One of the things I thought as I sat at the NetSquared conference was
that, in hearing all these incredible examples of nonprofits,
including very small organizations, effectively involving/mobilizing
individuals, I was hearing reasons over and over again for WHY
bridging the digital divide is so important.
I went to NetSquared as a skeptic, expecting the same old same old:
high tech folks, particularly from the for-profit world, telling
nonprofits how they should be using toys with great buzzy names, in
ways far out of reach for the vast majority of nonprofits, and in
ways that the speaker has dreamed up having never put into practice
at a small nonprofit. I walked out completely energized, having heard
example after example of ways even very tiny organizations are using
tech to effectively involve their respective communities, and to
expand their traditional onsite involvement of such.
My further thoughts about NetSquared are here:
http://www.coyotecommunications.com/outreach/netsquared.html
For the record, NetSquared wasn't at Stanford -- it was at Cisco.
And, finally -- I got to meet Ethan Zuckerman and Deborah Finn face-to-face!!!
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Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc
Bonn, Germany
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Contact me
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