The beauty of democracy is the power of choice. We can choose to stand behind an issue, or we can stand in opposition. However, what happens when an issue arises that so moves us, we need to take action? How can we change the attitude of the opposing side, or of lawmakers, so our viewpoint prevails? Often, Americans use online petitions to state their wants and lobby for their preferred solution. Continue reading
PeopleCount.org started as most organizations do: an unmet need was found and we sought a way to fill it.
In late 2010, I realized I wanted to do more with my life. I was a software engineer with a small, successful company in the heart of Silicon Valley. Over the years, I had grown to enjoy working with customers much more than plugging my mind into software to build applications.
I was already taking Landmark Education seminars (ten evenings over a period of about 15 weeks), and I had heard about their Wisdom Unlimited course (five 3-day weekends over the course of ten months). So I signed up with the intention of creating a more fulfilling career. In the course, we looked at ourselves in completely new ways. After the first weekend, I began intently “listening” for a new opportunity, asking myself “What’s next?” and “What do I want to do?” Continue reading
The Internet has provided us many unique and increasingly important outlets for discussion, factual analysis, and communication. With almost half of Internet users (48 percent) going online to look for information about a public policy or issue, open political discourse is essential.
We the people have the ultimate power and the party majority. So we should be uniting on a common ground — political parties and opinions aside — to generate change. Continue reading