I have had the pleasure recently of meeting a few of the very innovative minds in the world of philanthropy. The two were Jon Biel and Kent McBride, co-founders of Make the Difference Network (MTDN). MTDN is is a cause-oriented social network that connects nonprofit organizations with potential donors and increases awareness for small-to-medium nonprofit organizations(I stole that from their site, go check it out, very cool stuff!). Anyways, my perspective is that it’s a super innovative(and free) new way for charities to leverage the the widespread use of the internet to give users more of a controlled experience and to allow donors/users to have more of an identity in the donation process allowing donors the potential to collaborate among other things.
Another interesting tidbit about MTDN is the third co-founder is Jon’s daughter, Jessica Biel. Jessica(Jessie to MTDN) you most likely will know as a famous actress. I have learned that beyond acting Jessie is a major philanthropist at heart and I wish the best of luck to her and all involved in MTDN.
Filled under Connections
View reactions