Gift Giving (Tom Peters Style)

This morning, while sipping on some coffee, I started my daily rounds of the Blogs that I like. Always at the top of my list is the Tom Peters blog, it sets the pace for the rest of my day. This morning was no exception, in his blog post titled Christmas Giving: Not Too Late to Do Good Tom gives us an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone and who doesn't like that? Giving those last minute gifts, if you are one of those procrastinators, or just to give for the sake of giving.

Tom talks about Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child program. There has been an ongoing program at OLPC where buying one gets you one. Not a bad deal, you buy one for a child in a developing nation (the original intent) and you get one for your child, thus impacting the lives of two children forever. Now that is a great gift.

Next Peters offers the BOGO Powerlight. It is a solar powered flashlight invented by Mark Bent (and happens to be a Texan). The BOGO (which stands for Buy One, Get One) Solar Powerlight is a great idea: a solar rechargeable flashlight, thus eliminating the need for changing batteries. The BOGO site has a deal going now: Buy a $25 BOGO Powerlight (for yourself) and the good people over at BOGO will send one Powerlight to an organization of your choice, such as:

• The Humanitarian Mission of Saboba's Hope is to support the Saboba Medical Centre, of Northern Ghana.
• Africa Island Mission - Pearl River, New York
• Direct Relief International - Santa Barbara, California
• Evangel Bible Translators - Rockwall, Texas
• Feed The Children - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Global Resource Alliance - Ojai, CA
• US Troops - Afghanistan - , Afghanistan
• US Troops - Iraq - , Iraq

So as you can see, not only are you getting an opportunity to get some really cool and cutting edge gear but you also get an opportunity to directly impact the lives of total strangers. Isn't that what the holiday season is all about?

Thanks again TOM PETERS for giving us a little something to do this season.

tags: Dave Guerra • Tom Peters • OLPC • One Laptop Per Child • BoGo Light • Nicholas Negroponte • Mark Bent • Solar Power •