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Philanthropy Online: Kiva

In this, the first in a series of posts on philanthropic efforts utilizing the social web, I look to the microcredit site Kiva.org.* Let me preface my comments by saying that I think the Kiva is a net...

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Monday Links: January 28th, 2008

Here we are again, another week and another link-thread to kick things off. Back on our regular schedule, so grab your coffee and let’s get started: Sometimes a simple trip down memory lane can remind...

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Monday Links: February 4th, 2008

Welcome to February, and another week here at Tropophilia. Be sure to check out new posts (including a great guest post by Bruce) from the weekend; here are your morning links: Fast Company gives us...

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Monday Links: February 11th, 2008

I apologize for the posting hiatus. Things have been busy. I was traveling for work, getting engaged, yadda yadda here I am back in blogistan. These links will be quick, but I promise lots of good...

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Monday Links: February 18th, 2008

Apparently, some of you folks don’t have to go to work today. Aren’t you special. Since I’m clearly bitter for not having the day off, let’s cut the commentary and get straight to the links: From the...

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Monday Links: February 25th, 2008

Sunday, at least in my part of the country, was a gloomy day of bitter cold, rain, and gray skies. As a result, I stayed indoors and read a fair share of blogs. Here are a few gems I uncovered: The...

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Monday Links: March 3rd, 2008

Happy Monday everybody.  I can tell already that it’s going to be a double-coffee morning in my office.  Peruse these links when you get a chance: This “Extinction Timeline” [warning: PDF file] is one...

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Monday Links: March 10th, 2008

Happy Monday. I’ll be on the road most of this week, so I apologize in advance for light posting (though maybe Jarred will pick up the slack…..ahem). Here are a few items that caught my attention...

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Philanthropy Online: FreeRice.com

At first blush, FreeRice.com might appear to be more of an SAT or GRE study tool than a web-based philanthropy portal. Visitors to the site identify synonyms for a wide range of words (that increase in...

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Give Big: How Giving $10 Is Like Giving $100,000

The following guest post was written by Christy Moss, a writer and fundraiser for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois.   Christy is passionate about encouraging a...

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Monday Links: March 31, 2008

Another weekend yields to Monday. Yikes. Jarred and I have been a little distracted and preoccupied with our alma mater‘s storybook run to the Elite 8 of the NCAA tournament. While heartbreaking, a...

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Monday Links: April 7, 2008

Sorry for the delay in posting these links, folks. I’ve been traveling, and I’m just now getting back to bloggin’. Unlike some people, I’m determined to make it through the 826 unread items in my...

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Covering The “Council On Foundations” Philanthropy Conference

In conjunction with his participation in the Council on Foundations’ Leadership Summit this week, Taylor is going to be guest blogging for Tactical Philanthropy.  The blog’s founder, Sean...

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Monday Links: May 5th, 2008

As Jarred mentioned in the previous post, I’m in DC this week at a conference. While I’ll be directing you to my guest posts all week, you can read coverage of the conference from a 19-member...

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Social Entrepreneurship at Council on Foundations

I attended a fascinating session this morning on Social Entrepreneurship. I wrote up a bit of a (lengthy, but informative) play-by-play for Tactical Philanthropy. I’ll put a piece of it below, but you...

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Drowning in Paperwork Session at COF

In a guest post on Tactical Philanthropy, I write about a session at the Council on Foundations conference called “Drowning in Paperwork, Distracted from Purpose.” This post might only be of real...

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Wired Philanthopy in the Foundation World

I have another guest post up on Tactical Philanthropy today, this time talking about a number of different foundations that are using technology in innovative and effective ways.  This post is...

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People Send Us Things, Part I: The World Wide Web Foundation

We like getting e-mail, tweets, and feed shares about cool stuff that you think we should blog about.  We also like creating new “series” of posts to a) establish sub-themes for the blog, b) encourage...

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Here’s What I’m Thinking About

Taking a page out of Ezra Klein’s playbook (and continuing our trend here of shamelessly copying features from other blogs…ahem), here are a few things I keep meaning to write about: The NC legislature...

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