'Giving 2.0' is about making your giving matter more to the people we all hope to help, and it's about making your giving matter more to you.

Being innovative in your philanthropy allows you to stride forward in your giving journey; you can marry your mind and heart to turn charity into lasting impact; and you can become more ambitious in your giving.

Suggest your children try tithing - giving 10 percent of their allowance to a charity every month.

Shouldn't you put the same amount of effort into your giving as you might for your for-profit investments? After all, philanthropy is an investment, and one in which lives - not profits - are at stake.

'Giving 2.0' frames giving as a learning experience and encourages everyone to make giving a part of your year-round life.

Online, you can become much more than a reactive donor - you can become a proactive, strategic, collaborative philanthropist, improving your giving every day by tapping into the wealth of philanthropic resources available at the tap of a keyboard or the click of a mouse.