The Democratization of Philanthropy

Amazing TED video (as per usual). I love, love, love what Katerine Fulton is trying to say.

1. Mass Collaboration - "big things are being done for love" (Shirky)
   
2. Online Philanthropy Marketplaces - peer to peer philanthropy (check out donorschoose.org)
   
3. Aggregated Giving - every giver should have his or her own fund and foundation (check out acumenfund.org)
4. Innovation Competitions - maybe my favorite!
   
5. Social investing - perhaps the biggest of them all - this blows up our assumptions business is business and philanthropy is philanthropy
   

Amazing, amazing talk. Thanks TED.

The Geeks Have Inherited The Earth

Thank God for that!




I originally saw this on Boing Boing.

Amazing Times We Live In

Technologically, this just couldn't be any cooler. We live in interesting times for sure.