Micro-philanthropy and agreggating social causes

Be sure to check out Peter Deitz’ related sites on micro-philanthropy and aggregating social actions…

http://www.foik.org/

http://www.socialactions.com/

Both sites add nicely to the discussion about giving circles built around Web 2.0 technology. One certainly gets the impression from both sites that there is much more to be written and that we have only scratched the surface, but there are some nice new tools here for the diligent explorer…

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Read What You’re Missing

During today’s PDX seminar someone asked me how to stay on top of all the relevant sites with the limited time we all have each day. Furthermore, they were worried about the inevitable barrage of spam that could be generated from releasing their email address into the wilds of the web. The answer is simple – RSS.  Props to Copyblogger for a fantastic RSS mini-tutorial (after the jump).  Not sure which RSS Feeders to get started with, here’s a couple suggestions – and they’re FREE! GreatNews; SharpReader; and NewsGator.  There are others, so feel free to look around and use which ever one works best for you.  And happy reading – you might be surprised at what you were missing.   http://www.copyblogger.com/what-the-heck-is-rss/

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Social networking sites for the 65+ set

How timely! A full article in the 9/12 New York Times detailing how older people are congregating on social networking sites especially built for them. Especially if you’re doing ministry with older adults, you’ll want to check out this link:

 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/12/technology/12social.html?ex=1347249600&en=437a4c72f256fa39&ei=5089&partner=rssyahoo&emc=rss

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