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	<title>Peter Deitz &#187; Microphilanthropy</title>
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		<title>How Microphilanthropy Is Changing Giving</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Deitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In March 2010, I had the honour of presenting at Social Venture Partner Toronto&#8217;s panel discussion on, &#8220;How Microphilanthropy Is Changing Giving.&#8221;
Below are my &#8217;slides&#8217; from the presentation&#8230;


How Microphilanthropy is Changing Giving on Prezi

And here&#8217;s a description of the event&#8230;
Microphilathropy is an approach to philanthropy based on smaller, more direct interaction between those who are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unlocking the Potential of Online Social Marketplaces</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Deitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In October 2008, I participated in a panel discussion on the future of micro-philanthropy. The discussion was part of Online Social Marketplaces 2008, a closed event organized by and for grantees of The Omidyar Network.
The Omidyar Network is the philanthropic arm of eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam. Over the last several years, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;This Is What Philanthropy Looks Like&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Deitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Microphilanthropy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During the lead up to the Iraq War—for good reasons, a subject overlooked in conversations about social innovation—I found myself marching through the streets of Montreal, New York, Toronto, and Washington DC. The people I was protesting alongside had many chants. The one that stirred my emotions every time went, “This is what democracy looks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vision, Leadership and Partnership</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 20:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Deitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Microphilanthropy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday evening, the famed cartoonist Milt Gross made an appearance at the Council on Foundations annual conference. In a session called Strategic Philanthropy: Theory and Practice, the speaker Paul Brest, President of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, flashed on the monitor a cartoon of howling wolves gathered at the edge of a cliff. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Davos of Philanthropy: First Impressions</title>
		<link>http://peterdeitz.com/microphilanthropy/the-davos-of-philanthropy-first-impressions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 21:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Deitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I find myself on the edges of what could easily be called the “Davos of Philanthropy.” Roughly three thousand attendees have flown in from across the globe to discuss the current and future states of global philanthropy.
A few phrases from the opening statements of Steve Gunderson, the Council on Foundations executive director, jumped out as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven Tips for Foundations Looking to “Push the Envelope” of Philanthropy (Instead of Papers)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 20:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Deitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Microphilanthropy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’m tucked away in a remote corner of the enormous Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center, the site of this year’s annual conference of the Council on Foundations.
Before heading over to the next event, I want to quickly share seven tips I heard today on how foundations can “push the envelope” of philanthropy.
The following ideas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Towards a Definition of Microphilanthropy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 21:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Deitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Microphilanthropy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Note: This is my introduction letter to the Tactical Philanthropy blogging team covering this week&#8217;s annual conference of the Council on Foundations.
Depending on how you look at it, my journey to this year’s summit started yesterday morning, when I boarded the Amtrak train from Montreal to Washington DC, or last year, when Sean of Tactical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Root Causes vs. Facebook Causes</title>
		<link>http://peterdeitz.com/microphilanthropy/root-causes-vs-facebook-causes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Deitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Microphilanthropy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Note: I wrote this blog post for the opinion blog at the Stanford Social Innovation Review. Please leave comments on the original post.
Each day in the philanthropy blogosphere, somebody spills some digital ink covering the emergence of new platforms for social action. Online communities such as Facebook Causes, DonorsChoose, Kiva, Change.org, and SixDegrees are the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grassroots Philanthropy: Field Notes of a Maverick Grantmaker</title>
		<link>http://peterdeitz.com/microphilanthropy/grassroots-philanthropy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Deitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Microphilanthropy]]></category>

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For nearly 20 years, Philanthropic Ventures Foundation (PVF) founder Bill Somerville has been practicing the values and demonstrating the potential of micro-philanthropy. But there’s something remarkable about Somerville’s micro-philanthropy. It has emerged and flourished absent of any technology more advanced than a fax machine, telephone, and email account.
His recent book, Grassroots Philanthropy: Field Notes of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Futures of Philanthropy, Fundraising, and Advertising</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Deitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Microphilanthropy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The futures of philanthropy, fundraising, and advertising are looking remarkably similar. In all three fields, technology innovators are turning to real people to do the hard work of moving money.
Foundations are asking non-specialists to “crowd source” their grant recipients.  Development teams are using “wired fundraisers” to increase online donations.  Companies are relying on [...]]]></description>
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