Archive for the ‘ Make a Difference ’ Category

Two weeks ago, dear friends of TRIO had to hand over their little girl to her biological father. We have all been horrified, confused as to how this could happen in America and determined to bring our sweet baby girl home. In 2009, our friends Matt and Melanie Capobianco adopted a precious little girl named [...]

Well, here we are…another CreateAthon coming to a close. Can’t believe that it’s been five years since we first embarked on this crazy, creative, colossal adventure. We’ve spent the past 24 hours frantically developing, designing and downing lots of energy drinks – all for five incredibly, deserving Lowcountry nonprofits. Why do we do this, you [...]

It’s that time of the year again – and the TRIO crew is super excited to get moving with CreateAthon beginning tomorrow morning and running through Friday morning! This year’s 24-hour creative blitz to provide local nonprofits with free marketing servcies will be filled with tons of creative energy, brainstorming, hard work, loads of fun [...]

Pages. Apps. Groups. Causes. Likes. Shares. Plugins. Do you feel like you’re doing well to just keep up with the lingo of Facebook – much less how to best utilize the space for your nonprofit? You’re not alone. And for that very reason, Facebook has recently announced the opening of their nonprofit resource center – [...]

We just wrapped up one amazing event in Asheville, NC. For the past six months, the TRIO team has been working hard to put together a charity softball event to celebrate the grand opening of Griffin Park, the new softball stadium for the Enka High School Sugar Jets. We were honored to have worked with [...]

It was Schoolhouse Rock that chorused through our living rooms so many years ago with the lyrics of “Three is a Magic Number.” As classic as the TV show, so are the lyrics… Three is a magic number, Yes it is, it’s a magic number. Somewhere in the ancient, mystic trinity You get three as [...]

Whether you pronounce it ‘Hoo-Mo’ or ‘Joo-Mo’ doesn’t matter – so long as you know what it is. Jumo, a Yoruban word that translates to mean “together in concert”, is the name of a new social networking site that’s set to launch by the end of this month (November 2010). Designed by one of the [...]

Oddly enough, I have no middle of the night food cravings…just craving sweet closing of the eyelids and circadian rhythm realignment (just a bit of light reading: ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circadian_rhythm)… Wrapping up website (self-interjection: “Blast you, AP Standards people, for changing the spelling to the more intuitive ‘website,’ after I had to train myself for a year [...]

I don’t know why I’m taking a moment to think of this, but I’m doing it. Tomorrow. After 8 a.m. Two things I suggest: 1. Shut-eye. 2. Some ‘legs-up-the-wall’ yoga posing – ideal restorative pose after a long day of sitting in front of the computer. Now back to work. Wrapping up ‘social media’ tip [...]

While JT is layin’ it down on the iPod speakers right now – all else has gone quiet in the Trio office. Everybody’s working hard! Tell the world what you’re working on right now -