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CauseWired: Plugging In, Getting Involved, Changing the World
http://www.maxgladwell.com/ 2008/ 10/ causewired-plugging-in-getting-involved-ch…CauseWired is a book about what we do. It is the nexus of social media and social good. It is a new term for the Max Gladwell nomenclature. One way to express the measure of a book for us can be the ratio of total pages to those we’ve flagged with the venerable dog ear.
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Kiva Celebrates 3rd Birthday
http://www.socialnetworkingwatch.com/ 2008/ 10/ kiva-celebrates.htmlP2P BANKING -- Oct 7 -- Social lending site Kiva.org celebrates it's third anniversary. Kiva loans ~$45m have been financed by over 340,000 Kiva users worldwide. The repayment rate is quoted as 98.6%. FULL ARTICLE @ P2P BANKING See all posts on Kiva
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Social Media Will Make (is making) the World a Better Place
http://scottschnaars.com/ ?p=669I come from a pessimistic family. Most of the conversations that I have with them, I leave feeling like the world is going to end in any minute. Whether it is the government, the economy, their health, there are only a few minutes left.
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Interview with Paul Luchtenburg, CEO of AMK
http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/ 2008/ 10/ 07/ interview-with-paul-luchtenburg-ceo-o…I hope you guys enjoyed the interview. To see a list of all the AMK loans that are currently fundraising on Kiva, click here. If there aren’t any AMK loans on Kiva, you should check out the AMK Fan Club instead!
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Interview with Paul Luchtenburg, CEO of Angkor Mikroheranhvatho Kampuchea
http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/ 2008/ 10/ 07/ interview-with-paul-luchtenburg-ceo-o…I hope you guys enjoyed the interview. To see a list of all the AMK loans that are currently fundraising on Kiva, click here. If there aren’t any AMK loans on Kiva, you should check out the AMK Fan Club instead!
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snake! in my house!
http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/ 2008/ 10/ 07/ snake-in-my-house/I found a snake in the living room closet. I had been trying to mentally prepare for just this sort of moment, imagining myself cool and collected, taking snakes in the house in my stride. “Oh, just another snake!” I’d smile to everyone as I calmly shooed the snake from the house, proving myself
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Kiva celebrates 3rd birthday
http://www.wiseclerk.com/ group-news/ services-microfinance/ kiva-celebrates-3rd…Social lending site Kiva.org celebrates it’s third anniversary. In this time Kiva loans with a volume of approximately 45 million US$ have been financed by over 340,000 Kiva users worldwide. The repayment rate is quoted as 98.6% (see more stats). Currently Kiva hopes to win a 1.5 million US$ grant in the American Express members project vote.
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A Wet Ride on a Boda Boda
http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/ 2008/ 10/ 06/ a-wet-ride-on-a-boda-boda/The 41 km road from the airport in Entebbe to Kampala is an endlessly spreading slum, the road choked with traffic and with boda-bodas and minibuses that serve as public transportation and which obey a vague set of driving rules.
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Back to Cambodia
http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/ 2008/ 10/ 06/ back-to-cambodia/Thank you for reading my blog, I’m Kanae, Japanese and Kiva Fellow. Finally I came to Phnon Penh, Cambodia, on Oct. 3rd. The road to here was very long, but I’m very excited to be here again. Yes, I came to Cambodia 9 years ago. At that time, the city looked very dusty and unpaved.
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Kiva - Microloans for Entrepreneurs
http://cashmoneylife.com/ 2008/ 10/ 05/ kiva-microloans-for-entrepreneurs/I have written about peer to peer lending on several occasions, most notably from the perspective of funding P2P loans as a source of alternative income. When you make a P2P loan with a company such as Prosper or Lending Club, you can “be the bank,” and make loans to others.
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