Mills Scofield

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Are Non-Profits Doomed to Fail in Haiti?

Mills Scofield

I began volunteering in Haiti in 2007, and moved to Léogane in 2010 to begin my work with GOALS. This is especially true following the January 12, 2010 earthquake that killed 230,000-300,000 people. Parts of Haiti have achieved remarkable progress in their recovery since 2010. The more time I spend here, the less I know.

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Death by Data

Mills Scofield

These limitations are because the data usually is… About existing “stuff” It tells us about our current features, functions, customers and markets. It doesn’t tell us what our “stuff” could become or what new customers, markets and applications are out there; Based in the present or the past.

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Genecians Journey Into Corporate Giving

Mills Scofield

Often considered the “Mother of Cause Marketing”, Ms. Cone proclaimed in 2010 that “cause marketing as we know it is dead” “Slapping a ribbon” on a product, website, or advertisement was now perceived as inauthentic. Michael Klynstra, Marketing Director. Tony McClain, Client Partner.

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50 Ways to Leave your Lover: Keep Failing Til the Last Thing You Try Is Successful

Mills Scofield

By the end of 2010, we have a prototype adaptation of our Whizard trimmer for tissue processing operating with the original customer, but we know that the tool is unsatisfactory in many ways. Million; not big, but interesting. No part of the medical project has been easy and we tried and failed innumerable times in mostly small ways.

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Lessons From BIF-7

Mills Scofield

Some of the many cool things Jon Cropper has done includes helping MTV move into Asia, Latin America and South Africa, working with (the) Quincy Jones, and heading up Nissan North America’s youth and multicultural marketing (know the “Shift_expectations” ads?). His theme was Generosity feeds the Soul.

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