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One Billion Reasons To Love Google

It looks like Google co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, were serious about Google being a company “that does good things for the world, even if we forgo short-term gains.”
Google announced that it will give one billion dollars to charitable causes. Some will be made through their Google.org project and others through different channels.
I’m not sure how much one billion dollars is in terms of it being related the company’s performance, but it sets an excellent example for other companies to help foster community and build a better society. Whether it’s a drop in the bucket or making the bucket runneth over, it’s impressive and worth noting.
As someone who tries to be involved in my community as much as possible, it’s really as simple as recognizing that if I’m lucky enough to not be a recipient, then I have an opportunity to be a giver (at some level).
Here is a link to more details about Google’s gift:
Google Gives $1B To Charitable Causes.

Mitch Joel

Mitch Joel lives at the intersection of technology, business transformation and consumer culture. He is the Executive Director of Next Era Institute, a strategic intelligence platform helping leaders understand the forces reshaping business, technology, culture and society. The Institute identifies which shifts matter, explores their wider significance and translates them into strategic direction and momentum. Mitch is also a globally recognized keynote speaker. He has delivered thousands of presentations across both B2B and B2C industries to organizations including Google, Walmart, LEGO, Shopify, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble and Unilever. Strategy Magazine has called him “one of North America’s leading visionaries.” Mitch built his career by working directly inside the waves of change that reshaped modern business. He founded and built a digital marketing agency that worked with some of the world’s largest brands and was later acquired by WPP, where he served as President of a firm operating in 25 countries with almost 3,000 employees. Mitch is the bestselling author of Six Pixels of Separation and CTRL ALT Delete, and the host of Thinking With Mitch Joel, one of the longest-running business podcasts in the world. His writing and commentary appear in outlets including Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and Inc. Magazine. He is a member of Dr. Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches and was named to the Thinkers50 Radar. Mitch also hosts Groove – The No Treble Podcast, documenting the oral history of electric bass players. Mitch is also Co-Founder of ThinkersOne, a platform that enables companies to bring personalized thought leadership from world-class experts into meetings, events and off-sites in focused 15-minute bursts.