Starting Saturday, 11/14 and for one week, I’m going to donate ideas to Idea Aid – the world’s first online global brainstorming benefit. In addition, Critical Mass will harness its creativity for the cause through flash-brainstorms.

For Idea Aid’s inaugural year, participants around the globe will identify solutions to help Heifer International raise $1 billion annually to eradicate global poverty.

From the latest press release:

According to the World Bank, 1.2 billion people – 20 percent of the world’s population – survive on less than $1 a day. More than 800 million people go to bed hungry every day and 300 million of them are children.

Heifer International has said that one thing that makes a difference is, indeed, money – but at this point, there’s no single way to efficiently and consistently generate necessary funds for the cause.

Critical Mass is signed up. Will you participate too?

Idea Aid needs great minds to offer new ideas for fundraising – a way to make giving easy and efficient, usable by everyone, everywhere. Any ideas, from “safe” to “absolutely nuts,” will do. Participants will vote on the ideas, and Heifer International will recognize five standouts. Will one of them be yours?

Idea Aid’s launch date is fast approaching, so sign up here. And spread the word on Facebook and Twitter – your friends have great ideas, too!

@IdeaAid is the world’s first brainstorming benefit, launching 11/14. Sign up to donate ideas (NOT $$) http://www.ideaaid.com

Got a group of big-idea rockstars?

Idea Aid is also looking for groups like local communities, college campuses, and offices to help get the momentum rolling. If you’re part of a group that would like to participate, please contact David Wynett at inquiries@ideaaid.com or (404) 551-4311.