Direct Donation Models (Or How to Give Away Other People’s Money)

Kendra Albert at Affect 2017

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1. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra Direct Donation Models
2. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra Or… How to Give Away Other People’s Money
3. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra Between November 9th, 2016 and April 20th, 2017, I gave away about $100,000 of other people’s money.
4. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra Here’s how I did it.
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6. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra “If you can, get your passport.”
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8. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra Deep Dive: Why direct donation?
9. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra 1. Because money solves problems.
10. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra The Human Utility
11. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra “Sometimes the cheapest way to pay for something is with money.” - Jennifer Peepas (Captain Awkward)
12. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra 2. Non-profits can be wonderful but are often slow and rules-constrained.
13. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra 3. People are inclined to give more money if there’s a particular meaningful amount.
14. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra 4. A lot of money for some people is not very much money at all to others.
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16. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra Deep Dive: Scaling
17. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra How do you give away 200 dollars…
18. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra ….at internet scale?
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22. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra The Beginning Mechanics: Link via Email or Social Connections Fill Out Form - Donation Fill Out Form - Request Hand Matched Copy-Pasted Email Email Sent by Hand
23. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra Daniel Reeves’s Shirk and Turk Principle - “When writing a new app, implement as little of it as you can get away with and manually fake the rest behind the scenes”
24. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra The Ending Mechanics: Link via Email or Social Connections Fill Out Form - Donation Fill Out Form - Request Hand Matched Auto Generated Email Email Sent by Hand
25. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra Thank you to: Maggie Delano, Katie Smyth, Liz Fong-Jones, Leigh Honeywell, and Bailey Poland.
26. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra Deep Dive: Designing the Form and Email Language
27. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra Fuck everything everyone told you about professional communication.
28. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra <Picture of Blob>
29. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra “Look, before we get started, remember that you are amazing, and worthy, and you deserve to have documentation that matches your gender. Asking for help is not weakness. We all need help sometimes. Okay, so…”
30. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra “What is your first name?” “So we can address you politely…”
31. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra [Donor], [Recipient] could use some help getting with funds for passport changes and associated necessary documentation, totaling $[amount]. [Recipient], [Donor] has volunteered to help. I'm connecting the two of you so you can figure out the best way to verify details and then make that happen. Please take me off the email thread or move me to bcc once you start coordinating. <3 Love and solidarity, Kendra
32. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra “We <3 you. Thanks for getting this far.” “Take care of yourself, okay? <3”
33. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
34. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
35. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
36. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
37. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra Deep Dive: How did it feel?
38. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra Overwhelming.
39. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra Overwhelming. Good.
40. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra Overwhelming. Good. Energizing.
41. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra Overwhelming. Good. Energizing. Powerful.
42. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra Overwhelming. Good. Energizing. Powerful. Important.
43. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra Overwhelming. Good. Energizing. Anxiety-Producing. Powerful. Important.
44. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra Overwhelming. Good. Energizing. Anxiety-Producing. Lonely. Powerful. Important.
45. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra Overwhelming. Good. Energizing. Anxiety-Producing. Lonely. Tiring. Powerful. Important.
46. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra Overwhelming. Good. Energizing. Anxiety-Producing. Lonely. Tiring. A Chore. Powerful. Important.
47. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra Overwhelming. Good. Energizing. Anxiety-Producing. Lonely. Tiring. A Chore. Powerful. Important.
48. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra A Chore.
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50. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra Between November 9th, 2016 and April 20th, 2017, I gave away about $100,000 of other people’s money.
51. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
52. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra A Chore.
53. Affect 2017, @KendraSerra If you have money, give it to trans people. #transcrowdfund