http://podnosh.com/blog/2008/08/23/it-takes-90-minutes-a-story-and-a-network-to-change-someones-life/ Social media, active citizens, government, neighbourhoods and more. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:26:58 +0000 http://podnosh.com/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://podnosh.com/blog/2008/08/23/it-takes-90-minutes-a-story-and-a-network-to-change-someones-life/comment-page-1/#comment-778 Beth Kanter Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:53:11 +0000 http://podnosh.com/blog/2008/08/23/it-takes-90-minutes-a-story-and-a-network-to-change-someones-life/#comment-778 You have to remember that there were 250 people in the room and I just spent 20 minutes telling them the stories of the Cambodian kids, etc. Then asked for money. Someone suggested passing the hat - collecting donations. This is a tradition in churches and communities ... in addition to those folks who were in the room and used pay pal - plus the networked effect. What surprised me that the donations also came from donors to previous Leng campaigns. I'd estimate that I had 60% new donors and 40% repeaters. It's hard to accurately track the You have to remember that there were 250 people in the room and I just spent 20 minutes telling them the stories of the Cambodian kids, etc. Then asked for money. Someone suggested passing the hat – collecting donations. This is a tradition in churches and communities … in addition to those folks who were in the room and used pay pal – plus the networked effect. What surprised me that the donations also came from donors to previous Leng campaigns. I’d estimate that I had 60% new donors and 40% repeaters. It’s hard to accurately track the

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