy at: http://www.SystemFundraiser.com, a comprehensive source of fundraising advice for small business owners and entrepreneurs interested in helping hurricane relief efforts.