I would love to hear the OP's ideas.

You are correct, CIYAM--Bitcoin100 has been stagnate of late, and I'm the one to blame. I purposely stepped back from trying to get entities to accept Bitcoin ever since the Bitcoinia fiasco started. My heart and mindset went a tad skewed for awhile, and just recently started to calm down a bit. It's hard enough to try to get a restaurant owner into accepting Bitcoin without having to look them in the eye addressing their concern(s) about hack 1,2,3,..., trying to convince them that the Bitcoin protocol is secure, and those hacks were this, that, and another thing. Aside from the brick-and-mortar example, online/offline charitable entities apply as well.

Bitcoin100 may also need to be tweaked to become more viable.

~Bruno~

Thanks, bud. I wouldn't expect anybody to donate to Bitcoin100 untill that anew momentum is generated. I've always been fair and truthful on this board. That said, Bitcoinica took a lot air out of my balloon, as well as lighten my pocketbook (indirectly and considerably), contributing to me to go sometimes hunting ghost where probably done were to be found. Note the butterfly effect. It's a damn shame that that same butterfly effect wasn't used to perpetuate the Bitcoin brand, oppose to causing many to pause or, worse yet, abandon anything related to Bitcoin. Myself, I went into the pause camp, and that's not a happy place, nor did I want to be there, yet there I was, or maybe still is and actively seeking an egress.

~Bruno~

What I plan on doing soon is giving the CASASCIUS physical bitcoins to friends, family and as extra tips in restaurants.  I figure that a lot of people wouldn't be interested in looking into it unless the actually got financial benefit from it.  At the very least it would cause them to research it enough to either trade it or exchange it for fiat currency.  A 1BTC physical CASASCIUS coin is still worth over $10 USD so I figure that is incentive enough to get people to at least look into it a little.

What a simple, generous and brilliant idea! I probably should've bought a one-bit CASASCIUS at the London conference, 'cause there were no shipping fees there. Ah well, I can always save up for the five, ten or 25-bit coin.

A dime towards your venture, sir.

I think promoting bitcoins through charity fund raisers is a great idea. Beneficial to both parties. What more could you ask for.