KIVA Talk-a-Thon
b'Please go here on Monday, March 19th, as Bill and I host our one-hour of this this important Talk-a-Thon between 8 and 9 AM (CDT) on Monday.\\n\\nThanks.\\n \\n24-Hour Talkcast for Microlending and www.kiva.org - Sunday March 18th \\nHello Art,\\n\\nA 24-hour live interactive podcast charity event for Kiva (http://www.kiva.org) is being held starting Sunday, March 18th at noon on TalkShoe (http://www.talkshoe.com). The event will raise awareness and money for Kiva, web-based microfinancing organization which enables individuals to lend money to people in developing countries for starting small businesses.\\n\\nBelow is more detailed information about the event and Kiva. Please help us spread the word.\\n\\nFind more information at http://www.Talkathon.org. Thanks. \\n \\nDave Nelsen\\nFounder and CEO\\n\\n724.935.TALK (office)\\n412.779.2788 (mobile)\\n413.677.9117 (eFax)\\ndaven@talkshoe.com \\n\\nLive Interactive Podcasting! \\n\\nTalkShoe\\n12300 Perry Highway, Suite 306\\nWexford, PA 15090\\n\\n\\n\\nPODCASTERS TO HOST 24 HOUR LIVE PODCAST TO BENEFIT KIVA, A WEB-BASED MICROFINANCING CHARITY\\n\\nTalk-a-thon to Begin at Noon on March 18th, 2007\\n\\nPodcasters will unite to raise money and awareness for Kiva.org, (www.kiva.org) a web-based microfinancing charity that enables individuals to lend money to people in developing countries for starting small businesses. "Microlending is a way for those of us who have benefited from the Internet and the prosperity of the Western world to give something back," commented Dave Nelsen , CEO of TalkShoe.\\n\\nThe 24 hour Talk-a-thon will start at noon (US Eastern Time) on Sunday March 18th 2007 on TalkShoe (www.talkshoe.com). Anyone and everyone can join in the live interactive podcast to listen, talk and text-chat. During the Talk-a-thon (www.talkathon.org) podcast hosts will raise awareness about Kiva and microlending, and ask listeners who are so inclined to contribute money to a dedicated PayPal account. TalkShoe will administer lending of this money to developing nations\' entrepreneurs thru Kiva, a website that has been implemented as an efficient and effective microlending program. 100% of the funds raised, including $500 contributed by Dave Nelsen of TalkShoe, will be perpetually reinvested thru Kiva. Periodic progress reports will be given on TalkShoe\\u2019s blog.\\n\\n"We feel that those of us who get so much information, entertainment and community from the Internet should also explore its use to make the world a better place for all its peoples", says Randolph Resnick, who had the idea during a live TalkShoe podcast about aging and retirement.\\n\\nKiva has receive accolades throughout the world from organizations including NPR, the New York Times, the BBC, PBS, ABC News, Business Week, the Wall Street Journal, CNN, The Village Voice, and the general blogosphere. The following quotes are from the Kiva website.\\n\\nVinod Khosla, founding CEO of Sun Microsystems and a partner at the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, has called microlending "one of the most important economic phenomena since the advent of capitalism and Adam Smith."\\n\\nThe New York Times, in its article Web-Based Microfinancing, December 10, 2006 said, \\u201cAt Kiva.org, a schoolteacher in Kansas can partner with an expert seamstress in countries like Kenya, Mexico and Ecuador to jump-start a tailor shop.\\u201d\\n\\n\\u201cFriends and neighbors have been lending one another money forever, but as the Web makes virtual neighbors of strangers, Kiva, which is Swahili for \\u2018agreement\\u2019 or \\u2018unity,\\u2019 is harnessing the power of social networking to support micro-enterprise in the developing world,\\u201d said Business Week in A Little Money Goes a Long Way, July 31, 2006.\\n\\nKiva is \\u201c\\u2026revolutionizing how donors and lenders in the US are connecting with small entrepreneurs in developing countries,\\u201d commented BBC News, March 1, 2006.\\n\\nAbout Kiva (from Kiva\\u2019s website)\\n\\nKiva lets you connect with and loan money to unique small businesses in the developing world. By choosing a business on Kiva.org, you can "sponsor a business" and help the world\'s working poor make great strides towards economic independence. Throughout the course of the loan (usually 6-12 months), you can receive email journal updates from the business you\'ve sponsored. As loans are repaid, you get your loan money back. Kiva partners with existing microfinance institutions. In doing so, we gain access to outstanding entrepreneurs from impoverished communities world-wide. Our partners are experts in choosing qualified borrowers. That said, they are usually short on funds. Through Kiva.org, our partners upload their borrower profiles directly to the site so you can lend to them. \\n\\nTo unsubscribe click here. \\n \\n \\n \\n\\n-- \\nListen to "Your Home-Your Money Mortgage Talk Radio" about the things that matter "second most" in your life. \\n\\nwww.YourHome-YourMoney.com \\n\\nSaturday mornings at 9 on Madison 1670 - the Pulse. 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