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Yesterday, I took a 4 hour pre conference session with Alan November called ‘Leadership: Managing the Transition.”  It may sound a bit dry but I can assure you that it was nothing of the sort.  While I was in geek heaven, most details would bore the average reader of this blog (I’m using it because there’s something wrong with my SD92 blog and my server guy is a 4300km away), but I did learn about some one resource in particular that may be of more general interest.A very cool opportunity lies in a website called Kiva, where anyone can invest as little as $25 to provide an entrepreneur with a micro-loan.  This not only is an amazing and proven way to help alleviate poverty, but Alan showed us how it could be a great teaching tool as well.  Imagine a  group of fourth graders researching their chosen entrepreneur’s country and livelihood and making a case before their class, just as though they were pitching a project proposal to a corporation.  Imagine seeing where the other people who have also loaned $25 are on google earth, or even connecting with them to discuss the updates your entrepreneur posts. Imagine doing this for a child as a gift- Kiva sells gift certificates! Neat stuff in so many ways- check it out.