Saturday, October 13, 2007

Thing #19: The Web 2.0 Awards

Quite a list, and I saw several sites I'll check out later. For this exercise, I decided to look at DonorsChoose.Org. It was recently highlighted on an evening news program I'd watched. This philanthropy site, http://donorschoose.org/, allows you to fund online a public school project anywhere in the country for the purpose of providing students with a resource their schools lack. A teacher writes an essay describing what is needed and why. After the project (books, field trip funding, musical instruments, etc.) is fulfilled, a photo and thank you are sent to the donor. You can see how this would be very attractive to potential donors: a very personal, selective way to contribute their hard-earned money, and with direct feedback that applauds them and strokes their charitable egos. The site is user friendly and lets you to search for a project by state, keyword and cost.

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