# Giving Talk
**Giving Talk - Giving Changes You**
Counter-intuitive lessons: Win By Giving
# My giving story
- Africa. Whut? I didn't see it coming either.
- When I grew up, I wanted to be a programmer.
- I wanted to make video games!
- I also was
# Giving changes you
- "Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
- Seth Godin - Lynchpin - Gift Economy
- Giving and depression
# Give of your:
- Relevance is already a giving company!
- 20% time
- Open source
- Talks
- Giving to employees
- Challenge you individually...
- Resources / Intellectual Capital
- Knowledge (books, talks, blog posts)
- Tools (languages, libraries)
- Money
- Capital can change the world!
- Microfinance
- MixMarket
- Giving should be fun! Give to your passions.
- Set a goal and track towards it. How much do you want to give away?
- Consider Bill Gates: inverse tithe - 10/90
- Giving starts when you have little
- Self
- Invest in others through your presence
- Example: conversations with Muness when I first joined Relevance
- Work on your listening skills
# How will you give today?
- Choose one specific area to give
- Give of your intellectual capital?
- Give a talk?
- Write a blog post?
- Give away a tool?
- Give money?
- It's christmas... who is in need?
- MixMarket, Kiva, find someone to give to
- Give of yourself?
- Who needs a listening ear right now?
- Who have you observed is going through a rough time and just needs someone to ask if everything is OK?
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