Here's a CEO's take on finding inspiration from an unlikely place...

http://www.rhd.org/ceoblog/10-04-19/Inspiration_from_unlikely_places.aspx

As of July 11th a new employee will join a local non-profit corporation with a salary in the $50,000 range. As more workers are being laid off in other organizations this corporation is adding to staff with the use of our local currency - Equal Dollars. The new employee will be paid 1/2 in U.S. currency and 1/2 in Equal Dollars

Where did this corporation get the =$s? The answer is simple - by making an interest free loan of 30,000 =$ from the local currency bank - and it owes those 30,000 back by December of 2014 so it has five years to earn those funds from its community activities.

Now for-profit and non-profit corporations can add to their productivity and employment base (rather than cutting back on needed employees) by borrowing and using this local currency system.

Want more info on how your corporation can make an interest free loan? Write to Deneene Brockington This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or Bob Fishman This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

The pads you will receive will have more paper than you would get from any of our (known) competitors - 60 pages per pad. Of course they are blank on one side and used on the other. Many people have found it interesting to see what's on the OTHER side of the paper. But you don't have to look - just guess!

The Experienced Pads recycle paper a second time before it reaches the waste stream. And the Experienced Pads also provide local employment for the Disabled and ex-offender population. The more orders we get the more people we will employ and the more paper will be used one more time by you, your organization and your kids.

Let us know your ideas reactions and suggestions for this simple but totally new product.

literally - we are getting it together to ship the first of their kind in the country - ten experienced pads for $3.30 as the introductory price. once you get the idea you'll be able to start producing this product in your own community. We will continue to work on growing the market in the Philadelphia area since it's such a win win idea for a Common Good Corporation. you can help us launch this effort by just ordering one 10 pad pack of Experienced Pads for kicks and then offering your advice on how to improve the product; the marketing and the sourcing of the paper itself. So join us in Saving the environment; employing the disabled and unemployed (and having fun reading the other side if you're bored in meetings or at school. Go to the Store now to place your order.

[Editor:  Experienced Pads are available at this link.  Click to go there.

Now you can order Experienced Pads for your own (or your business)use. They are made from 100% recycled paper (Experienced on only one side so far) We sell them in packages of 10 or boxes (recycled boxes of course) of 100 pads to the box. The current introductory price is $3 for a package of 10 or $27 for a box of 100 and that's a remarkable price for pads - particularly because they do a number of things at the same time: SAVE TREES AND THE ENVIRONMENT EMPLOY THE DISABLED, EX-CONS AND UNEMPLOYED Shipping and tax is extra but go to our store and put in your order. If you live near our current production facility in Wynewood Pa. you can save shipping and pick up your pads there.

From the Editor:  Even better!  Introductory price will be $3.30 and will include shipping!