February 26, 2009

First, Get a Worthwhile Cause; Then Get Wired

By Tom Watson

The comedian Steve Martin used to do an amusing routine in the 1970s that ran something like this:

You can be a millionaire ... and never pay taxes! Yes, you can be a millionaire ... and never pay taxes! You say: "Steve ... how can I be a millionaire ... and never pay taxes?"

First ... get a million dollars. Now ...

Any discussion these days of online social activism and the promise of the super-wired millennial generation with nonprofit leaders tends to bring to mind a

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