Bill Erickson» charity http://www.billerickson.net WordPress Consulting Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:32:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 2009…The Year of MicroGiving – Howard Lindzon http://www.billerickson.net/2009%e2%80%a6the-year-of-microgiving-howard-lindzon/ http://www.billerickson.net/2009%e2%80%a6the-year-of-microgiving-howard-lindzon/#comments Fri, 26 Dec 2008 06:40:22 +0000 Bill Erickson http://www.billerickson.net/?p=728 (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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