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Hi! I’m a member of Pact’s Capacity Building Services Group and YOUR friendly market manager. As a tool, decision markets have great potential for the development sector. The market can both provide a powerful indication of the quality of an idea, and at the same time is a virtual meeting and learning space where ideas collide and innovations abound. Still, we’re trying something new here. Your feedback is critical. Feel free to contact me with any questions/ concerns. I’ll get back to you as soon as I’m able. Good luck to all the projects and may the best win!
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Thank you for participating in the GlobalGiving (GG) Decision Market the market is now closed!
We are cashing stocks out according to their value at the end of trading. So if a stock was valued at $65, you will receive $65 inklings in your trader account for each share of that stock you own. We will contact the winners (the traders with the highest net worth, and the traders with the most accurate predictions) with instructions on how to redeem their reward.
In order to determine the accuracy of thisprediction test market, GlobalGiving has invited all the participating projects that meet its due diligence standards onto its site. We will be tracking each projects progress over the next 90 days and comparing this against the final results of the decision market.
The projects will be live on the site in October. We will be tracking the progress of these projects and will announce the winners of the accuracy contest at the end of 90 days in December!
In a follow up email, we will send you additiona details and project links on the GG site so you also can track them yourself and test the accuracy of your predictions.
Thank you again for playing. We will be in touch. Stay tuned!
For questions/ comments, please contact Manmeet Mehta at mmehta@globalgiving.com.
Which project has the greatest chance of succeeding on GlobalGiving.com? -
This is the last week to trade! The market closes August 31st at 24:00 hours PDT.
Which project has the greatest chance of succeeding on GlobalGiving.com? -
This marketplace (and its traders) are trying to sort out those organizations that would best be able to advocate for their projects, connect with donors, and raise funds on the globalgiving site. GG currently hosts around 450 projects on its actual site (www.globalgiving.com), so yes, none or all of these projects could potentially succeed on their site.
Also, in my own opinion I would think that no organization has a 100% chance of success. I think the stocks are inflated by biased traders seeking to promote their organization only. On one hand it signifies that these project leaders have successfully advocated for their projects, but on the other hand, a 100% success rate on this market will result in exceedingly high expectations of a project’s ability to succeed on the actual GG site that could very well prove to be false.
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Hi SEG. Sorry, but we’ve done the best we can to make this an easy experience. Try trading on projects that aren’t already at 100%. Hopefully the functionality will be a little more apparent. Also, check out the “help” here. It’s not like a MS help. It’s a quick tutorial on how to use the site that’s actually very helpful!
Which project has the greatest chance of succeeding on GlobalGiving.com? -
I agree that Al Tamba is in desparate need of help, and that they deserve it. However, after reading their description further, it sounds like they are not part of an established organization. As I understand it, GlobalGiving works with already established organizations to help them fundraise. My hope is that someone working in the region will hear Al Tamba’s plea and help them. I don’t know if GlobalGiving is going to be able to…
Which project has the greatest chance of succeeding on GlobalGiving.com?
