<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:03:59 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/loi2018/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Help Needed: Time to Reach Out to Potential Award Recipients]]></title><description><![CDATA[Now we are seven. We’re down to seven projects, that is. And each of the home organizations will soon receive a version of the email below. Before we hit the “send” button, does anyone have any corrections,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philanthropy/@phillyhistory/help-needed-time-to-reach-out-to-potential-award-recipients</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philanthropy/@phillyhistory/help-needed-time-to-reach-out-to-potential-award-recipients</guid><category><![CDATA[philanthropy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phillyhistory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2018 14:21:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3zpz8WQe4SNH8q6FEif2uzpmXjQNog2n2huWTcwn78xkcjhjjM8GNH3h4mSvEZLpeUzJpu8TYvW1bK6jQRbQEdKC1o6FiDRSTqnd9Mf7Z1EJVXV8Fo3NHZ14DhCQTFp4hba1RWgUs1oze6pyaQVC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steeming Ahead Toward a Funding Decision]]></title><description><![CDATA[Class is cancelled today (snow!), but we’re moving along in several ways as we have seven projects to consider: • Create Paid Internships at Art-Reach (proposed by @charliehersh) • Develop Community Led]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philanthropy/@phillyhistory/steeming-ahead-toward-a-funding-decision</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philanthropy/@phillyhistory/steeming-ahead-toward-a-funding-decision</guid><category><![CDATA[philanthropy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phillyhistory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2018 17:22:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZVVKmXhtvgKqwbwBkEW2Zw4TQ1mz82vfpmoiHY1vHNPtW5XrP8XximfJ5eng5QPtDmRnnRLbieakX5radSE94Sg8XmD9W7pTgc4XQFfqjYHsg3w9Y9W1zoPa5ffkPGbiW1i7hipyGAH44kf7ozyMutNokz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walking Tours that are Free, Relevant and Engaging]]></title><description><![CDATA[Free Tours by Foot 20 N 3rd St Ste 201, Mailing Address Only, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2118 ***Great Ideas, and concepts organization currently provides/have -Currently they provide pay what you want -They]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/explore1918/@connellgregg/walking-tours-that-are-free-relevant-and-engaging</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/explore1918/@connellgregg/walking-tours-that-are-free-relevant-and-engaging</guid><category><![CDATA[explore1918]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[connellgregg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 19:13:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2TSCUmxxWcBjUxodDXMzaY5RsyqNQaEz3QxYzNApoY5bUpwZbiXN2pqmsGVxJDYCtj4K8zfJmYu2Va9TETduwSer?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Plan to Give Away 3,000 STEEM: Criteria x Capacity = Cultural Capital]]></title><description><![CDATA[Decision Time Approaches Thanks to our collective teamwork, we now have two essential lists: 1) Nonprofit organizations, candidates capable of implementing projects with the 3000 STEEM we’ve accumulated,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philanthropy/@phillyhistory/our-plan-to-give-away-3-000-steem-criteria-x-capacity-cultural-capital</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philanthropy/@phillyhistory/our-plan-to-give-away-3-000-steem-criteria-x-capacity-cultural-capital</guid><category><![CDATA[philanthropy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phillyhistory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 13:05:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7258xSVeJbKnFEnBwjKLhL15SoynbgJKpQxRd1uorbjCZXrQEAUejCAZNrYnhMkVf3LXnjFb8sMnkheDvZnwXvRz8DSGfMAcKnZsKGsw2Dhux2Fn5fmv9kUnu3TeKm13M8u66ormvJU4v?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[3000 STEEM Awaits the Winning Project. But How to Choose Which One?]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s time to rank our top 10 project ideas for funding. In two recent posts - this one and this one - we presented summaries of ten interesting project ideas proposed by graduate students in public history.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philanthropy/@phillyhistory/3000-steem-awaits-the-winning-project-but-how-to-choose-which-one</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philanthropy/@phillyhistory/3000-steem-awaits-the-winning-project-but-how-to-choose-which-one</guid><category><![CDATA[philanthropy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phillyhistory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2018 13:20:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pQYiuVvgYiUBP16WHGGN7UNn1BCdGdzwBnxT9HthiqQpcTqrtqHLFvuHS4RYZmhxoPe6GSvLkb2pJz2odrv3ogJZfjDMDXC8LvhjEJYhjT7NPg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Saved 3,000 STEEM to give to a Non-Profit in Philadelphia - Help us Decide Where it Should Go]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's time to design a decision grid. We have many ideas, good ones, and they are before us in posts on the PhillyHistory feed, summarized here and here. Now’s the time to look at them more closely and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philanthropy/@phillyhistory/we-saved-3-000-steem-to-give-to-a-non-profit-in-philadelphia-help-us-decide-where-it-should-go</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philanthropy/@phillyhistory/we-saved-3-000-steem-to-give-to-a-non-profit-in-philadelphia-help-us-decide-where-it-should-go</guid><category><![CDATA[philanthropy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phillyhistory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kyJM9JABQLS7EhjmU3VVqJQJsLWXdiMs2jXqdN3wNajsmvhGG9TXg7UHKWKy7zJSqt5vtxPeq2vasPgehp2JwKp7vY6Q9VD9GPYcWsPKK2KDNfHim9BbNTruToDX8bfT4VvELYW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adapt or Die: A Story of Philadelphia's Non-Profit Sector Then and Now]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the last couple months I have been exploring the non-profit sector in Philly with a cohort of students at Temple University. 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Students have proposed project ideas after considering the needs and the capacity of the cultural community. Below are half (five) for discussion and ultimately, a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philanthropy/@phillyhistory/five-project-ideas-which-one-rises-to-the-top</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philanthropy/@phillyhistory/five-project-ideas-which-one-rises-to-the-top</guid><category><![CDATA[philanthropy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phillyhistory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2018 14:42:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFnNFKLegVvzmsrMAExSDXzsHdqwaiSDrXjbxCa4SQuHRR4thjBpk6K5qFqrx6Ly6t6g9FYfXTWSjcFbmHLqEXeEYFqiQcMT3zDCLPBBQ1SZWRpr8oYtq1bFnwSCm8ijki?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Letter of Intent (LOI) For Moving the Philadelphia History Museum to Temple University]]></title><description><![CDATA[Who We Are As part of the #explore1918 crypto-experiment, my classmates and I have spent the semester blogging in order to raise Steem for donation to an historical institution in Philadelphia. We estimate]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/business/@jfeagan/letter-of-intent-loi-for-moving-the-philadelphia-history-museum-to-temple-university</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/business/@jfeagan/letter-of-intent-loi-for-moving-the-philadelphia-history-museum-to-temple-university</guid><category><![CDATA[business]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jfeagan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2018 16:59:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZ61KPZPGtwf58vXpfNQb35nxFxs2oS4WPNsQGQfHmZbwP4dU6vou82PAKAYbFE11bUiWESBZ9Q?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making the Cultural Sector More Accessible from the Bottom Up]]></title><description><![CDATA[The job structure within the national cultural sector is broken. According to a 2015 report by the Andrew W. 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