Category Archives: The Go-Giver Scrapbook

Joe and Renee Vizi

From Joe Vizi, who runs Eco-Scrub, a Concord, Georgia–based family-owned carpet-cleaning business with his wife Renee. About six months ago, we went to clean carpets for an elderly couple. They lived in a small two-bedroom assisted-living place about forty-five minutes away from our home. It was easy to see that they really needed help: the…

Arlin Sorensen

From Arlin Sorenson, CEO of Heartland Technology Solution, who held a Go-Giver-themed business retreat in the summer of ’08 on his farm in Harlan, Iowa. Arlin also operates a business peer-group organization called the Heartland Tech Groups (HTG), where owners of different companies in the same industry get together once a quarter for two days…

Gina Parris

In the Spirit of the Law of Receptivity, I love remembering that our giving actions sometimes come back as a harvest to those we love. It reminds me of a lesson my husband taught me: Several years ago I was VERY pregnant w/ twins, ready to burst and so tired as we left a parking…

Encore Senior Living

From Katie Ball, who works at Encore Senior Living. Encore Senior Living manages Assisted and Independent Living communities and specialized Alzheimer’s communities in Oregon, Washington, California, Arizona, and Utah. We hold monthly team-building conference calls with our Executive Directors based on a “dream it” challenge; it has been very successful and motivational for all involved.…