One More Day: Cancer Fundraiser Deadline Tomorrow
Tomorrow is my sister’s last chance to collect money for her Relay for Life American Cancer Society fundraiser. After a good fundraising day yesterday, I encouraged her to increase her goal from $200 to $1,000. See, I fully believe that, if media and networks are correctly leveraged, social currency can be converted to cash dollars … Read more
Update: Microdonations and Social Capital
Well, after about 12 hours of tweeting, blogging, guilting my online friends, and begging for retweets, my sister’s Relay for Life American Cancer Society fundraising page has received several hundred hits and her fundraising goal of $200 has been exceeded. My question for you is this: With a network of more than 1,000 friends and … Read more
On Microdonations and Social Capital
Two common and popular themes in our big old Internet conversation lately have revolved around the meaning of money. A lot of people are increasingly convinced that capital is no longer solely tied up in dollars and cents; the concept of value is beginning to carry as much weight as traditional concepts of cost/price, largely … Read more
