[DDN] Netsquared's Innovation Fund Award voting in progress
Thru Saturday April 14th at 12 noon PDT (GMT -7) you can cast your vote for your favorite project proposal for the 2007 NetSquared Conference. A total of 152 proposals have been submitted; however, only 20 proposals will be selected and will get the opportunity to receive support from the NetSquared Innovation Fund to become a reality. You can check all nominated projects at: http://www.netsquared.org/projects/project-proposals/all-project-proposals-b y-name Also, you can check our project proposal Social Web Tools for Developing Countries: Yankana.org at: http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/social-web-tools-developing-cou ntries-yankana-org Please support our project proposal with your vote, as it will help many non-profit organizations in developing countries. Thank you and best regards, Eduardo Bejar Director Fundacion de Ayuda por Internet, Fundapi.org www.fundapi.org Guayaquil, Ecuador ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Digital Divide in Wikipedia
Hello, DDNers, I have just checked the Wikipedia article for Digital Divide, here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_divide And it says the page is in need of expert attention. I just thought I would post a note here, as there will be probably people able to help. :) -- Dani Matielo [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://digitaloging.blogspot.com/ The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say an uncommon-place thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles. ~ Jack Kerouac ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Free Drupal CMS (and other tools) for nonprofits
Hi fellow DDNers, It's been a while since I posted (my apologies) since I've been fairly swamped with my new position at Grassroots.org. I thought I'd send a note to let you know what we've been working on. Grassroots.org is developing a nonprofit toolbox that will include a growing number of technology tools for every nonprofit, everywhere in the world, for free...but we need you to take five minutes and vote for the project, if you think it's cool :) I'd also welcome any and all feedback on the project...what tools would you like to see in the toolbox? What would be pointless? Which tools are a real pain for you guys to host on your own? Some of our planned tools will be Drupal-based, and others will include EGroupware, Democracy In Action's Salsa platform (integrated with Drupal, for online Moveon.org-style campaigns), free first-year domain registrations, and free telephone consulting on topics like search engine optimization for nonprofits. Partners include MAIN.org, the Chicago Technology Cooperative, and Democracy in Action, along with a couple of for-profits. Of course, a lot of this stuff is free already (Drupal, Salsa, and EGroupware are all open source, for example). So why aren't more organizations using them? We think that if offer them to organizations, hosted for free, with a comprehensive support and training system (including screencasts and guides), it'll make a huge difference in how nonprofits engage the internet. It seems like a small thing, but most organizations *really* need a screencast on how to create a Drupal page or how to name your new page intelligently ...not how to install and upgrade your uber-powerful tech platform. And I mean really hosted by the way...not as a subdomain or as part of another site, but a true hosted nonprofit CMS site, with a unique domain name, minus the geek stuff. And I really meant the anywhere in the world bit, too...this isn't a US-only venture. We're up for the NetSquared innovation fund that Michael Maranda posted about earlier...it's a somewhat unique system where the community votes for projects they like. If you think this project pitch sounds useful, it would help us a ton if you could visit http:// www.netsquared.org/projects/vote and register / vote. Registration takes five minutes (seriously, it's a Drupal site), and votes are due this Saturday, April 14th. And of course, all comments and feedback are welcome. Feel free to hit me on list if it's a discussion relevant to the community, or off- list otherwise. Thanks! Dave. Dave Chakrabarti Director of Programs Grassroots.org ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Discussion surrounding the new Journal of Information Technology in Social Change
Dear DDN Colleagues, There's some interesting discussions in progress about the new Journal of Information Technology in Social Change, and I'd be interested in your thoughts about it. Michelle Murrain's blog article is a good place to start: How do we do make change if we keep doing things the same way? http://www.zenofnptech.org/2007/04/how_do_we_do_ma.html I've also written a brief blog article on the topic: Information wants to be free, but it also needs to be sustainable http://blog.deborah.elizabeth.finn.com/blog/_archives/2007/4/13/2877248.html What do you think? Best regards from Deborah Deborah Elizabeth Finn Boston, Massachusetts, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.cyber-yenta.org Recommended reading: Universal Declaration of Human Rights http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
