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Technology makes resolutions easier

By mwelch January 2, 07 09:15 AM

Source: Beth Kanter

bethswidget.jpgOne of my New Year's resolutions is to actually complete my LinkedIn profile and invite contacts. As a result, I've reconnected with a bunch of people - including Beth Kanter.

I interviewed Beth for an article I wrote for the Globe on women and blogging last year. Beth consults to non-profits on technology and she's a board member for The Sharing Foundation, an NGO that does projects to benefit Cambodian children.

This year Beth used a widget to raise money for The Sharing Foundation. A widget is a little chunk of code that you plop down on your blog to provide content or a service. Some widgets chronicle the weather; others monitor the top YouTube videos or your latest Flickr photos. One of my favorites? A countdown clock for charting the remaining days of the Bush administration or the days to the next solar eclipse.

The widget Beth created is provided by Network for Good and Yahoo! Use it to place a badge on your blog for your favorite charity. The widget provides a running tally of donations and directly links donors to a secure site to make contributions.

Get this. Beth raised nearly $50,000 from 751 donors. Now that's a nice way to end 2006.

Are you using technology to make your New Year's resolutions happen? LinkedIn? eDiets? eHarmony? Charity widgets?

Related:
Widgets are the new big

Resolutions made easier by technology:
Switch your lightbulbs
Become LinkedIn
Raise money for your favorite charity

http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2007/01/a_big_thank_you.html

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