I recently started a practice of writing weekly notes. It's too easy to doomscroll your way from one rabbit hole to another without taking a step back and synthesizing what you've just read.
Here's the most recent one: <paragraph.xyz/@dave/weeknote-week-of-2024-11-18>
And check out <www.thisisdavekim.com/notes/> to see the archive.
5/5 I think everyone should consider joining or starting a giving circle. Wrote more about it here: www.thisisdavekim.com/notes/givingcircles/
4/5 I love my giving circle for a bunch of reasons. Here are my top three:
- Meaningful and real conversations with friends
- Discover new causes and organizations
- Develop your personal giving strategy and think about how you want to show up as a good neighbor
3/5 Areas we've supported include:
- Housing insecurity
- Food security
- LGBTQ+ rights
- Reproductive rights
- The Arts
- Climate change
- And more!
2/5 What are giving circles? They're groups of people who pool their donations and collectively decide which causes to support. It's a great way to build a regular practice of giving and learn about different causes and organizations.
1/5 Giving circles are a powerful way to make a difference. Over the past 2 years, my giving circle has supported 18 organizations tackling critical issues. From housing insecurity to climate change, we're making an impact together.
When I was at the @gatesfoundation, I worked on improving people's access to digital financial services. One thing I picked up along the way was noticing how people paid for things. And once you see it, you see it everywhere. We modify and adapt objects and systems all the time.
Overheard in today's residency get together at IDEO CoLab (@ideocolabventures:)
- How do you codify care into an organization?
- What book are you going to write?
- In the class that I'm teaching this fall...
- The Bilbo Deal
- I am a content creator. You are a content creator.