Tell me a story, please

On NPR this morning, I heard them talking about the StoryCorps project "National Day of Listening."

I've though StoryCorps was brilliant since I first heard of it, and I like the idea of this project. I tell a lot of stories myself and I enjoy hearing others' stories.

The day after Thanksgiving is a working day for me, so excuse me if I steal this idea and push it out in a different form: Tell me a story. Write it in comments here, blog it and send me a link, sit with me over a cup of tea or a lunch. Whatever works for you.

And if you do try this at home, please write and tell me about it.

Tell me a story, please

On NPR this morning, I heard them talking about the StoryCorps project "National Day of Listening."

I've though StoryCorps was brilliant since I first heard of it, and I like the idea of this project. I tell a lot of stories myself and I enjoy hearing others' stories.

The day after Thanksgiving is a working day for me, so excuse me if I steal this idea and push it out in a different form: Tell me a story. Write it in comments here, blog it and send me a link, sit with me over a cup of tea or a lunch. Whatever works for you.

And if you do try this at home, please write and tell me about it.

Charity Navigator

Miss Chance (miss_chance) linked this in her blog: http://www.charitynavigator.org/
This seems like something I should've known about before and I'm really glad to get this info. I'm blogging it myself mostly for record purposes, but I'm also interested in hearing my readers' comments.

It claims to be an independent organization and their Web site has a lot of good detailed information on who they are and how they operate. For example, here's their page on how they rate charities: http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=35

For people who just want suggestions, or things to avoid, they have simple top 10 lists, like "10 Slam-Dunk Charities" and "10 Inefficient Fundraisers".

My top charities (other than MIT) are:
MSF, 4 stars
AIDS Action (National gets 4 stars, but AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts gets 1?! WTF, must read more)
DonorsChoose, 4 stars
Kiva isn't per se a charity and isn't rated

Must do more research later...

Charity Navigator

Miss Chance (miss_chance) linked this in her blog: http://www.charitynavigator.org/
This seems like something I should've known about before and I'm really glad to get this info. I'm blogging it myself mostly for record purposes, but I'm also interested in hearing my readers' comments.

It claims to be an independent organization and their Web site has a lot of good detailed information on who they are and how they operate. For example, here's their page on how they rate charities: http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=35

For people who just want suggestions, or things to avoid, they have simple top 10 lists, like "10 Slam-Dunk Charities" and "10 Inefficient Fundraisers".

My top charities (other than MIT) are:
MSF, 4 stars
AIDS Action (National gets 4 stars, but AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts gets 1?! WTF, must read more)
DonorsChoose, 4 stars
Kiva isn't per se a charity and isn't rated

Must do more research later...