Other interesting speakers included Amanda Koster, an internationally acclaimed photographer and founder of SalaamGarage, a digital storytelling organization that sends citizen journalists to interesting places and helps them tell the stories of people they meet.

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He used an Australian outfit called Karma Currency, that sends out virtual money through its website and then lets people pick an organization to receive the donation.

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