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Free Market, Entrepreneurial Philanthropy
What happens when free market dynamics encourage social entrepreneurs to come forward with ideas for pressing environmental and societal problems and you blend that with social networking, Web 2.0 technology and the “wisdom of crowds”? Hint, it's the new model for philanthropy.
Decisions about who should get grants and what kind of projects should be funded are made in an open and interactive process instead of being made in private by boards of experts, socialites and other inscrutable parties. This model is becoming the guiding dynamic for philanthropic activity just as free market economics has become the guiding dynamic for business activity.
I just got an email from a PR person working with a social networking and philanthropic organization that illustrates what I’m talking about. Here’s what she said:
“I'm wondering if you know about an upcoming conference called NetSquared -- a gathering of innovators, thought leaders, and financiers for Web 2.0, social networking, open source, and other trend-setting technologies taking place at Cisco at the end of May.
The highlight of the conference is the NetSquared Innovation Awards, a competition that's best described as American Idol meets
So now they're trying to cull 20 top competitors from the original field of 150 -- and that's where I could use your help. The top 20 are being selected this week by way of online voting, and I'm trying to get the word out in the blogosphere to get more votes. I'm wondering if you'd be willing to make a plug for this in your blog or elsewhere.
I'm hoping you have a few minutes to check out www.netsquared.org/ to get a feel for this competition, and, if you agree this is a worthwhile venture, write something that would encourage more people to check it out and vote. The voting closes Monday, 4/16 at 5:00PM PDT, Continue Reading
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