Tomorrow marks one month since a tragedy struck Haiti and shattered thousands of people’s lives. Since the quake I have been overwhelmed by how people have reacted. The images and stories coming out of Haiti have touched so many, and so far ActionAid supp

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Haiti’s smaller towns are struggling under disappearing jobs and high food prices

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In the last week you may have seen in the news that ten Americans from a US Baptist Church organisation have been arrested in Haiti accused of trafficking children. ActionAid stands alongside many NGOs working in Haiti who believe that you must trace and

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reparations for the amazing Haiti benefit gig are in full swing, with the final line up including new stars (Mr Hudson, Seasick Steve), old favourites (The FutureHeads) and one musical legend (Paul Weller). Click here to see the full line up.

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ActionAid reaches the Port-au-Prince suburb of Haiti with its first batch of aid, and helps Immacula Jeanty feed her children a good meal

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We’ve had a bit if an interesting time at the office lately.  All of us have had news that knocked us back on our heels a bit and was, I have to say, a bit challenging.  Out of this came a desire to “Make a Difference” and in my case leave a bit if a legacy and in theirs make a difference to those they can so easily identify with.

Some of our rainmaker speakers have been pushing the idea of “Philanthropic Capitalism” and “Making a Difference” whilst improving both personal and business performance and so we decided to get with the programme and do something positive for everybody.

We are starting to generate money for charity and in time may even get as far as setting up a foundation but for now raising money for the less fortunate is on the agenda.

We realised that post Haiti and other disasters, whilst there is medical help and help to rebuild basic infrastructures, there is little or no help for the inhabitants to rebuild and restart their businesses or in many cases find new business to do to replace that destroyed by the disaster.  We are going to do something positive about that – we know about speakers, rainmakers and events so that’s what we will use to generate funds.

Our initial Event will benefit ‘Action Aid’ as we realise that the thing is to get the funds flowing even if we need to improve targeting later.

The inaugural event will be held in the evening in the City of London, and will feature a discussion between two of our Rainmakers – Gary Sage and Gordon Lovell-Read.

Given that modern businesses, in the UK at least, find themselves in a difficult and challenging strategic environment at present, and might like a different view of what is possible our Rainmakers, Gary and Gordon, will be hosting the Event:

How to get Great Performance in a Recession – A Rainmakers Dialogue

(Intermediate and Advanced Level!)

 They will be discussing themes such as

The Economy – Where do We go from Here?

Bonus Culture – Good, Banned or Evil?

Interim Management and Part Time workers – What’s next?

The New Economy – Freeze, Flee or Fight?

The audience will also be invited to submit questions

 The event will run from about 18:00 to 21:00 on a Wednesday evening at a venue in the City with an opportunity to Network before the speakers

 If you want to be in on the start of something useful and benefit from some incredible experience go to www.events.rainmakerscompany.com and book now

Well blow us over with a feather. Look who’s playing at the Haiti Earthquake Fundraiser on the 25th of Feb:

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