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Being diagnosed with a blood cancer or related blood condition can be overwhelming, and coming to terms with it can create many challenges. The aim of the The Leukaemia & Blood Foundation (LBF) is to ease some of this burden.
Tags: blood condition, building a greater understanding of blood cancers and conditions, building community awareness and knowledge increases public support and involvement, comicStyle, diagnosed with a blood cancer, Dining for a Difference, face to face education and support programmes, Featured Content, Firefighters Sky Tower Challenge, fund investigation into these blood cancers and conditions, Fundraising: Shave for a Cure, Gail Penney, Golf Marrowthon, Ideas worth spreading, improve understanding about blood cancers and conditions, Improved treatments for patients can lead to increased survival rates, increase public knowledge about leukaemia, Leukaemia Appeal Week, lifeStyle, main blog, mindStyle matters, New Zealand Bone Marrow Donor Registry, online information forum, penneylane, penneylaneonline, personalised support programmes for patients and their families, provide a toll free number for advice, provide support to families, provide vital information to families, provide vital information to health professionals, provide vital information to patients, provide vital information to the community, regular visits, represent the needs of patients and their families to the Government, research, Ted Talk, the leading organisation in New Zealand dedicated to supporting patients and their families living with leukaemia, the leading organisation in New Zealand dedicated to supporting patients and their families living with lymphoma, the leading organisation in New Zealand dedicated to supporting patients and their families living with myeloma, The Leukaemia & Blood Foundation (LBF), turnStyle, undergoing treatment, VidStyle, World Lymphoma Awareness Day, www.penneylaneonline.com
Lori has founded two award-winning, nationally recognised non-profit organisations, that have dramatically improved care for thousands of children with life-threatening conditions. As the founder and former Executive Director of Jacob’s Heart. Lori designed, implemented, and secured sustainable funding for innovative programmes that provide emotional, financial and practical support to families of children with cancer.
Tags: Boomerang Foundation, California Association of Non Profits Award for Achievement in Innovation, children with life-threatening conditions, co-founded the Children's Hospice and Palliative Care Coalition (CHPCC), comicStyle, enactment of the Nick Snow Children's Hospice and Palliative Care Act of 2006, Featured Content, founder and former Executive Director of Jacob's Heart, Gail Penney, guidance to young people about "living life on purpose, Ideas worth spreading, leukemia, life-affirming experiences, lifeStyle, Lori Butterworth, Lori designed and implemented and secured sustainable funding for innovative programmes, main blog, mindStyle matters, nationally recognised non-profit organisations, next generation of non profit leaders, Non Profit Jacob's Heart Children's Cancer Services, penneylane, penneylaneonline, positive, provide emotional financial and practical support to families of children with cancer, spearheading healthcare policy initiatives, Sustaining Compassion: A Nonprofit Story, Tedx, turnStyle, two award-winning, VidStyle, winner of Oprah Winfrey's 'Use Your Life Award', www.penneylaneonline.com
Economics writer Tim Harford studies complex systems and finds a surprising link among the successful ones: they were built through trial and error. In this sparkling talk he asks us to embrace our randomness and start making better mistakes.
Tags: Adapt: Why Success Always Starts With Failure, BBC radio series 'More or Less', comicStyle, complex systems are built built through trial and error, constantly adapt, Economics writer Tim Harford, embrace randomness, expert opinions, Featured Content, Financial Times, Gail Penney, Ideas worth spreading, illuminates principles of the modern economy with clear writing, learn to embrace failure, lifeStyle, looks at familiar situations in unfamiliar ways, main blog, mindStyle matters, more complex problems approached with a willingness to experiment, often abused but ever ubiquitous world of numbers, penneylane, penneylaneonline, principles of the modern economy, rare broadcast programme, ready-made solutions, sometimes beautiful, start making better mistakes, studies complex systems, Ted Talk, the powerful, to improvise rather than plan, to work from the bottom up rather than the top down, turnStyle, Undercover Economist column, VidStyle, world too unpredictable and complex, www.penneylaneonline.com
Activist and writer Pramila Jayapal gives us new ways to think about immigration, migration and movement. She challenges xenophobia and discrimination, laying out powerful arguments for embracing migration.
Tags: achieved significant policy change in Washington State, Activist and writer Pramila Jayapal, addressing diverse audiences on issues of immigrant integration as well as immigrant, became a U.S. citizen in 2000, born in India and came to the United States in 1982, challenges xenophobia and discrimination, civil and human rights, comicStyle, Executive Committee of the Fair Immigration Reform Movement, Featured Content, featured speaker nationwide, founder and Executive Director of OneAmerica, Gail Penney, her leadership, Ideas worth spreading, immigration, lead the fight for due process and comprehensive immigration reform, leadership and work 'moves the needle on critical issues in Seattle, lifeStyle, main blog, migration and movement, mindStyle matters, penneylane, penneylaneonline, powerful arguments for embracing migration, regular guest on local and national television and radio shows, Tedx, turnStyle, Vice Chair of the Rights Working Group national coalition, VidStyle, win numerous victories for immigrants, www.penneylaneonline.com
Even when our lives appear fine from the outside, locked within can be a world of quiet suffering, leading some to the decision to end their life. JD Schramm asks us to break the silence surrounding suicide and suicide attempts, and to create much-needed resources to help people who reclaim their life after escaping death.
Tags: Break the silence for suicide survivors, break the silence surrounding suicide, building bridges, comicStyle, encouraging growth, entrepreneur, Featured Content, Gail Penney, help people who reclaim their life after escaping death, Ideas worth spreading, inspiring greatness, JD Schramm, lecturer in management, lifeStyle, living passionately, main blog, Mastery in Communication Initiative, MBA core curriculum, mindStyle matters, New York University’s Stern School of Business, penneylane, penneylaneonline, Reaching Out Case competition, Reaching Out Conference for LGBT MBA students, seasoned communicator, Stanford's Graduate School of Business, suicide, Ted Talk, theoretical and practical aspects of effective communication, turnStyle, VidStyle, www.penneylaneonline.com
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