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4 months ago

in Hacking Education (continued) on A VC
Those childless couples who don't want to pay for education can blame themselves in a few years when they have to deal with uneducated and incompetent nurses, mechanics, sales staff, etc.; when an uneducated populace elects a demagogue; and when the economy flounders and they don't get their entitlement payments.

9 months ago

in My Web 2.0 Keynote on A VC
Great job, Fred!

10 months ago

in Facebook’s virtual gifts may make more than $40 million this year on VentureBeat
$35 million a year on virtual gifts!
Now, the dollars you spend to send virtual gifts can also make the world a better place.

A new nonprofit app on facebook, Changing The Present, makes it easy. Your dollar goes to the nonprofit you choose, and the picture your friend receives shows what you helped accomplish.


THEN: send a picture of a cupcake
NOW: help feed a hungry child


THEN: send a picture of lips
NOW: help fund cleft palate surgery for a child's smile


THEN: send a picture of a flower
NOW: help preserve acres of the rainforest


You can choose from among more than a thousand $1 donation gifts from hundreds of leading nonprofits.

Imagine the impact we can make together as this new kind of gift catches on!

Please help spread the word.

Here’s the app:
http://www.new.facebook.com/apps/application.ph...

And here’s the related website: http://www.ChangingThePresent.org

( Full disclosure: my company, WellGood LLC, consults to ChangingThePresent )

1 year ago

in 2006/12/15/changingthepresent-launches-social-site-for-donations/ on Mashable - The Social Media Guide
Lots of new features have been added to http://www.ChangingThePresent.org since it was first reviewed here. For each of 33 causes, you'll find featured nonprofits, volunteer opportunities, and news. Also, better registries, fundraising drives, and more.

Take a look!

2 years ago

in New Year’s Resolution - Be a Superhero on Marketing Pilgrim
My new years resolution:
Better than being a superhero.
No more wasting money on stupid gifts that friends don't really need or want. Instead, I'll make donations in their name via www.ChangingThePresent.org

2 years ago

in 2006/12/15/changingthepresent-launches-social-site-for-donations/ on Mashable - The Social Media Guide
I suspect the reason it was hard to find profiles on the www.ChangingThePresent.org site is that it had just launched when you blogged it, and there simply were not yet many profiles created.

2 years ago

in Giving, Changing, Caring on odd time signatures
This was in the press release for ChangingThePresent.org:

Every year, Americans spend $250 billion--$100 billion during the holiday season, alone--buying presents for one another. Imagine, for one delirious moment, what we could accomplish if even a small percentage of that gift money were redirected to nonprofits working to make the world a better place.
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