[p2p-research] Fwd: [OSN] "Attention Philanthropy" Grant letter - due Thursday

Mon Jul 6 18:31:50 CEST 2009

Not sure if the due date is over, but if not, if anyone would like to
present the p2p foundation, it would be much appreciated,

Michel

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From: Olivier Chaput <olivier at kaospilots.nl>
Date: Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Subject: Fwd: [OSN] "Attention Philanthropy" Grant letter - due Thursday
To:

I pretty sure you will have stuff to post...

For your favorite website/organization/person, that doesn't get the
attention they deserve. (Could be Appropedia, if you feel that way.) Check
the website at least... Appropedia.org

Write 200 words (or fewer), explaining what they do and why that's
worldchanging.

By: Thursday, 6:00 p.m. Pacific time (I think that's 22 hours from now).

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From: Sarah Kuck <sarahk at worldchanging.com>
Date: Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 08:24
Subject: Attention Philanthropy Grant letter
To: Sarah Kuck <sarahk at worldchanging.com>

Dear Friends,

At Worldchanging, one of our three main missions is to practice attention
philanthropy.

Attention philanthropy is a gift of notice. In a noisy world, deluged in
advertising, overrun with PR flacks and crowded with the superficial, one of
the biggest barriers to success for a small, good idea or noble enterprise
can simply be getting noticed in the first place.

Attention philanthropy is all about shining a light on good work, work worth
supporting: it is grantmaking that deals in praise, rather than money
(though because many funders, journalists and changemakers read
Worldchanging, the pattern is that notice on Worldchanging often leads to
more media coverage, funding and networking opportunities for the people and
groups we note).

*We'd like you to be a guest grantmaker. *We'd like you to give a gift of
attention to a person, cause or resource you think deserves more attention
than it gets. We will publish your grant during our week of concentrated
attention philanthropy, July 6th through 10th, and make sure lots of people
hear about it.

Here's your chance to do a simple, good thing.

How? It couldn't be easier. Here are the guidelines:

1. Your grant may be to a person, organization, event, website, book,
database -- really anything, as long as you do not have any financial stake
in its success.

2. Your grant must either be for a solution (or person/organization working
on or exploring solutions) or for a resource for understanding a given
problem that is so new and insightful that it is in itself a step towards
solving the problem.

3. Your grant should come with a citation of 200 words (or fewer), simply
explaining what the awardee does and why that's worldchanging. Pithy works.
Including a photo and/or links is most welcome.

4. Your grant must be received by Julia Levitt (julia at worldchanging.com) by
no later than 6:00 p.m. Pacific time, Thursday 7/2 (though we encourage you
to spend ten minutes and do it right now before you forget).

We hope you'll participate!

Thanks

The Worldchanging Team

*Caveats: We will not run dual or multiple pieces granting attention to the
same grantee, though we will note all the grantmakers who recommend a
grantee. We also reserve the right to edit for length, clarity or
consistency. We won't publish hate speech, climate denialism, creationism or
other ideas that we think are dumb and spiteful. Otherwise, anything's fair
game.*
**

(My apologies if you have received this twice!)

-- 
Sarah M. Kuck
Associate Editor
Worldchanging
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