A church in Houston embraced the micropayment idea in a very unique way. It gave about 50 of its members $100 and told them to be charitable: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/6181253.html
When you have such a small investment, people find interesting (and more effective) ways to use it.
Bill Erickson is a WordPress Consultant who builds custom websites using WordPress as a CMS and Thesis as a framework. He’s a cofounder and resident of The Creative Space, and a cofounder of the BIL Conference (the open analog to the TED Conference).
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2009…The Year of MicroGiving – Howard Lindzon
by Bill on December 26, 2008
(Posted as a comment here.)
A church in Houston embraced the micropayment idea in a very unique way. It gave about 50 of its members $100 and told them to be charitable: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/6181253.html
When you have such a small investment, people find interesting (and more effective) ways to use it.
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Bill Erickson is a WordPress Consultant who builds custom websites using WordPress as a CMS and Thesis as a framework. He’s a cofounder and resident of The Creative Space, and a cofounder of the BIL Conference (the open analog to the TED Conference).