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Re: My Web 2.0 Keynote

Robert Tolmach — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:57:03 -0000

Great job, Fred!

Re: Hacking Education (continued)

Robert Tolmach — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 11:44:29 -0000

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.

Re: Giving, Changing, Caring

Robert Tolmach — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 17:47:24 -0000

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.

Re: Facebook’s virtual gifts may make more than $40 million this year

Robert Tolmach — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:06:58 -0000

$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 )

Re: 2006/12/15/changingthepresent-launches-social-site-for-donations/

Robert Tolmach — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 18:41:14 -0000

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.

Re: 2006/12/15/changingthepresent-launches-social-site-for-donations/

Robert Tolmach — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:51:38 -0000

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!

Re: New Year’s Resolution - Be a Superhero

Robert Tolmach — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 19:23:35 -0000

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

Re: http://myteachermyhero.com/story/2009/7/28/lee-cockerell-1-bob-williams/

Robert Tolmach — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:33:42 -0000

Very nice website!

Re: An Inconvenient Truth Goes Climate-Neutral

Robert Tolmach — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:05:34 -0000

A new website, http://www.ChangingThePresent.org helps you combat global warming (and address any of 32 other causes) by providing specific donation opportunities.

You can choose exactly what you want to accomplish to make the world a better place. For just a few dollars, you can protect an acre of the rainforest or fund an hour of a cancer researcher's time. You can provide a child with a first book, an AIDS patient with life-saving drugs or a hungry family with a nourishing meal. Take a look.